15 h. ago Birmingham resident resorts to burning recycling inside home as waste strike continues

Firefighters have now warned other residents not to do the same during the ongoing bin strike

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17 h. ago Unite 'poised to retreat' over Birmingham bin strike despite no new pay offer on the table...so what's REALLY behind the union's change of heart?

Sharon Graham, general secretary of Unite, declared this week that a deal with the city council 'could be in touching distance', in a marked change of tone after seven weeks of strikes.

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18 h. ago Fire plea after Birmingham resident burns recycling inside home amid bin strike

Rubbish has been piling up in the streets since hundreds of bin workers walked out on March 11 in a dispute with Birmingham City Council.

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41 h. ago ‘We’ve gone from helping earthquake and flooding victims to clearing up Birmingham’s bin bags’

Aston-based Faizan Global Relief Foundation has collected hundreds of bin bags with the help of volunteers who work through the night

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45 h. ago Fresh talks over Birmingham bin strike to be held on May Day

Conciliation service Acas will be involved in the meeting for the first time since the row flared earlier this year.

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47 h. ago Exact dates Stagecoach will strike in Scotland as severe disruptions expected

Bus services across the west of Scotland are set to face major disruption next month after 500 Stagecoach drivers voted to take strike action.

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47 h. ago Rats the ‘size of dachshunds’ terrify Birmingham residents as bin strike prompts fear of surge in rodent

Union officials have said the end of the bin strikes are in ‘touching distance’ after a seven week standoff

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54 h. ago Grim reality of Birmingham bin strikes health crisis is laid bare in secret council dossier

The bin strike in Birmingham is now in its seventh full week, with talks between the council and the Unite trade union resuming on Wednesday - and full rubbish bags line streets

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57 h. ago How CAN Labour MPs campaign for a Pakistan airport while rubbish piles up in streets? Multiculturalism has failed: MATT GOODWIN

As I write this, mounds of bin bags are continuing to pile up on Birmingham 's festering streets. Fly-tipping is rife, as are the rats - some as big as cats - that scurry through the streets.

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66 h. ago Birmingham bin strike deal ‘could be in touching distance’, says union

Local residents facing mounting piles of rubbish after more than a month of industrial action

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66 h. ago Stagecoach strikes to hit Ayrshire bus routes as drivers to stage walkout

Strike action is due to take place across seven days between May 2 and May 23 after Unite members rejected a pay offer.

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3 d. ago Birmingham bin strike talks to resume as minister calls for union to accept ‘fair deal’

The dispute over pay and job security has seen both sides locked in a bitter standoff

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3 d. ago Fury as Labour MP is 'more concerned about new airport in Pakistan than Birmingham's strike chaos'

Tahir Ali, Labour MP for Hall Green and Moseley, first came under fire last month for supporting a campaign calling for a new airport to be built in Mirpur, Kashmir.

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5 d. ago The rich and Rat City: Locals in Birmingham's bin hell claim they are forced to live in a dump... while wealthy neighbours had their rubbish picked up LAST WEEK

It is like walking through a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

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7 d. ago Labour in pockets of union paymasters who have brought Birmingham to its knees as analysis shows quarter of Labour MPs gave cash to union at centre of bin strikes

A quarter of Keir Starmer 's ministers belong to the militant union behind the Birmingham bin strikes crisis, it can be revealed.

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8 d. ago ‘The posh areas get cleared’: bin strikes illustrate Birmingham’s wealth gap

People in poorer areas feel frustrated rubbish piles up during strikes, while wealthy households pay for removal“It’s very frustrating that the posh areas get cleared and we’re just left, very frustrating but we expect it,” said Peter Thomas, outside his home in Ladywood, against a backdrop of overflowing bins.Across neighbouring postcodes in Birmingham, the gap between wealthy and deprived parts of the city has been noticeable for residents ever since the bin strikes began last month. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Union bosses 'plotting to tear away from Labour' as Birmingham bin strikes tensions keep rising

Activists for Unite have called for colleagues to join alliances with 'lefty Greens', other trade unionists and 'free Palestine activists' in a new coalition.

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8 d. ago Count Binface shares plan to solve Birmingham bin crisis as rats run rampant

EXCLUSIVE: Count Binface reckons he has a genius move to clean up Birmingham's rat-infested bin crisis that would likely also bring a lot of enjoyment to residents

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8 d. ago Bookmakers offering odds on where bin strikes will hit next after Birmingham crisis

At least 11 more towns and cities across the country are odds-on to be hit by the same crippling industrial action as Birmingham, as 21,000 tons of rubbish remains uncollected

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8 d. ago Voices: ‘Give councils more money’ Independent readers weigh in on Birmingham bin strikes

Birmingham’s bin strikes are widely seen as the result of decades of political neglect and a worsening funding crisis in local government

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