Birmingham’s bin-strike woes escalated this week when police were called to a mobile waste collection service that became swarmed by locals desperate to get rid of their rubbish. In Moseley ...

Since indefinite strike action began on 11 March, we’ve had reports of rats as big as cats, residents swarming around bin lorries and an increase in fly-tipping in areas surrounding Birmingham.

Daily life in Birmingham amid an ongoing bin strike has become "tremendously difficult", residents said. Piles of bin bags have grown high on some city streets, as a pay dispute between workers ...

Outside, a butcher’s green bin has started to smell, while nearby a cairn of black bags sits atop a public waste container. While the dispute over waste management in the UK’s second city is a ...

With the introduction of the new green bins across the state, there is plenty of confusion surrounding the correct use of each bin. Red bin? Yellow bin? FOGO? It can all be a bit overwhelming.

Making pay concessions to striking bin workers could reopen the "historic injustice" of equal pay at Birmingham City Council, council leader John Cotton has said. Unite union members have walked ...