transcript A pay strike by garbage collectors in Birmingham, Britain’s second-largest city, has left 17,000 tons of rotting trash on its streets, raising public health concerns. “The worst ...

Lately, Timms’ phone has barely stopped ringing as some 17,000 metric tons of garbage have piled up on Birmingham’s streets. “The smell is absolutely unbelievable,” Timms told CNN.

Hundreds of bin collectors are set to strike into summer as rats the “size of cats” dig through rubbish bags piling up outside Birmingham’s front doors. Nearly 400 Unite the Union workers ...

Rubbish bins are being left uncollected on the streets of Birmingham after hundreds of refuse collectors walked out indefinitely. Nearly 400 council bin workers in the UK's second-largest city ...

Our reporters Josh Sandiford and Rachael Lewis have been out and about on the streets of Birmingham. On Wednesday, the police were called because so many people turned up to get rid of their ...

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An all out bin strike is about to get under way in Birmingham. Not for the first time in our city's recent tumultuous history, the streets of Birmingham are filling up with unemptied bins as the ...

Residents who subscribed to Birmingham's garden waste collection will be refunded after the service failed to get under way, the council has announced. The seasonal service, which costs users £61 ...

Refuse workers lined up in front of the Tyseley depot on Tuesday morning An indefinite all-out strike for bin workers in Birmingham is under way, as rubbish continues to pile up in the streets.

Strikes by refuse workers in Birmingham have led to scenes of chaos, with bins piling up on streets, reports of rats, and some residents saying their recycling hasn't been collected in a month ...

Ready for a tough question, food lovers in Birmingham? Well, here goes: If you could only eat at one restaurant here for the rest of your life, which would it be? The metro area is filled with ...