Will Timms is a very busy man. The pest controller spends his days criss-crossing Britain’s second-largest city to remove rats, cockroaches and other unwanted creatures from people’s homes.

Piles of black rubbish bags are filling the pavements of Birmingham, as the city deals with an ongoing bin strike. Mounds of waste remain uncollected, while residents have started to complain ...

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 ...

Birmingham Council’s bins boss has provided an update on when the clean-up of the city could take place after the authority declared a major incident. With an estimated 17,000 tonnes of ...

Rat catchers across Birmingham have seen business double as a result of the bin strike, but one pest controller did not welcome the boom in business and expressed disgust at the state of their city.

Birmingham’s rubbish crisis has left almost three million wheelie bins of waste rotting in streets, according to expert estimates. The three-week strike over pay disputes has seen refuse pile ...

Residents and businesses on Birmingham's borders have spoken of their frustration as the city's bin strike continues. Birmingham City Council declared a major incident on Monday over the ...

Bristol Rovers were beaten 2-1 at home to League One leaders Birmingham City after a spirited performance, as a late Jay Stansfield penalty denied the Gas a much-needed result in the relegation ...

On Monday, a major incident was declared by Birmingham City Council after the ongoing bin strike hits day 25 today with 17,000 tonnes of uncollected rubbish piled high in the streets.

This is the scene immediately behind the children’s nursery on Highfield Road in Hall Green, Birmingham. You will find much the same right across an entire city, where an all-out strike by the ...