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 ...

Concerns were raised for the 76-year-old monarch, who was admitted to hospital on Thursday. He has been undergoing cancer ...

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 ...

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 ...

English forward Ollie Watkins, currently playing for Aston Villa, is no longer on Arsenal's radar. Despite serious interest from the London club during the last winter transfer window to bring in the ...

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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 ...