Birmingham bin strike to continue as talks collapse33 minutes agoAndrew Dawkins and Alex McIntyreBBC News, West MidlandsElizabeth GlinkaPolitical Editor, BBC MidlandsPA MediaTalks to end a strike by...
Birmingham's bin strike is making headlines across Europe amid reports the city is being taken "to the brink". Tonnes of rubbish has been piling up in the city's streets after hundreds of workers...
Birmingham City Council leader John Cotton during an interview with PA Media at Birmingham council o (Image: PA)With no end in sight to the ongoing Birmingham bin strike, the city council’s leader...
Concerns are growing over the potential for a hantavirus outbreak in Birmingham as bin worker strikes continue. Originating from mice and rats, the virus was also responsible for killing the wife of...
A hilarious on-screen gaffe unfolded on BBC Breakfast when a reporter lost her notebook amidst broadcasting live.Fiona Lamdin was delivering a live update from Birmingham, informing the audience...
The Birmingham bin strikes are worsening as rubbish piles up on the streets for a fifth week in a row. Huge protests erupted in the Labour-run council today following the union, Unite, rejecting the...
Birmingham council 'on track' to clear waste backlog34 minutes agoPhil MackieMidlands CorrespondentShyamantha AsokanBBC News, West MidlandsChris BlakemoreBBC Radio WMBBCBirmingham City Council says...
The bin bags are piling up, the unions are flexing their muscles and Labour is floundering both in Birmingham and Westminster.Welcome to the Summer of Discontent.The trigger is a bitter bin strike in...
Just off the coast of Vietnam in the east of Asia is a beautiful little island that has a lot to offer travellers. Things have started to look up in the UK weather-wise, as the sun comes out and...
Just off the coast of Vietnam in the east of Asia is a beautiful little island that has a lot to offer travellers. Things have started to look up in the UK weather-wise, as the sun comes out and...
Union barons have rejected a deal to end the Birmingham bin strikes – as the Army was called in to clear rubbish.Hundreds of workers have walked out in a row over pay and jobs, leading to rubbish...
Refuse workers in Birmingham have voted to reject a “totally inadequate” offer from the city council aimed at ending a long-running strike over pay, union Unite said.The action, which began on...
Birmingham bin strike to continue as deal rejected6 minutes agoAida FofanaBBC News, West MidlandsReutersA strike by bin workers in Birmingham is set to continue after the latest pay offer by the city...
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has called in the British Army to assist with the Birmingham bin crisis as an all-out strike by refuse workers continues. The strike, which began on March 11 in a...
British Army specialists have been called in to help with the escalating rubbish crisis in Birmingham, triggered by an ongoing bin strike. The full-scale industrial action, which commenced on March...
Army experts called in over Birmingham bin strike20 minutes agoClare LissamanBBC NewsGetty ImagesMilitary planners have been called in to help tackle mounting piles of rubbish on Birmingham's streets...
Loose Women host Janet Street-Porter says she was even grumpier when she began her TV career – until Sir Elton John told her she was being “a nightmare”.And the notoriously outspoken...
Reform leader Nigel Farage has hit out the Government over new taxes on second home owners. Since April 1, councils across England are able to charge a council tax premium on second homes of up to...
I think most of us can agree that we got a lot wrong during the Covid lockdown. As in, y’know, kind of all of it. In fact, the more time passes the more it looks like lockdown was one of the...
Shame on this shoddy Government for daring to try and drop the five grooming gangs inquiries. Yet again it’s prioritised the Muslim vote over raped, tortured and abused white women. Just weeks ago...