Birmingham band UB40 say the city's striking bin workers and their union should "keep fighting" in their dispute over pay. It comes as the government and the council urged them to accept a "fair ...

Fine, but not at the expense of wrecking neighborhoods. Alas, that’s what the Sanitation Department’s humongous “spaceship” bins will do if they’re rolled out en masse as planned these ...

Every five years, the mountain does a full load test on their chairs to ensure they're running properly and safely. Waste bins are part of that process. Want to keep up with the best stories and ...

Residents in a leafy suburb have been forced to fit padlocks to their bins in a desperate bid to stop scavengers stealing their rubbish. Locals in upmarket Jesmond, Newcastle, resorted to the ...

These space invaders are trash. The city has installed a bunch of anti-rat trash bins outside upper Manhattan schools – but locals say the spaceship-shaped monstrosities aren’t exactly out of ...

The council has confirmed Easter bin collection details as the strike by union members continues after a breakdown in talks. Unite members have been embroiled in a bitter dispute with Birmingham ...

Union bosses behind strikes which have left the streets of Birmingham piled high with rotting waste are directing the action from outside of the city - in leafy suburbs with regular bin collections.

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 ...

Some people will see some changes to their bin collections, whereas others have escaped from amendments. Collections for each district council can be found below. Amendments have been made to ...

Bin bags have piled up on streets during the dispute Talks to end a strike by bin workers in Birmingham have ended without a deal. The Unite union said negotiations would resume next week ...

Bin strikes could “absolutely” spread beyond Birmingham to the rest of the country, the union leader responsible has said. Sharon Graham, the general secretary of Unite, said she would give ...