Shehnaz Khan BBC News, West Midlands PA Media The ongoing dispute has seen mountains of waste pile up in some areas of the city Talks are set to continue on Wednesday to end a strike by Birmingham bin workers which has seen mountains of uncollected rubbish pile up on pavements and street corners. Negotiations between...
Dozens of firefighters are tackling a major blaze at a factory in Birmingham that has led to a power cut affecting nearly 400 homes. Fifteen fire engines with about 75 crew members were sent to the single-storey industrial premises on Warwick Road, Sparkhill, at about 07:15 BST. West Midlands Fire Service said the blaze was...
Phil Mackie Midlands correspondent, BBC News BBC Piles of uncollected waste lined the streets of Percy Road in Balsall Heath In parts of Birmingham waste continues to go uncollected as all-out strike action by bin workers grinds on into its sixth week, leaving some of the city’s 1.2 million residents to deal with the fallout....
Andrew Dawkins BBC News, West Midlands PA Media Bin bags have piled up on streets during the dispute The Unite union says if Birmingham City Council puts in writing “what it is saying in public” a deal in the bin dispute “would be much closer”. In a statement, it claimed the authority’s leader John Cotton...
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Phil Mackie Midlands Correspondent Shyamantha Asokan BBC News, West Midlands Chris Blakemore BBC Radio WM BBC Bin workers belonging to the Unite union remain in a standoff with the council after an all-out strike started on 11 March Birmingham City Council says it is on track to clear a backlog of uncollected waste by the...
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A strike by bin workers in Birmingham is set to continue after the latest offer by the city council was “overwhelmingly” rejected. It follows a month-long stand-off between members of the Unite union and the Labour-run authority as bin bags and fly-tipped rubbish have piled high on streets. Read full article at source...
The club set a new third-tier record by signing England Under-21 international Jay Stansfield for an eight-figure sum, and also brought in Christoph Klarer and Willum Thor Willumsson for big fees to bolster a squad relegated from the Championship last season. The rebuild has been a success with 18-goal Stansfield currently joint top scorer in...
Elizabeth Glinka Political Editor, BBC West Midlands Rob Mayor Political Reporter, Birmingham Reuters A major incident was declared after the city council estimated that some 17,000 tonnes of rubbish was piled on Birmingham’s streets A deal between striking bin workers and Birmingham City Council could have been reached were it not for the interventions of...
Shyamantha Asokan BBC News, West Midlands ‘Birmingham needs morale boosting’ Joe Lycett said that, as a new dad, he was visiting the rubbish tip “more regularly than most” during Birmingham’s ongoing bin strikes, to offload dirty nappies and wipes. “I go to the tip, I would say, every fortnight. Tyseley’s my favourite,” the Brummie comedian,...
Birmingham have certainly spent lots of money in their quest to return to the Championship at the first attempt – more than any other side at this level, even Wrexham, could match. Their spending last summer was understood to have topped £25m to bring in 17 new players, including paying seven-figure fees for Emil Hansson,...
Gavin Kermack BBC News, West Midlands PA Media The health secretary Wes Streeting said it was “not acceptable” that the bin strike was causing “unsanitary conditions” on the streets of Birmingham As Birmingham’s bin strikes enter their fifth week, the health secretary has said he is concerned about the impact of the walkout on public...
Birmingham residents have been queuing up in their cars for miles in order to dispose of their rubbish. This comes as bin strikes enter a fifth week, as a major incident is declared by the city council. Reporting from a collection point in Billesbey, BBC Midland’s David Lumb described the stench as “thick in the...
EPA Rubbish has been piling up on Birmingham’s streets during an ongoing bin strike Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner met Birmingham council leaders on Saturday to discuss ways to clear the “waste backlog” that has piled up during an ongoing bin strike. Birmingham City Council declared a major incident last week amid industrial action by...