Interview with Craig Cooper, executive director of city operations at Birmingham City Council, on the local authority's battle to manage refuse collections during the ongoing bin worker strikes.

Unite union bin workers’ rally outside Birmingham City Council. Bin collection strikes in Birmingham are set to carry on after refuse workers rejected an offer from the council to halt the long-running dispute.

Footage of rubbish dumped on the streets in Birmingham after the Army has been called in to help as bin workers vote on a “partial deal” aimed at ending their all-out strike.



The action by members of Unite, which began on...

Interview with Onay Kasab, National Lead Officer of Unite the Union, after refuse workers in Birmingham have rejected a deal to end a long-running strike.



Unite said its members in Birmingham voted overwhelmingly against what...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer answers after visiting a Jaguar Land Rover plant in the West Midlands.<b<br/>r/>

Sir Keir has called for “cool heads” as global markets plunged in response to Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

Sir Keir Starmer called for “cool heads” as global markets plunged in response to Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.



The Prime Minister said the UK had to “rise together as a nation” in the face of a new era of global...

Local residents deliver rubbish to mobile collection vehicles in Erdington, Birmingham despite bin strikes continuing in the city in a row over jobs and pay.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves visit Jaguar Land Rover in Birmingham.

Interview with the CEO of the National Pest Technicians Association, Kevin Lawrenson, about the rodent implications of the ongoing Birmingham bin strikes on Friday, which is also 'World Rat Day'. Includes GVs of rubbish in Bordesley Green.

Footage of rubbish piling up on streets in Birmingham as the dispute between the local council and the Unite Union continues.<b<br/>r/>

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Birmingham City Council says it is declaring a major incident over the impact of the ongoing bin strike, as it estimates 17,000 tonnes of waste remains uncollected around the city.



Members of the Unite union in Birmingham are...

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Footage of a fly-tipping incident in Birmingham as the City Council says it is declaring a major incident over the impact of the ongoing bin strike, as it estimates 17,000 tonnes of waste remains uncollected...

Scene from the bin strike in Atlas (Tyseley) Depot as the City Council declared a major incident over the impact of the action, as it estimates 17,000 tonnes of waste remains uncollected around the city.

Birmingham City Council says it is declaring a major incident over the impact of the ongoing bin strike, as it estimates 17,000 tonnes of waste remains uncollected around the city. Briefing by Councillor John Cotton, leader of Birmingham...

Birmingham City Council workers collect rubbish left near an industrial bin in the Duddeston area of the city, where waste collectors are staging widespread industrial action.

Birmingham’s bin strike remains ongoing as refuse collectors continue their walk-out over pay and conditions. Some areas of the city are more affected than others, with some collections taking place. Footage of parts of Moseley, Balsall...

Uncollected rubbish in the Sparkhill and Selly Oak areas of Birmingham, amid an ongoing refuse workers' strike in the city. Nearly 400 council bin workers in Birmingham began indefinite strike action as part of a row over jobs and pay,...

The build-up of refuse caused by Birmingham’s ongoing bin collection strike poses a huge public health danger, with rodents flourishing on a “banquet” of rotting food, pest control experts have warned.



Nearly 400 council bin...

Nearly 400 council bin workers in Birmingham have walked out indefinitely as part of an escalating dispute over jobs and pay.



The Unite union has warned bin disruption in the city could stretch into the summer after refuse...

Gordon Brown and Amazon to launch West Midlands’ first Multibank which will redistribute 750,000 surplus goods to thousands of families in need
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The West Midlands Multibank is the sixth Multibank in the UK, a charity...

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham takes questions at the Transport for the North annual conference where he talks about the integration of transport and land use/planning, public control and local planning, accessibility, land...

The head of the UK Health Security Agency has warned a measles outbreak in Birmingham could spread to other inner-city areas unless 'urgent action' is taken. Interview with Dame Jenny Harries, chief executive of UKHSA, speaking as it was...

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 12-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Birmingham.



West Midlands Police said the boy was found with serious injuries near Scribers Lane, Hall Green,...

Scripps News hit the streets to see how well people can wrap their presents for the holidays. (Scripps News Detroit)