LYING on the ground behind a massive air rifle, a rat catcher prepares to take out the rodents plaguing Birmingham homes. The ...

But council strategic director Craig Cooper says recycling, green waste and food waste collections remain on hold until ...

Bin bags which appear to have been ripped open by vermin with rotting food spilling out lay stacked on street corners along ...

SPLUTTERING from the stench, dad-of-two Rashid Mahmood struggles to get out of his front door – thanks to the 6ft pile of waste that ... a month before the bin men walked out over pay cuts.

Singer Matt Doyle says images of rubbish and rats are "a shame" but "we've just got to keep fighting through that".

Huge protests have erupted in Birmingham after a union there rejected a deal and threatened to export the disruptive bin ...

A strike by bin workers in Birmingham is set to continue after the latest pay offer by the city council was "overwhelmingly" ...

A strike at a waste management company that serves Essen and other parts of western Germany has paused services in the week, ...

A major public health incident has been declared by the city council, with uncollected bin bags attracting rats.

Fed-up residents dropped off rubbish at mobile bin lorries in Birmingham on Easter Sunday – while volunteers tried to clean the streets of fly-tipped waste ...