Scores of Birmingham bin trucks were delayed from leaving depots in Birmingham this morning as all-out strike action continued following a 'major incident' being declared by Birmingham City Council.

Desperate residents in strike-hit Birmingham swarmed a bin lorry this morning as a pest controller warned rats the size of baby monkeys were now infesting the rubbish-strewn suburbs. The monster ...

RUBBISH was left strewn across the street after a fire started in the back of a bin lorry. Good Road in Poole was closed to traffic following a bin lorry fire. A resident said: “There are ...

These are the areas where others fly tip their excess rubbish too, and so it’s also where the largest mountains of waste have ...

A spokesperson for the Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Services group said "the lorry was collecting blue bin recycling, and a battery or batteries... are the likely cause". The fire service said ...

Schoolchildren who named a bin lorry Recyclo Saurus and another Mighty Recycler were treated to a visit by the two vehicles. The pair of 26-tonne vehicles rolled up at Brackenfield SEND School in ...

A waste collection in Birmingham descended into chaos as rubbish-laden residents swarmed a bin lorry amid ongoing strikes by refuse collectors, which have led to 'rats becoming the size of cats.' ...

Firefighters were called to a bin lorry blaze in Cambridge on Friday morning (March 14). The fire on Minerva Way, King's Hedges, is believed to have been caused by a battery. Footage filmed by ...

A bin lorry was swarmed by so many people it sparked enough concern from a local councillor to call the police. Residents arrived carrying bursting black bags full to the rim in a desperate bid to ...

You can check out at any time. More info A bin lorry driver who struck a pedestrian, trapping her under the wheel of his truck and leaving her needing six months of hospital treatment, had his ...

Rats the size of cats, piled up bin bags, fights over waste collection ... not to leave rubbish bags piling up on pavements. The lorry soon reached capacity and disappeared, leaving behind ...