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  • 1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Sarah Julian |Shyamantha Asokan

    Rubbish still piling up on streets, Brummies sayResidents in some parts of Birmingham have said there are still piles of rubbish on their streets, with the city's bin strike in its third month and no sign yet of a deal. Bin workers from the Unite union, who began an all-out strike on 11 March, are in a stand-off with the Labour-run city council over proposed changes to roles and pay.

  • 1 month ago | bbc.co.uk | Sarah Julian |Shyamantha Asokan

    Image source, Harry RashidImage caption, Harry Rashid, from Solihull, was at the victory parade with his wife and three daughters on MondayA man who was at Liverpool FC's victory parade has described his horror as he saw people being hit by a car just yards away from his family. Police said a 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area had been arrested, adding he was believed to be the driver.

  • 2 months ago | bbc.co.uk | Sarah Julian |Shyamantha Asokan

    Media caption, '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, who has a six-month-old son, joked in an interview with BBC Radio WM.

  • Feb 12, 2025 | msn.com | Gavin Kermack |Sarah Julian

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  • Feb 12, 2025 | aol.com | Gavin Kermack |Sarah Julian

    Bin workers in Birmingham staged a protest outside the council's HQ as part of ongoing industrial action over pay. More than 350 staff voted to strike in December over changes their union said would see dozens of them take an £8,000 pay cut. "The council need to get the message," said Onay Kasab, Unite's lead national officer.

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