Council chiefs have blamed "actions on the picket line" for delays to rubbish collections across Birmingham on Tuesday. The city council warned residents there may be some disruption in the service in ...

Householders have been warned not to put batteries in their wheelie bins after one "exploded" in a refuse lorry. Firefighters from Grantham and Sleaford were called at 12:29 GMT to near Hill Top ...

Emergency services have rushed to a property in the West Midlands after a bin lorry crashed through the front of a house.

Five new bin lorries have been purchased by Redditch Borough Council to replace its existing trucks. It comes after the authority allocated a budget of about £2.1m to what it describes as a "strategic ...