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More than 12,800 tonnes of rubbish on city streets
Birmingham City Council says 12,803 tonnes of uncollected waste have accumulated on the streets of the city this week, as an ...
'Every night there is banging on our walls'
A mother-of-two says she has endured persistent antisocial behaviour from neighbours in Birmingham for two years.
As a final act, old Birmingham Water Works Board OKs $3 million job contract for longtime lawyer
The Birmingham Water Works Board gave a contract worth more than $3 million to its longtime lawyer just before it ceased to ...
Birmingham City Council accused of 'vilifying' striking bin workers ahead of 'new pay offer'
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham claimed council 'incompetence' and the intervention of the Government was 'holding the city to ransom' ...
Unite’s Sharon Graham admits ACAS talks over Birmingham bin strike were a fraud
Defiant pickets of loaders and refuse truck drivers have continued to face a strike breaking operation involving which has ...
Council 'playing games' claim at bin strike picket lines after 'small number of wagons deployed'
Birmingham City Council has been accused of 'playing games' at bin strike picket lines - after only a small number of wagons ...
Pride uncertainty- Birmingham's biggest annual event without a home next year
This weekend marks the last time Birmingham Pride will take place at the Smithfield site in Digbeth. | ITV News Central ...
Ninety per cent of Brummies 'wouldn’t accept bin worker-style pay cuts' - union poll
More than two-thirds said they would go on strike if their employer tried to impose similar pay cuts, according to Unite ...
Landmark residential tower proposed for Smithfield Regeneration Zone, as developer responds to CPO decision
Digbeth development to deliver circa 300 new apartments and ground-floor commercial space in one of Birmingham's most ambitious regeneration projects ...
'We're the smoking capital of the Midlands' - Black Country borough where almost one in five light up
Sandwell Council and health partners in the borough say they are doing all they can to help people become smoke free after ...
Travellers set up camp at popular family park for third time in weeks - forcing community events to be cancelled
A convoy of caravans and other vehicles arrived at Swanshurst Park on the outskirts of Moseley and Billesley, Birmingham , on Wednesday, settling on the field near the play park.
Council and health chiefs determined to cut down on smoking rates in Sandwell
Sandwell Council and health partners in the borough say they are doing all they can to help people become smoke free after the latest figures show the borough has the highest rate of people smoking in ...