Birmingham City Council has declared a major incident due to the bin strike under way, which has left an estimated 17,000 tonnes of waste on the streets.Rubbish has been piling up across the city since Unite the Union workers walked out on 11 March in a row over pay.

Birmingham City Council says it is declaring a major incident over the impact of the ongoing bin strike, as it estimates 17,000 tonnes of waste remains uncollected around the city. Members of the Unite union in Birmingham are holding an all-out strike in a long-running dispute,

A major incident has been declared in Birmingham amid an ongoing bin strike, which has left thousands of tonnes of rubbish piled up across the city.