Bin strikes: the workers’ perspective
The plans to remove the waste recycling and collection officer role from its fleets could potentially eliminate Birmingham city council’s future equal pay.
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Emergency powers used to collect bins
Thousands of tonnes of uncollected household waste will start being removed today from Birmingham streets after the city council said it was deploying.
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Beware Nigeria’s oil crisis
In a world where international politics and regional economics are more entangled than ever, the drama unfolding in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta should.
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Streets of bin-strike Brum … spotless
Take a walk through Birmingham’s central business district and you’d be forgiven for wondering what all the fuss is about. Glass-fronted financial services.
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Just Stop Oil just stopped
The eco-activists who turned Britain’s cultural and sporting calendar into a stage for climate theatre say they’re “hanging up the hi-vis” and ending.
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War on bats, newts and clipboards
In a bold act of 21st-century conservation, the UK government has chosen to preserve nature by… bulldozing it. That’s right – ecologists, brace.
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Reports don’t fix potholes
Talking a good game. Blagging. Spouting hot air. Nothing is more infuriating than politicians and bureaucrats blame-shifting and giving breezy platitudes about how.
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Comma butterflies in Brum: cause for hope
This stunning shot of a Comma butterfly was taken this week at Bibbey’s Wild Farms, just outside Birmingham on the West Mids/Worcs border..
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Brum bin strikes: a tale of political woe
By Josh Moreton Birmingham’s bin strikes are more than just a dispute over pay – they are a symptom of a city in.
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Keeping Britain green: what the future looks like
A pocket of farmland near Gatwick Airport is serving as a blueprint for long-term environmental protection in Britain. Aspect Nature Reserve, at Charlwood.