Birmingham bin strike

Birmingham City Council withdraws from talks with union bosses saying they have "run out of time".

People in the UK's second city talk of living through months of strikes and rubbish piling up.

John Cotton says the authority continues to urge Unite to accept the deal on the table.

The lord mayor adjourned the full council meeting after repeated disruption from the public gallery.

Sandwell Council sent its leaflet about changes to its bin collections to Birmingham residents.

Collections were severely disrupted due to "industrial action by pickets" at waste depots.

Bin collections on Thursday will be disrupted due to the action, the city council says.

A postbox topper featuring a king rat, bin bags and pizza boxes, is on display in Moseley.