Recycling rates are rising under the new system for collecting Cornwall's household waste.

A refuse firm manager says they may have to consider body-worn cameras to protect frontline workers.

A total of 31 dates for industrial action have been planned between January and April.

Sites that closed for at least two days a week will now be open for household waste every day.

The new site in Blandford will include a household recycling centre and a waste transfer barn.

A selection of headlines from local newspapers across the west this week.

A councillor says it is "unacceptable" three bin crew staff were targeted in two separate attacks.

It could be the first major English city to collect black bins every four weeks, the council says.