Binmen in Birmingham have been on strike for three weeks, leaving bin bags obstructing pavements like an assault course, and rodents taking over the UK’s second-largest city.
A cat rummages through furniture and uncollected rubbish bags in the Sparkhill area of Birmingham, amid an ongoing refuse workers’ strike in the city. Getty
First the rats started feasting on the rubbish piled high on Birmingham’s streets. Now, the rodents are threatening to cut off residents’ escape routes by gnawing through their cars.
Binmen in the city have been on strike for three weeks, leaving bin bags obstructing pavements like an assault course.
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