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Residents take matters into their own hands to clear mountains of stinking rubbish piled up across Birmingham after bins not collected for FIVE weeks

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Residents and agency staff are digging in to clear mountains of rubbish which has been piling up on the streets of Birmingham for five weeks - after a strike by binmen.

Dozens of fed-up homeowners in the Sparkhill area of the city have not had their refuse collected while binmen take industrial action over possible job cuts.

The strike started on June 30 after Birmingham City Council announced restructuring plans, which trade union Unite claim will threaten the jobs of 120 binmen.

Residents have been forced clear their own rubbish after maggots and rats started to emerge from stacks of bin bags which were piled more than 8ft high in some areas.

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