From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

An all out bin strike is about to get under way in Birmingham. Not for the first time in our city's recent tumultuous history, the streets of Birmingham are filling up with unemptied bins as the ...

En kvinna i 25-årsåldern hittades medvetslös vid en bensinmack i Eskilstuna efter att ha blivit utsatt för grov misshandel i natt. När polisen anlände till bensinmacken i Eskilstuna var ...

By last October, Susan was drinking up to two bottles of wine a day, ditching her empty bottles in public bins on her dog walk to hide her consumption. “I lost all self-confidence,” she says.

Kaikōura's mayor is urging younger people to run at this year's local government elections to increase the age representation around the council table. Currently, the coastal town's youngest ...

Elderly residents of a supported living complex say they have been hoarding rubbish inside their apartments due to industrial action by Birmingham bin workers. John Harrison, who lives in Westhall ...

A swelling army of enormous rats fattening themselves on a growing pile of leftover refuse sounds like the story of horror movie nightmares – but it's all too real for the people of Birmingham ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City’s trash can mandate has been a controversial issue for Staten Islanders over the past year, but last week, the City Council may have offered a reprieve to ...

POSH bakers Gail’s is accused of shameful food waste by dumping binloads of expensive sarnies every day. The chain does not use food fridges so shops have to chuck out any unsold stock every few ...

Councils have upped the ante on calls for the mandatory rollout of a household glass bin to be scrapped. At least 14 councils across Victoria have banded together to challenge the compulsory four ...

The start of Birmingham's £61.80 garden waste collection service has been delayed - despite some subscribers having already paid up. The seasonal service - which has increased substantially in ...

Garden waste collection has been postponed by a month amid widespread disruption to bin collections in Barnsley. Residents across the borough have been plagued by delays to services since December ...