Singer Matt Doyle says images of rubbish and rats are "a shame" but "we've just got to keep fighting through that".

The situation in Birmingham during the bin strike “cannot continue”, the city council’s leader has said as he urged the Unite union to help bring the industrial action to an end ahead of a fresh round of talks on Wednesday.

Bin collectors in Birmingham have voted overwhelmingly to reject a “totally inadequate” deal aimed at ending a long-running strike, Unite announced. The Army has been called in to help tackle the rubbish piling up on the streets, as action by refuse collectors continues as part of a dispute over pay.