Environment Archive
Easter weather: Met Office gives outlook for Good Friday and Easter weekend
‘Wouldn’t catch me rummaging around bins in Small Heath’: Roland Rat reacts to the Birmingham bin strike amid sightings of rats as big as cats
Walsall estate set to become one of the UK’s first Net-Zero Neighbourhoods
Decision on weekly food waste collections in Black Country Borough due
Man whose Mercedes was destroyed by rats ‘disappointed’ bin strike continuing
UK may be on track to see worst year for wildfires, figures show
Birmingham bin workers overwhelmingly reject partial offer from council
Withdraw offer of help in Birmingham bin's crisis, says Wolverhampton's Tory leader
Army to help tackle Birmingham rubbish as bin workers vote on strike deal
Huge fire at Smethwick recycling facility involved 30 tonnes of metal
Walsall Council withdraws its offer of support to Birmingham City Council during bin strikes
Coopers Waste invests nearly £1 million in state-of-the-art waste sorting station as waste crisis grips the Midlands
April showers on the way to West Midlands - just in time for start of Easter holidays
New life amidst the waste on Black Country’s canals
UK weather: Warning to drivers over item that could explode in the car as temperatures soar
Did The Simpsons predict Birmingham bin strikes? Social media users believe so
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'Birmingham will always have a fantastic reputation' - insists Government minister despite finance and bin chaos
‘A disgrace’: Union reacts to Angela Rayner’s pleas to Birmingham bin workers to accept ‘improved’ deal
Join one million others during Great Big Green Week 2025, the UK’s biggest event for nature and climate change
The Severn Trent worker tackling fatbergs and wet wipes and urging customers to follow the 3Ps
Sandwell Council forgot to empty a disabled woman’s bins for a month
Dudley green zone leading the fight against climate change
'Like an apocalypse hit': Locals describe the moment a wildfire broke out at a Staffordshire beauty spot
Bin strike sparks serious illness fears
Dramatic moment huge raging blaze tears through West Midlands beauty spot
Watch: Aftermath of wildfire at Staffordshire nature reserve as fire crews remain at scene
Dramatic images show huge wildfire at Gentleshaw Common in Staffordshire
Fire crews called to grassland blaze at nature reserve near Cannock in a separate incident to Staffordshire wildfires
'This thing is stuck there' - Tree remains in gardens of homes near Wolverhampton almost four months on
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What residents said about living next to rubbish mountain amid Birmingham bin strikes
Birmingham City Council sticking with ‘rat tax’ charge despite ongoing bin strikes
Scheme to help over 1,000 West Midlands businesses cut energy bills
‘The Birmingham bin strike has left us living in a third world city’
Severn Trent volunteers lend helping hands to Wolverhampton school
Birmingham could call on Black Country councils to help as major incident declared over bin strike
