Birmingham’s bin strike has sparked a heated public debate over workers’ rights, public health, and the future of essential services – so where do you stand?

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Author: Independent

Amid an “ongoing public health risk” posed by the mountains of waste that have been piling up in Birmingham, a small number of military planners will be assigned to provide temporary logistical support.

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Author: Sky News

After passing an emergency law to take control of the plant, ministers are working to obtain coal to power its furnaces.

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Author: @BBCNews

After passing an emergency law to take control of the plant, ministers are working to obtain coal to power its furnaces.

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Author: bbc.com

Unions said earlier this month that British Steel’s owner, Chinese company Jingye, decided to cancel future orders for the iron ore, coal and other raw materials needed to keep the furnaces running.

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Author: Sky News

Dozens of businesses have rallied to help British Steel with offers of managerial support and raw materials

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Author: Christopher McKeon

A major incident was declared after the blast on Saturday evening.

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Author: Pol Allingham

Emergency crews were called to the incident in John Street, Worksop, at 7.39pm on Saturday.

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Author: Pol Allingham

Plus: Police recruitment; assisted dying errors; checks on Trump’s power; Birmingham’s degradation; and getting ahead by making good tea

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Author: Letters to the Editor

Both economically and politically, the green agenda is now a millstone around Labour’s neck

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Author: Tim Stanley

Hashem Abedi threw hot cooking oil over three officers before stabbing them with ‘home-made weapons’, the Prison Officers’ Association said.

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Author: Pol Allingham

The government said the Chinese owners of the site had been attempting to force Britain to become reliant on its steel

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Author: Geraldine Scott, Senior Political Correspondent

Levies cut on 89 products to support domestic companies against Trump’s trade war

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Author: Anna Gross

The assault was on a 72-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy

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Author: Sarah Ward

A woman has died and two other members of her family have been left seriously injured after a car hit pedestrians outside a leisure centre.

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Author: Sky News

A new bombshell looks set to blow holes in Lucy Letby’s prosecution following the release of a new memo from the trial’s sole medical witness.

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Author: @dannidewolfe

Parliament approved emergency legislation giving Jonathan Reynolds power to required British Steel to keep Scunthorpe plant going

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Author: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/yohannes-lowe

A 12-year-old girl and a teenage woman, 19, all from the same Crawley family, were seriously injured

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Author: Barney Davis