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Hundreds of bin workers began an all-out strike on 11 March in a standoff with the Labour-run council that has led to bin bags and fly-tipped rubbish piling up on streets.

Other neighbouring authorities have also stepped in to help clear rubbish.

Soldiers are not being deployed to collect rubbish.

At the end of last month, the council declared a major incident, citing an estimated 17,000 tonnes of rubbish across the city over the first four weeks of the strike.

Thousands of tonnes of rubbish have been left uncollected on the city's streets.