Batteries can ignite when crushed and cannot currently be collected, a council says.

A grandmother who had beaten pancreatic cancer was decapitated by a bin lorry as horrified schoolchildren looked on. Maria Rubalcava de Ruesga, 69, was crossing West Bishop Street in Santa Ana, ...

Two fire engines responded to reports of a bin lorry which had caught fire in a residential street in Wilmslow.

The lorry crashed on Castleford Road earlier this morning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Henry (left) and Arthur, pictured with their mum Laura, were gifted caps and high-vis vests on their depot visit [BBC] Three young ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bin lorry driver who caused the death of a young boy who was cycling to school by failing to keep a proper lookout as he pulled ...

SHOCKING footage shows the moment a woman broke into a bin lorry and scuffled with binmen in a heated row. The woman was caught on camera in Camden, London, aggressively targeting the vehicle and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This is the heartwarming moment Greenock bin men swapped their lorry license plate to honour an autistic schoolboy who bakes them ...

Emergency services have rushed to a property in the West Midlands after a bin lorry crashed through the front of a house. Police, fire and ambulance crews are at the scene of the smash after the ...

Refuse worker Brandon Osborne is branded "brilliant" for visiting a three-year-old toy theft victim.