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, ...

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 ...

THE contents of a fire engine had to be emptied onto the street after a fire broke out inside a bin lorry.

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 ...

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

The year-long trial of an electric bin lorry in Wiltshire has proved a success - but only in urban areas. The trial started ...

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 ...

Students at a school in Luton are celebrating after winning a competition to name a council bin lorry.

AN investigation into a bin lorry crash which claimed the life of a man is continuing six months on. Andzie Richard Stanik ...