Strike over pay leaves city centre bins overflowing, disrupting arts festivals and providing food for vermin
Heritage leaders have warned thatfaces a sharp increase in rat infestations after a refuse workers’ strike resulted in mountains of food waste, overflowing bins and rubbish accumulating in the city centre.
Terry Levinthal, the director of the Cockburn Association, which champions the city’s architectural heritage, told the BBC he feared the piles of rubbish and overflowing bins would cause a human health problem – a worry backed up by pest control experts. On Monday, Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister, batted away complaints that her government had consistently failed to properly fund Scotland’s councils, which made it far harder for them to fund a better offer. “We’ve provided more resources to local authorities to try to facilitate a fairer pay deal,” she said.anniversary this year, and had hoped this year’s event would mark a joyous celebration of the arts after two years of Covid lockdowns.
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