Warning of further bin collection disruption in Borders

Residents in the Scottish Borders face a second week of disruption to their waste and recycling collection following an incident which resulted in the injury of a refuse worker.

The man was treated in hospital after being caught and dropped by a bin lorry's lifting mechanism on a rural route last month.

Since then the automatic lifting mechanisms on all Scottish Borders Council bin lorries have been suspended and are being operated manually, in the interests of staff safety.

SBC has said it will make no household food waste collections this week and asked residents to put food waste in their general bin.