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David Carpenter was crushed to death after being lifted in a bin lorry while out on collections in Coventry, an inquest jury found his death was accidental but highlighted a "foreseeable" risk

The man was scooped up and tossed into the back of the bin lorry as he slept in Arnhem, in the Netherlands. Horrified binmen found his body in the back of the crusher truck on May 7

Bin men are unable to collect rubbish safely as the vermin have completely overwhelmed some neighbourhoods with refuse collectors hospitalised with rat bites

Refuse collectors have been told to avoid one street because of rats 'the size of dogs' that have taken over the area - but it's caused a huge problem for locals

Army veteran Kim Daglish has hit out over the penalty after thinking she was being a "good citizen" by leaving the folded up box next to her refuse bin for collection in Plymouth

Police in Coventry are investigating the circumstances of a 'deeply distressing' incident after a bin man tragically died while carrying out collections this morning