The Birmingham bin strike is into its eighth week. Talks are expected to take place between the Unite Union and Birmingham City Council later, in a bid to bring strikes by bin workers to an end. Nick Dixon has the latest.

@NickDixonITV The failed Labour bankrupt council needs replacing. Vote Reform UK.

@NickDixonITV I'm from and live in Birmingham. Trust me when I say it was a dump before the mass pile up of rubbish.

@NickDixonITV Is this a Labour council you are reporting on? And on voting day? Time for change. Vote @reformparty_uk!

@NickDixonITV This is what you get when you keep voting Labour councils in Birmingham for years fact 👎😡🇬🇧

@NickDixonITV Labour and a city overpopulated it’s no surprise

@NickDixonITV How comes there are so many cupboards,mattresses and shelving units the bin people don't take them,some people are using this strike as a reason to fly tip in public.

@NickDixonITV Labour Council, Labour Government and Labour Union (backer) a recipe for disaster, think about that today when you vote.

@NickDixonITV The media are simply not interested in providing any background facts or figures regarding what this strike is actually about, in fact they seem dead set on witholding the information at any cost!. I do not understand this stance at all.

@NickDixonITV Where is the Army/TA, I thought this was an emergency.

@NickDixonITV The local Labour MPS in Birmingham are more interested in campaigning for a new airport in Pakistan than the rubbish problem in Birmingham.