Birmingham City Council has not ruled out talks with union officials over the bank holiday weekend as the bin worker strike continues. Unite had claimed the authority was unwilling to meet again until next week. However, the council told the BBC on Thursday it would meet over the Easter period if necessary.

Birmingham City Council and Unite the union failed to reach a resolution over the bins strike dispute this week despite talks taking place

Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. As a result of the strike, at least two people have died, and 16 were injured, including children. The attack caused numerous fires and destruction of buildings,