A Birmingham binman was left heartbroken after the 'love of his life' died suddenly at just 36.

Friends were rallying around devastated Steve Morris, who is among refuse workers striking over a long-running jobs dispute with the city council.

His wife Tammy backed the workers and was bringing sandwiches to picket lines just a week before she died last month, a friend said.

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The Yardley couple had been together around 20 years.

"It's been a complete shock to all of us, we are all absolutely gutted, not just for Tammy but for Steve because he doted on her," bin loader Maxine Stanley told BirminghamLive.

"She would do anything for anybody. I'm still in shock because she was so young. She w

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