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UK households face a pavement bin crackdown. One Midlands council has issued 24 fines during a six-month pilot scheme aimed at reducing the number of bins left out on pavements.

The Labour Party authority in Derby city said it launched the scheme on nine streets in March in response to residents' concerns about the "significant obstruction" caused by bins being left out.

The council spent £9,176 on the initiative and gave out 299 warnings to households, the BBC News team has reported. Cabinet member for streetpride, parks and leisure at the council, Ndukwe Onuoha, said the results of the scheme were "highly encouraging".

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Onuoha said: "We've listened to residents' concerns about the sig

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