Tip hours and street cleaning cut

BRISTOL'S three rubbish tips in Bristol will close two days a week and the city’s street-cleaning rounds will be halved amid a funding crisis.

Bristol Waste needs to plug a £4 million funding gap and is taking drastic action to cut costs, including reducing the work of fly-tip and graffiti removal teams, according to its annual business plan.

The document says the city council, which owns the company, has told the firm it must “live within its means”, which will result in some services becoming less frequent.

The council's budget already includes higher charges for garden waste collections and new fees for DIY waste, replacement black bins and recycling boxes.