Rural rubbish collection axed
Penny-pinching Rossendale council has instructed some residents to throw their rubbish in the back of their car and dump it at a local collection point. Which will help the council save £92,000 in rubbish pickup costs. But how will more elderly local residents manage this new regime?

The bin bags they are piling up all over Lancashire
From Burnley to the Mersey from Oldham to the Wyre
And all along the Rossendale you can hear the old folks' cries
As the stench floats o'er the Pennines spread by rats and flies