Eagerly waiting for the outcome of the consultation on plans to scrap two weekly bin collections? Don’t hold your breath.

Any hope that public opinion can prevail and two-weekly collections continue was doomed in February.

Eagle-eyed observers of this year’s budget will have noted that councillors passed a budget in February that proposes cuts of £1 million to black bin collections.

A compromise no-one’s asked for, three weekly bin collections are coming whether you want them or not.