NEWS of a bin strike on Pride weekend will certainly be a worry to Brighton’s residents.

The city will be at its busiest in August, so to hear that bins will not be collected throughout this time means our streets will be dirty and smelly.

How can we welcome pop princess Kylie Minogue when rubbish litters our roads? It will be an embarrassment.

Litter has often been a problem at previous Pride parades, whether that is down to revellers neglecting to properly dispose of their rubbish or a lack of bins around the city.

A bin strike will make the hangover from this year’s celebration even worse.

It is hard to imagine what our streets could look like, and it is even harder to imagine how we will clean it all up.

As if rubbish is not already a problem in our city, we could be facing something unimaginable after Pride weekend.

The parade is supposed to be a celebration of everything that is great about our city.

Instead it could be filled with misery for Brighton residents as our bins explode with rubbish.

It is hard to comment on the reasons for the bin strike, as both sides seem to be in completely different worlds.

But regardless of whether it is justified, the strike will have a terrible effect on Brighton residents that could have repercussions for weeks.

Think of how long it could take to clear the bin backlog after Pride, resuming normal waste and recycling collections.

It is clear both the city’s residents and Pride partygoers will hope for a swift end to this crisis before the strike comes.