A MAN has threatened to take legal action after he fell over on slippery food on a footpath after rubbish remained uncollected from the bin strike.

Aidan Skinner from Whitehawk said was “in agony” after he hurt his back from the fall, which happened as he walked down Donald Hall Road.

He said that, now that the bin strike has come to an end, the rubbish that has built up should have already been cleared away from Brighton and Hove’s streets.

Aidan said: “They’ve had every opportunity to get the streets back to normal by now.

“The council are going to be seeing a legal case now. I’ve spoken to a solicitor and I’ll be taking action for injury.”

A council spokesman said they were sorry to hear one of their residents had a fall and wished them “a speedy recovery.”

However, he said that the collection of waste that built up over the 13 days of strike action will “take some time” to clear.

He said: “Now that the strike has ended, Cityclean staff are starting to clear up the backlog of refuse and recycling that has built up during the strike.

“Due to the amount of waste that has built up, this will take some time, but the team will be aiming to progress this as quickly as possible.

“We apologise to residents, businesses and visitors to the city for the disruption during the last few weeks and thank you for your patience.”

A deal between the council and the GMB to end the bin strike was agreed earlier this week, which includes a pay rise that will benefit some of the lowest paid staff across the whole council as well as the Cityclean service.

A new series of management procedures will also be proposed to resolve the dispute over changes to driver rounds.

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