Binmen in stand-off at dawn

A householder angry at being woken before dawn by rubbish collectors blocked their lorry in a cul-de-sac until they agreed to start later.

After he was woken at 0545 BST, Chris Perry got in his car in Winchester and parked in the middle of the road to stop the lorry continuing its rounds.

The workers called police but they agreed with Mr Perry that the rubbish collections were too early.

Part-time teacher Mr Perry said the bin collectors threatened to ram his car but eventually they called police who, he said, sided with him and told the workers to leave.

"I am not putting up with being woken at that time of the morning. I was very riled when one of the men told me the driver had to get his boy to school.