Bin collection and other bank holiday council arrangements in Northumberland

There will be no bin collections today (Monday, September 19), with all scheduled collections taking place one day later than usual that week.

People have been asked to leave their bin out for collection by 7am on the revised day of collection.

Household Waste Recovery Centres (tips), customer information centres, libraries, schools, leisure centres and country park cafes are all closed.

Anyone with bulky waste appointments booked for Monday should have been contacted by now, and offered alternative collection dates.

A number of weddings and funerals are still happening today, with buildings open where necessary to allow these events to take place.

There will be no appointments arranged to register births or deaths or give notice of marriage.

Housing repairs and maintenance appointments have been suspended. An out-of-hours service will receive and respond to emergency repair requests

The council’s contact centre will operate an out-of-hours emergency only service via 0345 600 6400.