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In recent months, the City Council — Dunsmuir officials note it is the only city council in all of California made up entirely of millennials — is looking to add waterfalls to the marketing package.

A deal could now be "in touching distance", the union said, but it accused the city council of "saying one thing in public and another in the negotiations".

Negotiations between the city council and the Unite union were due to resume from 12:30 BST.

Former Los Angeles Councilmember Kevin de León is facing an $18,750 ethics fine for voting on city council decisions in which he had a financial interest and for failing to disclose income.

Talks to end the bin strike in Birmingham will not resume until next week, after the Unite union and the city council failed to reach an agreement on Wednesday.