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Litterbin mystery

Litterbins are mysteriously vanishing from the northern village of Kirk Sandalls, a northern village in England and the council's efforts to replace them are rubbish, say the residents. "In many cases the bins just disappear and we do not know where on earth they are," said Michael Edward, a 63-year-old retired teacher from the village near Doncaster. Residents say at least 30 of the village's large metal bins have gone missing over the past year. "One day you have bins around the shops and the next day they mysteriously vanish," said barman Adam Mackell. The reason may lie thousands of miles away in Asia, where the booming economies of China and India are pushing up prices of metals on world markets. Thieves may have been melting down the bins and selling the scrap metal for a quick profit, a council source said.

COMPILED BY NIMI KURIAN

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