News about Michael Hutchinson

Residents in Ashford, Kent have been plagued by bin disruptions. (left) They say their road has turned into a 'slum' due to heaps of litter being left uncollected for an entire month. The situation has become so dire for disgruntled locals, some have been forced to spray the rotting waste with disinfectant daily. (right)

Michael Hutchinson, 39, (top right) lost patience with his local council when his rubbish began to pile up outside his home (bottom right) for nearly three weeks in Kemsley, near Sittingbourne, in Kent. After 18 days with the garden waste starting to pong he had had enough and decided to dip into his own pocket to pay £10 to a local, private collection firm (left) to pick it up instead. Mr Hutchinson had already made one tip-run and says it was 'money well spent' to get rid of what he described as a 'nightmare' outside his home. Ironically Suez workers arrived on his street the same day, but the father-of-three claims they left the bags of rubbish which were piled around the bins.

Energy Australia has been fined $1.5 million after a veteran Yallourn power station worker died of deadly burns to 90 percent of his body in an electrical fire. Graeme Edwards was highly trained and had been working at the power station for more than 30 years when he suggested that a high voltage cable be connected to the section of the power station where he worked. It was a common practice called racking, which required installing a high voltage circuit breaker in a cabinet when wires were live or energised.

The team said in a statement on social media that a hip injury that necessitates surgery is the reason for the absence. Lehner suffered from a shoulder injury at the end of the 2021-22 season, which required him to have surgery and miss the year's last three games.