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| Binmen 'Scouse jibe' film probed | Binmen 'Scouse jibe' film probed |
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| Claims council workers shouted "we batter Scousers" at a woman in a row over bin collections are being probed. | Claims council workers shouted "we batter Scousers" at a woman in a row over bin collections are being probed. |
| Lisa Harris, 27, who was wearing a Liverpool FC shirt at the time, filmed a confrontation outside her children's school in Stalybridge. | |
| The mother-of-two said her bins have not been emptied for four weeks and still have the "stench of mouldy Christmas dinner". | The mother-of-two said her bins have not been emptied for four weeks and still have the "stench of mouldy Christmas dinner". |
| Her local council, Tameside, said the incident was under investigation. | Her local council, Tameside, said the incident was under investigation. |
| She claims she even stood in front of the bin lorry at one point and pleaded for them to take take her rubbish. | She claims she even stood in front of the bin lorry at one point and pleaded for them to take take her rubbish. |
| Ms Harris said she spotted the bin lorry on her street on Monday morning. | Ms Harris said she spotted the bin lorry on her street on Monday morning. |
| Dashing out, and knowing there had been some delays because of the heavy snow, she said she asked the binmen to take her rubbish. | Dashing out, and knowing there had been some delays because of the heavy snow, she said she asked the binmen to take her rubbish. |
| She claims they told her she had put out the wrong colour bin so she ran back and dragged out her green wheelie bin. | She claims they told her she had put out the wrong colour bin so she ran back and dragged out her green wheelie bin. |
| 'Disgusting attitude' | 'Disgusting attitude' |
| "I asked them to empty mine and my neighbour's. My neighbour is an elderly woman and she struggles to get about I thought they could have emptied hers too," she said. | "I asked them to empty mine and my neighbour's. My neighbour is an elderly woman and she struggles to get about I thought they could have emptied hers too," she said. |
| However, instead of sorting out her rubbish, she said they laughed at her before driving off. | However, instead of sorting out her rubbish, she said they laughed at her before driving off. |
| An hour later, when she saw them by her children's school, Arlie's Primary, Ms Harris confronted them again. | An hour later, when she saw them by her children's school, Arlie's Primary, Ms Harris confronted them again. |
| She said: "I stood in front of the bin lorry, refusing to move until they agreed to empty my bins. | She said: "I stood in front of the bin lorry, refusing to move until they agreed to empty my bins. |
| "It's horrendous, we have so much rubbish - I just don't know where to put it all. | "It's horrendous, we have so much rubbish - I just don't know where to put it all. |
| "But then they just started to abuse me, calling me a Scouser and saying they 'battered Scousers'. | "But then they just started to abuse me, calling me a Scouser and saying they 'battered Scousers'. |
| "That's why I decided to film them - their attitude was disgusting." | "That's why I decided to film them - their attitude was disgusting." |
| Ms Harris, who is born and bred in Manchester, has made an official complaint to the council and an investigation is under way. | Ms Harris, who is born and bred in Manchester, has made an official complaint to the council and an investigation is under way. |
| Her bins, she says, have still not been emptied. | Her bins, she says, have still not been emptied. |