IF your bin didn't get collected this week, take it back in and wait for the next collection is the advice from Kirklees Council.

Thousands of homes around Huddersfield have not had their bins emptied on Monday and Tuesday this week due to binmen being drafted in to help spread grit after snow hit the area.

Normal collections are due to restart on Wednesday but today the local authority have asked people to take their bins back in to avoid routes being blocked.

A spokesman said they were currently looking into whether it would be possible to organise 'catch-up' collections for people whose bins had been left unemptied due to the snow in order to avoid them having no collection for a month.

An announcement is expected tomorrow.