RESIDENTS are being advised by Durham County Council that there will be no changes to their bin collections over the two May bank holidays.

The council says people can continue putting their bins out as normal during the weeks commencing Monday, May 2, and Monday, May 30.

Refuse, recycling and garden waste bins should be left by the kerbside by 7am on their normal collection day.

Anyone who is unsure what day to put their bin out can download a collection calendar by entering their house number and postcode into the My Durham section at durham.gov.uk.

Anyone who would like to subscribe to garden waste collections should visit durham.gov.uk/gardenwaste or call 0300-026-1000.

Customer access points will be closed on both bank holiday Mondays – May 2 and May 30 – and they will re-open at 8.30am on the Tuesday mornings.

Residents in Stanley are advised that their new customer access point will open on Tuesday, May 3, at the Louisa Centre.

An office will be located within the customer access point where births and deaths can be registered by appointment.