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Maria Licona, a 55-year-old resident who was forced to evacuate her home, told AFP she feared that uncollected dead animals would spread disease.

The Poems of Seamus Heaney includes all 12 of the late poet's collections, alongside a selection of "uncollected" poems that originally appeared in newspapers, journals and magazines under different pen names.

An operation by police started after a postal worker reported suspicious activity and more than 20 uncollected parcels were seized at a sorting office.

The authority believes more than 12,000 tonnes of uncollected waste have accumulated on streets this week as all-out strike action by refuse workers continues.

Although the picture is patchy, a council source acknowledged that the amount of uncollected rubbish had started to build again and likened managing the situation to "a game of jenga."