Residents lay out wheelie bins in desperate bid to reserve car parking space

Desperate residents resorted to leaving upturned wheelie bins in the road in an attempt to keep hold of a parking space.

Wheelie bins were laid side-by-side in a busy Birmingham street in a bid to stop other drivers pulling in.

But that didn't stop one driver, with a people carrier seen double parked next to the bins, narrowing the lanes for approaching traffic.