Sefton Council has issued an update on bin collections following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Rubbish collections in Sefton planned for the date of the Queen's funeral will be moved to a different date. The council updated people living in the area on social media that all collections would be rescheduled for a later date.
A new date for bin collections was not confirmed by the council, but they said people would be informed in due course. Scheduled collections from September 20 onwards are not affected.
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Her Late Majesty will be buried in the King George VI memorial chapel in Windsor Castle, where she will be reunited with Prince Philip, her husband for 73 years. A two-minute silence will be held across the nation at midday on the day of the funeral.
A spokesperson from Sefton Council said: "Due to the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Monday 19th September, green waste collections normally scheduled for that day will be rescheduled for a later date. We will update those within the areas affected by the change with an alternative collection date in due course.
"We would like to thank residents for their understanding and apologise for any inconvenience caused. All other scheduled collections from Tuesday 20th September onwards remain unaffected."
On Thursday, the nation was told Queen Elizabeth II had died at Balmoral a few hours earlier, at the age of 96, as several senior members of the Royal Family headed to Scotland to be with her. Buckingham Palace announced the death of Her Majesty in a statement which read: "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral and return to London in the morning."
On Saturday it was confirmed the day of the Queen’s funeral will be a national bank holiday, meaning millions of people may be given the day off work. The government said Her Majesty’s funeral will be at 11am on Monday, September 19, and will be a bank holiday for the whole of the UK.
But just because it is a bank holiday, doesn't mean your employer has to give you the day off.
Gov.uk said the Bank Holiday "will allow individuals, businesses and other organisations to pay their respects to Her Majesty and commemorate Her reign, while marking the final day of the period of national mourning."
They added: "This bank holiday will operate in the same way as other bank holidays, and there is no statutory entitlement to time off. Employers may include bank holidays as part of a worker’s leave entitlement."
It has been confirmed schools will be closed for the funeral, while it will be down to business-owners to decide whether or not shops will be open, have reduced hours or will be closed to mark their respects for the late monarch.
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