A YOUNG family, including two children, have been forced to spend the week living with their own rubbish amid claims that bin men failed to collect it.

Selina Purewal was promised on several occasions that her refuse would be collected, but instead her family spent the week with litter piling up in their kitchen, after their bins outside had filled up.

Ms Purewal, 33, of Coleridge Crescent, Colnbrook described the smell as “awful”.

She said: “We are now living among our own waste. I have to keep it in the kitchen because the bins outside are full and there are foxes on the street at night.

“I have to cook for my children in the kitchen and the smell is awful in there.

“I have phoned every day since last week when they were supposed to have collected the waste.

“Every day I sit on the phone for half an hour and every day they fail to come and collect it.

“We pay for this service with our taxes, but now it seems that having our bins collected is a luxury.”

Amey, the company contracted by Slough Borough Council to collect refuse, apologised for the confusion and said it would collect Ms Purewal’s rubbish on Saturday, January 14.

But despite its assurances, not all of it was collected on Saturday, with excess rubbish left at the side.

Ms Purewal added: “I put the bins out as advertised, but they failed to take several bins on our road.They are (being) unhelpful.”

A spokesperson for Amey said on Monday: “We’re sorry for any inconvenience or confusion caused by the changes to bin collection schedules over the holidays and for not collecting excess rubbish this weekend. We have now collected all the waste and can confirm that collection dates have returned to normal.

“It is common practice for bin collection dates to change over bank holidays so we’d encourage all residents to check the council’s website for any updates.”