THERE will be changes to rubbish and recycling collections next week because of the bank holiday weekend.

Rubbish collections will be a day later than usual.

Carlisle City Council is asking householders to check their collection date.

Rubbish that is normally collected on Monday will be collected the following day, on Tuesday, August 27.

Tuesday’s rubbish will be collected on Wednesday; Wednesday’s rubbish on Thursday; Thursday’s rubbish on Friday; and Friday’s rubbish on Saturday.

Collections return to normal from Monday, September 2 onwards. The Civic Centre will close at 4pm today.