Birmingham, Britain’s second-largest city, is being forced to dim lights and cut sanitation services due to bankruptcy

Once nicknamed “the workshop of the world”, Birmingham was an industrial powerhouse in the 18th and 19th centuries.

It’s where William Murdoch invented the first gas lantern, a technology later used to light streets across the world.

But today the UK’s second-largest city can no longer afford to keep its own streets brightly lit.

In September Birmingham City Council issued a 114 notice,…