1.   The little baskets were empty and the ground was covered with pieces of paper, cigarette ends, old tyres, empty bottles and rusty tins.

2.   Vandals sparked a blaze when they set fire to old tyres at the former Walker Tyres site, in West Auckland, early yesterday.

3.   All these years, it is learnt old tyres were usually thrown into the sea.

4.   The farmer from Kampung Serating, Machang, has recognised the potential in old tyres as a breeding medium for oysters through trial and error.

5.   He does the distance in bare feet, unless the weather is too bad, in which case he puts on sandals made from old tyres.

6.   Her decomposing body had been dumped in a rusty, steel chest along with pieces of scrap and old tyres.

7.   Dozens of people held a demonstration Tuesday to protest the killing of the TJP workers, burning old tyres and throwing rocks at public transport.

8.   Witnesses said during the rally TJP workers burned old tyres on roads in the centre of the city, blocking traffic for several hours.

9.   Later, people in the tense area burned old tyres on the streets and erected barricades.

10.   McLaren chief Ron Dennis admitted that his cars set their best times on new tyres while the two Williams and Schumacher were on old tyres.