Parents are facing chaos over classroom closures as primaries across the country stay shut today despite Boris Johnson insisting ‘schools are safe’. The Prime Minister told families yesterday that children should return to school in all areas where they were due to open today and tomorrow. But as Covid-19 rates soar, teaching unions said that … Read more
Girl, seven, suffers multiple skull fractures in three-car crash before police arrest 17-year-old boy and girl ‘who fled the scene’ Youngster who was travelling in Toyota Yaris is at Birmingham Children’s hospital Two other children, and woman driving the Yaris, were not seriously injured Two teens in silver Renault Scenic failed to stop after crash … Read more
Britain’s former fattest man who once tipped the scales at 65 stone has died aged 52 Barrie Austin, from Birmingham, died yesterday and his family have paid tribute His partner’s daughter Dannie Louise said she was ‘absolutely heartbroken’ At one point Mr Austin consumed 29,000 calories a day and weighed 65 stone By Emer Scully … Read more
Child litter louts are going ‘unpunished’, warn experts as figures reveal 72% of fines for dropping rubbish are given to men in their 20s Children are getting away with the unsociable crime by escaping fines Litterbugs caught in 2020 were overwhelmingly aged between 20 and 29 years But littering is an ‘unpunishable crime for youngsters’, … Read more
THREE police officers wrestle mask-less couple to the ground and arrest them after stopping them for not wearing face coverings in Birmingham shopping centre Dramatic footage emerges of a man being wrestled to the ground by police Wearing a face covering is compulsory by law in such shopping centres The man, 20, and woman, 19, … Read more
A retired GP who offered to return to the NHS and fight the Covid pandemic has today accused the health service of incompetency by failing to properly utilise its army of volunteers. Dr Brian Cooper, 73, who used to work at Birmingham City Hospital, was one of tens of thousands of former medics to sign … Read more
You’ve been making hot chocolate all wrong! Cadbury World cafe worker claims the secret is melting BUTTONS with hot water and stirring in warm milk TikTok user Chloe Rose shared her hack in a video on the social media site Involved replacing powder with Cadbury Buttons and small amount of hot water Completed hot brew … Read more
Nightingale hospitals are being quietly taken apart as medics warn there are too few doctors and nurses to keep the make-shift facilities open. Health bosses have already started stripping London’s of its 4,000 beds, ventilators and even signs directing ambulances to wards, while those in Birmingham and Sunderland are yet to re-open. An eye-watering £220million of taxpayers’ … Read more
Nightingale hospitals are being quietly taken apart as doctors and nurses warn there are not enough of them to keep the make-shift facilities open. Health bosses have already started stripping the emergency unit in London of its 4,000 beds, ventilators and even signs pointing patients to wards, shocking photos reveal, while the hospitals in Birmingham … Read more
A traditional John Lewis Christmas tradition: Two foxes play on snow-covered trampoline in scenes reminiscent of famous advert from 2016 Adorable footage shows the foxes playing on the trampoline in Birmingham The pair frolic on the snow-covered surface in the video taken on December 28 Scene is like the ‘Buster the Boxer’ advert which shows … Read more