Christians plan new Eternal Wall national prayer monument built with a million bricks that will be same height as Nelson’s Column and dwarf the Angel of the North Building on the Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer, near Coleshill, will start in 2021 The 169ft tall monument near Birmingham will be built with one million bricks … Read more
Birmingham’s covid outbreak has been blamed on families meeting up at home instead of pubs and restaurants where strict measures are in place – as new lockdown rules are due to be brought in. Dr Justin Varney, Director of Public Health in Birmingham, said the city was facing a number of small clusters caused by … Read more
Andy Street said he had been permitted to read out a statement headed ‘Ban on household mixing in Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull’ Birmingham has been hit by a new lockdown as people are banned from mixing with anyone outside their own household from Tuesday. West Midlands mayor Andy Street said he had been permitted to … Read more
Dr David Rosser, chief executive at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, said hospital admissions for Covid were growing exponentially The number of coronavirus patients being admitted to hospital in Birmingham is doubling every week, fuelling fears the city could be next hit with a local lockdown. Seven people are fighting for their lives in intensive care … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon warned that the R rate could be as high as 1.5 north of the border as she announced that a planned easing of restriction would not be going ahead from next week.
More than half the people in the UK are being forced into stricter coronavirus rules next week despite living in unaffected areas, because some parts of the country can’t keep the virus under control. Around 38million residents will be lumped into lockdown as the nation is told to ‘limit social contact’ and face fines or … Read more
Keeley Hawes has discussed her experience of playing the real-life police officer who solved Britain’s most notorious honour killing in a new ITV drama. Detective Chief Inspector Caroline Goode led an inquiry into the murder of Banaz Mahmod, 20, at the hands of her family after she was found in a Birmingham garden in 2006. The … Read more
Birmingham faces looming lockdown as West Midlands mayor admits city-wide restrictions now ‘very likely’ as symptom-tracking app warns infections ARE rising across the UK West Midlands mayor Andy Street said tougher restrictions were ‘looking likely’ Birmingham’s case rate has jumped to 69 per 100,000, up from 30 a week ago Local leaders in Birmingham are … Read more
Prince William has praised emergency service workers who responded to the ‘dreadful’ stabbings in Birmingham, during a surprise visit to Belfast today to meet with frontline staff. A knifeman rampaged across the English city centre in the early hours of Sunday, stabbing a student to death and leaving several others injured. The Duke of Cambridge, 38, referenced the … Read more
Man, 27, is charged with murder and attempted murder after series of stabbings across Birmingham on Sunday Zephaniah McLeod, 27, has been charged with murder and attempted murder Police said they had charged a man of the death of 23-year-old Jacob Billington McLeod will appear before Birmingham magistrates on Wednesday morning By Henry Martin For … Read more