Government plans to ban Troubles-related prosecutions will also halt investigations into mainland IRA attacks such as the Birmingham pub bombings, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Families of victims have told of their fury after learning the plans would stretch to include IRA attacks on the mainland. Terrorist attacks on the UK mainland were not … Read more
Australia’s border is set to remain closed until the END of 2022 as government warns it ‘won’t be flung open’ even after mass vaccinations Australians have been banned from leaving the country since March 2020 Last year government predicted the borders would be open in October 2021 But that timeline has been pushed back due … Read more
The police officer accused of the murder of Dalian Atkinson colluded with his colleague and lover to lie about kicking the ex-footballer in the head, a court has heard. Pc Benjamin Monk said in his initial police interview that he had only kicked the former Aston Villa player once on the shoulder during the struggle … Read more
Ex-Aston Villa footballer Dalian Atkinson died after being tasered three times for 33 seconds and kicked at least twice to the head by an ‘angry’ police officer, a murder trial jury has heard. West Mercia Police Constable Benjamin Monk, 42, denies the murder and manslaughter of the 48-year-old former footballer, who also played for Ipswich … Read more
Peaky Blinders producers ‘IGNORED positive Covid test on set’: Bosses ‘let filming of BBC gangster drama continue for hours despite swab result’ Peaky Blinders filming temporarily paused due to ‘a false positive test’ in crew Then took NHS Covid test which came back negative, allowing filming to resume But crew members claim filming continued for … Read more
An investigation has been launched into an extension that has left a property just inches away from a neighbouring home. NHS worker Stuart Smith can no longer access the side of his house in Kings Norton, Birmingham, after a ‘bizarre’ extension of the property next door left only eight inches between the two homes. The … Read more
Teenager, 17, dies of stab wounds after Ford Focus ‘that was racing him to hospital’ crashed as police arrest 18-year-old for murder over attack in shop West Midlands Police said the boy was found with stab wounds next to a crashed Ford Focus in Heath Street, Smethwick on Saturday afternoon He was rushed to Queen … Read more
Phoebe Dynevor transformed into iconic ceramicist Clarice Cliff on Friday as she continued filming The Colour Room in Birmingham. The actress sported a pair of white overalls as she laughed with her co-stars between takes while she continued filming The Colour Room on Friday. The Bridgerton star, 26, who shot to fame over Christmas for her … Read more
Pictured: Abandoned newborn boy named George who was found alive after being dumped in Birmingham park as police hunting for mother release CCTV of woman The baby boy was ‘just hours old’ when he was discovered by a dog walker Named by police as George, because he was found day before St George’s Day Woman … Read more
Dramatic moment BBC Radio 1 grime star Saphan ‘Safone’ Robinson is chased by police in Audi after it was linked to several shootings – before armed cops corner gunman passenger and find getaway driver hiding in shed Officers in Birmingham set off in pursuit of an Audi A6 with Robinson inside Driver, Jonathon McCann, 25, … Read more