The UK cities that feel the most and least anxious about Covid-19 and travel have been revealed in a survey. Aberdeen tops the ranking of 30 cities, with 88.2 per cent of its residents saying their travel anxiety has increased since the coronavirus pandemic. Occupying the second and third spots are Coventry (84 per cent) … Read more
An NHS consultant whose premature twins were delivered by caesarean while she lay a coma battling Covid-19 is finally back home safely with her family. Perpetual Uke gave birth while on a ventilator in an induced coma and did not see her newborn babies until she came round sixteen days later. The twins, Palmer, a … Read more
Counter-terrorism police were last night searching the end-terrace house of Michael Reilly (pictured), 65 A suspect in the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings was held in a dawn raid at his Belfast home yesterday. Counter-terrorism police were last night searching the end-terrace house of Michael Reilly, 65. The arrest comes days before the 46th anniversary of the … Read more
How to hack your Primark shop! Former employee shares the best time of day to find new items and reveals you can even call ahead to reserve stock Gemma from Birmingham worked at the budget clothes shop for seven years She said the best time to go shopping is early in the morning or late … Read more
Fresh agony for families of missing ‘Milk Carton Kids’ as police say human remains found on Jaguar Land Rover site CAN’T be the two boys who vanished 24-years ago – because the bones have been there too long Patrick Warren, 11, and David Spencer, 13, went missing on Boxing Day in 1996 Bones were found … Read more
A 65-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murders of 21 people in the 1974 pub bombings in Birmingham. Officers from Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands, working with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, detained the suspect in Belfast today. The man was arrested under the Terrorism Act and a search of his … Read more
BSA, which stands for Birmingham Small Arms, was founded in 1861 to manufacture guns – a reference fans of BBC drama Peaky Blinders will be familiar with. Following the second world war, the Midlands munitions factory in Small Heath in the south-east district of Birmingham became a motorcycle assembly line. For many years BSA was … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Jenrick demands review of ‘shocking’ two-year jail term given to hit-and-run driver who left boy, 17, with ‘horrific wounds’ and killed his dog Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick says he is ‘deeply shocked’ at sentence Daniel Moncaster, 17, was left with ‘horrific’ wounds while walking his dog Nico Driver Andrew Pittman, 38, drove away … Read more
Man, 64, dies after falling 100 feet from church steeple where work was being carried out despite paramedics’ desperate attempts to save him Man has died after falling 100ft off church steeple in Kings Norton, Birmingham The 64-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene despite paramedics efforts Emergency services raced to St Nicolas’ Church, Kings Norton, … Read more
Up five people who attended a huge memorial ‘street party’ wake following a funeral later died of Covid, a council chief claimed today. The large gathering – which was in breach of lockdown rules – took place after a funeral in Birmingham. It was one of a series of examples of breaches in the city, … Read more