Shocking moment impatient driver speeds along the pavement on the wrong side of road to beat the traffic Dashcam footage shows the silver convertible Renault Megane mounting kerb Car speeds along the residential street in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham Oncoming vehicles continue to drive towards it – narrowly avoiding collision By Raven Saunt For Mailonline Published: … Read more
Shocking moment masked thug punches man in the back of the head before he is rammed into store window in unprovoked attack by gang in Birmingham’s Bullring Shopping Centre Footage shows man throwing a punch at victim as another person joins attack Man had his back turned away and appeared to be unaware of gang … Read more
Used Covid nasal swabs are handed out to students by military personnel as part of Birmingham council testing scheme By Faith Ridler For Mailonline Published: 11:37 BST, 14 October 2020 | Updated: 11:46 BST, 14 October 2020 A council mistakenly handed out used coronavirus testing swab kits to students on their doorsteps as part of a ‘drop … Read more
A former neo-Nazi has revealed how he was groomed into extremism as a teenager for 20 years until witnessing a black man being threatened in front of his family – and now helps others leave far-right groups. Nigel Bromage, 54, from Birmingham, quickly rose up the ranks and become a West Midlands organiser for the British … Read more
A shisha bar has been fined £10,000 after police body-cam footage captured hundreds of people crammed inside the venue. Workers at Kasablanca Shisha Lounge in Birmingham can be seen trying to close the shutters on officers as they arrived at the premises on September 30. The nightspot also turned their music off and told customers … Read more
England’s second biggest police force has been accused of jeopardising lives after a notebook packed with confidential intelligence on gangs was stolen from a police car. The information includes details of West Midlands police operations and a list of people associated or in the orbit of gangs. The notebook remains missing more than four months … Read more
Virtual reality objects you can FEEL just like on Star Trek’s holodeck move a step closer thanks to new ‘universal law of touch’ Birmingham researchers studied ‘Rayleigh waves’ generated from skin touch They found these waves are picked up by the body’s touch receptor cells The way the waves interact has led to the creation … Read more
Finding a parking space isn’t always straight forward, especially if you’re hunting for one in a city. While most might think the capital is the most difficult location to find public bays, a new study claims there are six cities where it is likely an even tougher task. Comparing the number of cars registered in … Read more
A group of Birmingham University students – who’ve all tested positive for Covid – say they feel like they’ve been ‘caged’ after being forced to self-isolate in their student digs for two weeks. Second year students Zack Cohen, Louis Shaw, Rafi Jacobs, Michael Abram – all from North London but studying at the Midlands University – … Read more
Further proof that vitamin D could protect people from coronavirus emerged today after a study found adults deficient in the nutrient are more at risk of catching the disease. Seventy-two per cent of NHS workers who were lacking in the ‘sunshine vitamin’ also tested positive for Covid-19 antibodies — a sign of previous infection. This compared to … Read more