Unprecedented demand for eggs has led Tesco to stock the far rarer white variety for the first time in more than 40 years. With more people now eating at home as well as baking more since the pandemic started, Tesco has seen demand for eggs rocket by 30 per cent. Now, following an initial trial, Tesco […]
The seizure, which had a potential street value of around £8.5 million, happened on Thursday (21 May). The drugs were found in a freight consignment consisting of 630 commercial boxes of fruit and nuts and were hidden in envelopes concealed in the outer cardboard box walls. Each outer box contained approximately 270 grams of heroin. […]
Police have charged a 42-year-old woman after the contents of a charity box were stolen at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham’s Cancer Centre.It is alleged that approximately £400 was inside the box when the lid was forced open and it was emptied at about 10pm on Wednesday 20 May. Emma Andrews, of Leehurst Crescent, Harborne, […]
Police are appealing for information after shots were fired following a collision between a car and a van on Mary Street, Balsall Heath shortly after 8pm yesterday (26 May). Police understand a grey Citroen C3 and white VW Transporter collided near to the junction with Balsall Health Road. CCTV shows the occupants of the Citroen […]
Police have released a shocking image showing a reckless biker tearing up parkland on an off-road motorcycle – with a toddler perched on his lap. The man was spotted by police helicopter in Coventry as we launched another Bank Holiday blitz on people who cause concern in our communities. Shocking helicopter footage shows the toddler […]
Do you know these three men? Police want to talk to them after two elderly brothers were seriously assaulted in their home in Waterloo Street, Tipton on Thursday 30th April. At around 9pm, three men claiming to be police officers knocked on the door and told the victims that their van was being broken into. After […]
A total of 45,898 households in Birmingham will receive updated council tax bills from this week showing reductions in payments totalling more than £6.5 million. Using money from the Government’s Council Tax Hardship Fund, Birmingham City Council has applied a £150 discount to the annual bills of all households in receipt of Council Tax Support. The […]
Prime minister also reveals test and trace strategy as he is questioned by MPs; Tory MPs still calling for Cummings to go amid fears over public health impact BAME campaigners urge government to tackle race inequalities after high Covid-19 toll Can you catch coronavirus twice? What we know so far Working mothers interrupted more than […]
A man found dead in his Birmingham home on Sunday (3 May) has been named as 48-year-old Amarjit Arora. Mr Arora was found unresponsive at the address in James Turner Street in the early hours and pronounced dead at the scene. A post mortem examination was carried out today (6 May) but was inconclusive and […]