Friday’s weather will see largely cloudy and cool conditions for many. Some areas will remain dry but some persistent rain is likely in the far northwest along with some rain over north and later central and eastern England. Some thunderstorms are likely to develop in the southwest during the afternoon, with a yellow warning in […]
Refugees who founded Yorkshire Dama Cheese in West Yorkshire will have their Hello-Mi Rolls (£2.99, 230g) — joint winner of Channel 4’s Aldi’s Next Best Thing, the ‘Party’ episode —restocked in Aldi from 14th July. Razan Alsous and her husband Raghid Sandouk left Syria with their three children 12 years ago, before building their cheese […]
Three British nationals have been arrested and 36 firearms seized as part of joint Spanish National Police and National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation. Armed officers deployed to 36-year-old Anthony Finnigan’s property in Murcia, Spain, on 20 June. Finnigan is suspected of being part of a British organised crime group, based in the Murcia area, responsible […]
A man has been convicted of attempted murder after a waiter was stabbed in Solihull last December. Oliver Parnell was sat at a table in Lloyds Indian Restaurant in #Knowle on 23 December 2023, when he unexpectedly decided to leave. The victim, a waiter, opened the door for Parnell as he left but instead of […]
Rwanda has clarified that it is not obligated to refund the UK following the termination of a controversial multi-million pound migrant agreement between the two countries. Keir Starmer, the new UK Prime Minister and Labour Party leader, declared over the weekend that the plan to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda was “dead and buried.” […]
Birmingham City Council have jointly published a report with England’s other largest council landlords to publish solutions that will secure the future of council housing. Birmingham City Council has today joined with England’s other largest council landlords – including Southwark, Bristol, Sheffield, Leeds, Birmingham and Dudley – to jointly publish 5 solutions for the new […]
An exhibition of paintings by a British artist which depict aspects of the 11-day massacre in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica in 1995 will be displayed in the Council House this week. Remembering Srebrenica together with the Bosnia and Herzegovina UK Network, both based in Birmingham, will be displaying paintings by artist Robert McNeil MBE, […]
“Offer available when purchasing a hot drink in any Morrisons Café until Sunday, 14th July.” To celebrate 125 years of food making and shopkeeping, Morrisons is treating customers to a free jam doughnut when they purchase any hot drink in a Morrisons Café. Freshly baked daily by Morrisons expert bakers, the doughnuts are a favourite […]
Two men have been jailed after a father of two was killed in Ladywood in October 2022. Ali Salih Abdalaah, aged 36, was beaten to death in a hallway in Brecon Tower, Guild Close. After a three week trial earlier this year, Dale Berry-Parkes, aged 32 from Birmingham, was found guilty of manslaughter. He has […]
Shabana Mahmood’s First Statement as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmood MP has expressed immense pride after being appointed as the new Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. In her first statement posted on X, she wrote: “This is the greatest honour of my life to walk into as […]