Everyday objects that seem perfectly safe, can sadly become hazardous when found accidentally by animals. By disposing our rubbish safely instead of littering we are making choices that could save many lives. Protecting animals from harmful rubbish is easy. Dispose of your rubbish responsibly by recycling, reusing or simply putting it in the bin! Plastic … Read more
British-made steel must be used to build the new high-speed rail link HS2, industry groups and unions have urged ministers. Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week gave the green light to the £106billion project, despite criticism of cost overruns and delays. The HS2 network will link London to Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds in a Y-shaped … Read more
Terrifying moment pilot tries and FAILS to land his jet on Heathrow runway during Storm Dennis gales Footage shows a pilot struggling to land a jet at Heathrow Airport yesterday Other clips show planes struggling as they try to land at Birmingham Airport Several jets wobble in mid-air, before bouncing as they land on the … Read more
Valentine’s Day MASSACRE! Cupid’s arrow proves VERY painful as loved-up revellers crash to the street or get carted-off to A&E on boozy Feb 14 night out Friends and couples in Birmingham, Newcastle and Leeds hit the town for a Valentine’s Day party last night Paramedics came to the aid of several revellers who had injured … Read more
Boris Johnson might as well have made this week’s announcement about the go-ahead for a £106 billion high-speed rail link wearing a silk cravat and a frock coat. Here was a prime minister making grandiose promises to transform this nation through steel, just as his Victorian predecessors — Peel, Disraeli, Gladstone —had thrilled to iron. … Read more
Two defendants brawl in the dock after judge sentences them to seven years for smashing a man over the head with a coffee jar in violent robbery Justin Irvine, 42, attacked co-defendant Christopher Talbot, 46, after sentencing The two appeared at Birmingham Crown Court for a violent robbery in the city The two thugs were … Read more
Harrowing CCTV shows the chilling moment a father-of-four was stabbed to death by a drug dealer armed with a Rambo-style knife inside a car. Malik Hussain, 35, was knifed four times in the chest as he sat in a VW Golf before being dragged into the street and stamped on as he lay dying. West … Read more
A ruthless gang of thugs have been jailed for a total of 61 years for a series of ram-raid cashpoint robberies caught on shocking CCTV. Larry Barnett, 33, Jamie Lambie, 43, Lee Barnett, 32, and Michael Dunleavy, 37, escaped with around £200,000 during their ‘wild three-month crime spree’. A court heard banks, supermarkets, convenience stores … Read more
Frustrated residents claim they have been threatened with violence by abusive parents who block their driveways when dropping their children off to school. Members of a Streetwatch group in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, say they have put up with parking issues near Heathlands Primary Academy for years. But now the enraged residents say parents have started threatening … Read more
Identical baby twins are the first in Britain to both be diagnosed with an incurable brain disease – the same which killed Coleen Rooney’s sister in 2013, aged 14. Amelia and Ruby Sampson have Rett Syndrome, which gets progressively worse and will rob them of the ability to speak or move freely, cause breathing and … Read more
HS2 may run slower in the North to cut costs – and part of the route may even be AXED to reduce the soaring bill for the project, ministers warn HS2 tracks will have a top speed of 225mph but could be slower in the North Cost-cutting measures could see the route from Warrington to … Read more
Hundreds of children are having needless operations to remove their appendix ever year, researchers have warned. One in six children who underwent surgery for appendicitis actually had a healthy organ removed, according to a study of hospitals across Britain and Ireland. Surgery for appendicitis is the most common emergency operation in children, with 10,000 children … Read more
Boris Johnson will sack the government-owned company behind HS2, after attacking the ‘poor management’ of the project. The Prime Minister acknowledged concerns over the spiralling budget for the development and admitted that the ‘cost forecasts have exploded’. However, he insisted that ‘poor management to date has not detracted from the fundamental value of the project’. Mr … Read more