Team India receive special Birmingham welcome ahead of Games
Members of India’s elite athletic squad were given a rapturous welcome by fans on arrival in the UK, as part of a special event organised by the Indian High Commission and hosted by Birmingham City University.
Hundreds of supporters from...
Birmingham’s Spectacular Opening Ceremony
Birmingham saw the most spectacular opening ceremony for The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth watched by 30,000 people at the Alexander Stadium last night.
The ceremony lasted around two-and-a-half hours and featured a giant bull, classic cars and swathes of performers telling...
Birmingham – Let the Games Begin
It is here, the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games with the opening ceremony taking place tonight. An estimated one billion people expected to watch the opening ceremony and Birmingham being the spotlight.
With years of planning, the city will be hosting 12...
Local Who Rents Driveway To Help Hospital Workers
Locals have shown their support to a landlord who turned his driveway into a car park to help Heartlands Hospital workers and undercutting their parking fees.
Akeel Ahmed, 33, spent around £20,000 turning the land outside his house opposite Heartlands...
Highgate Murder Gang Jailed For Life
Five men who were found guilty of killing businessman Abdul Rahman Abubaker have been jailed for life, but the gunman remains on the run.
The 24-year-old was fatally shot while riding a quad bike after leaving a barbeque in May...
Jail Time For Drink Driver Who Collided With A Lorry
A man who was three times over the drink limit and drove into a lorry has been given 24 weeks jail time.
Jagdeep Chohan, 35, smashed his black BMW 3 Series into a Volvo lorry in a head-on collision just...
Shilpa Shetty Kundra Welcomes Baby Girl Through Surrogacy
Couple Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra have been blessed with their second child, a baby girl, born through surrogacy. Shilpa took to Instagram to make the announcement that their little angel Samisha Shetty Kundra arrived on February...
Doctor Arrested For Being Too Drunk Airport
A doctor from Redditch was arrested at Birmingham Airport for being too drunk after he could not stand up in the body scanner.
Vijaykrishna Maddikera, 52, was supposed to travel to India on December 29 to visit his ill father...
‘CHECK BEFORE YOU TICK’ CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTS ONLINE ELIGIBILITY CHECKER FOR DENTAL TREATMENT
If you’re claiming free dental treatment – don’t assume you can claim it for free.
Not all benefits entitle you to free dental treatment, and if you claim when you’re
not entitled, you could face a penalty charge of £100 plus...
Mum’s Fury At Heartlands Hospital
Birmingham’s Heartlands Hospital A&E has been slammed by a patient’s daughter after her mum had to wait for fourteen hours before seeing a doctor.
Daughter Sibka Minhas took her 69-year-old mother - who suffers from dementia - to the A&E...
