Emergency crews were scrambled to Muntz Street in Small Heath with fears of ‘hazardous materials’ but it turned out to be an ‘egg and flour fight’ and no one was ‘battered’ A big emergency services response was called to Birmingham in what was believed to be a ‘hazmat’ incident but …
Read More »Five Birmingham men facing lengthy prison time after street shooting
The victim, who is aged in his 40s, was sitting in his car at around 9am when he was targeted by men who arrived in a Toyota C-HR vehicle on Charles Foster Street, in Darlaston L-R: Shamus Hussain, Mohammed Ishtiaq and Abdullah Amjad(Image: WMP) Five men from Birmingham face lengthy …
Read More »Birmingham hospitals declare first critical incident ‘in a decade’ as flu drives up admissions
University Hospitals Birmingham today declared a critical incident because of ‘exceptional demand’. It amounts to a declaration that for now at least all but the most critically ill or injured new arrivals will face an exceptionally long wait for care at the four city hospitals. More than 300 inpatients have …
Read More »Updates as forensics scour Garrison Lane in Bordesley Green as murder probe launched
Police have blocked off a Birmingham road after a murder probe was launched. Officers erected a cordon in Garrison Lane, Bordesley Green after a woman suffered ‘significant’ injuries at around 7pm on Friday night, January 28. She was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. The road, just off North Holme, …
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