The street could prove hazardous for drivers Councillor Deirdre Alden standing on Edgbaston’s sunken Westfield Road (Image: Matt Bennett ) Residents living in leafy Edgbaston have raised concerns over a road which appears to be “sinking”. Councillors for the area, Matt Bennett and Deirdre Alden, are “very concerned” along with …
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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 …
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