Surgeon who branded initials onto patients’ livers during operations avoids being struck off

Surgeon, 53, who branded his initials onto the livers of patients with a laser during transplant operations avoids being struck off Simon Bramhall, 53, admitted writing his initials on patients’ organs in 2013  He had been working at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital at the time His registration was temporarily suspended but review found him fit … Read more

Britain’s loneliest dog still searching for a home after 775 days at the kennel and 200 rejections

Britain’s loneliest dog is still searching for a forever home after spending more than 775 days at the dog kennel and facing hundreds of rejections. Three-year-old Bob, a Presa Canario cross, first arrived at the RSPCA kennels in Birmingham after being found injured and stray in 2019. The ‘sensitive soul’ has now been with the animal … Read more

Mother, 43, of seven-week-old baby girl is arrested after ‘snatching infant from hospital’

Mother, 43, of seven-week-old baby girl is arrested after ‘snatching infant from hospital’ – as police probe two women accused of helping abduction The baby was taken from Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham at 8.30am Sunday  Major police operation was then launched to locate missing mother and child  They were found at a property in Birmingham … Read more

Flight radar reveals skies over UK are packed with flights to 10-day quarantine amber list countries

New airport statistics have revealed the boom in air travel in the UK today after hundreds of commercial flights took to the skies as jetsetters set off on their ‘amber holidays’. Live tracking data recorded more than 120 flights today from the UK to Greece, Italy, Spain and France – four of the country’s most … Read more

Fossils: Modern mammal ancestors were not held back by the dinosaurs – but by OTHER early mammals

Our ancestors and those of other modern mammals were not held back by the dinosaurs, but by other early mammal lineages, a study has concluded.  It was assumed that mammals lived in the shadow of the dinosaurs, who filled many ecological niches, thus keeping mammals small and generalist in lifestyle and diet. And when the … Read more

Covid lockdown England: People enjoy boozy breakfasts as pubs reopen for indoor drinking

Jubilant Britons today celebrated in style as they quaffed champagne in a classy breakfast toast to lockdown freedom. One pair clinked glasses of bubbly in upmarket The Ivy in Soho, London, as they marked ‘Freedom Day’ in England. The posh toast came as pubs, bars and restaurants were finally given the green light to reopen … Read more

Two pints and a Full English, please! Jubilant Britons enjoy boozy breakfasts on Freedom Day

A full-English breakfast washed down with a pint – or two – was top of the menu for thousands of pub-going Britons as they flooded back to bars to enjoy a first taste of lockdown freedom. Britons were today pictured pint-in-hand as they scoffed a cooked breakfasts in their local watering holes.  One man in … Read more

Moment dog thief flees with family’s pedigree XL American bully and bulldog after breaking in

A dog thief has been caught on camera fleeing with a family’s pedigree XL American bully and bulldog after breaking into their home when they were out.    The man broke into the home of Cavan Dixon and girlfriend Brooklynn Robert in King’s Heath, Birmingham, to steal the dogs last Friday. Footage shows the crook walking … Read more

Masked mob break into Muslim YouTube star’s home in Birmingham for ‘disrespecting Palestine’ 

This is the terrifying moment an angry mob smash up a Muslim YouTuber’s family home after accusing him of ‘disrespecting Palestine‘. The masked gang waved a Palestinian flag while hurling bricks through the window of a house in the Hodge Hill area of Birmingham in the early hours of Monday morning. Screams were heard as … Read more

Egyptian doctor, 36, who tried to board flight at Heathrow using forged certificates avoids jail

Egyptian eye doctor, 36, who tried to board flight home at Heathrow with her two children using forged Covid ‘fit to fly’ certificates downloaded from the internet avoids jail Dr. Sohyla Mohamed, of Birmingham, was given bogus documents by a friend  She had a total of three forged certificates to cover herself and her two … Read more