Asda store that shut after eight staff caught Covid is accused by local customers of becoming ‘overcrowded’ and letting in shoppers without masks Superstore in Smethwick, near Birmingham, was shut for a clean then reopened Locals claimed site had been ‘overcrowded’ with some shoppers without masks West Midlands currently has some of the highest infection … Read more
Britain’s rush hour started to get back to normal again today as the return to work following the coronavirus lockdown was stepped up – with more than 370 jams totalling 200 miles across London during rush hour. Congestion levels on the roads in the capital were at 36 per cent at 8am today according to … Read more
It’s going to be colder than Christmas tomorrow with beaches deserted on Bank Holiday Monday as temperatures are set to plummet to 11C (52F). It will be the coldest August Bank Holiday for 50 years and 15C (59F) colder than last year’s record hottest of 33.2C (92F). A 500-mile wide ‘polar plunge’ is forecast to sweep … Read more
Britons have been told to dust off their coats for the first time since winter as temperatures are set to plummet as low as 10C in parts of the UK – 5C below the seasonal average. A 500-mile wide ‘polar plunge’ has swept in for the August bank holiday making it feel colder, but also … Read more
A customer adviser for Lloyds bank sold customers’ account details to her friend who was a gambling addict. Jaspreet Marwaha, from Birmingham, gave the information of more than 80 accounts to Mohammed Saif Maqsood, from Blackburn, who paid £50 for each set of card details and swiped between £82,000 and £92,000 from them. At one point the … Read more
Plummeting temperatures could make the bank holiday weekend one of the coldest on record, coming just days after the UK experienced record-breaking heat. Huge downpours and 80mph winds from Storm Francis battered the UK earlier this week, with cold northerly winds gripping the country over the next few days. But party goers were out in force … Read more
A 20-year-old who went to stay with a no-nonsense pensioner for a unique experiment has told how she decided to take part because she wanted to dispel the ‘misconception’ among the older generation that people ‘have it easier when they’re younger.’ The Channel 4 programme, Lodgers for Codgers, sees pensioners who live alone paired with … Read more
Property empire worth £17million gets seized by ‘Britain’s FBI’ after eight-year probe into a drug trafficking kingpins Terraced houses and industrial premises among 59 addresses targeted by NCA Properties were purchased with what investigators described as ‘dirty money’ More than half in the student area of Selly Oak with others in Northern Ireland By Helena Kelly For … Read more
Horrified tip workers find body of elderly man in freezer that had been removed from flat in house clearance as man, 50, is arrested on suspicion of murder The body of an elderly man was found inside the freezer in Exhall, Warwickshire It had been moved from a Birmingham flat by a housing association Man, … Read more
Birmingham on brink of lockdown: Council gets new powers to shut down restaurants and bars which flout social distancing rules, to close parks and ban large weddings from TOMORROW to stop spread of COVID 19 New powers have been agreed by Birmingham City Council and the Government Will allow council and police to shut down … Read more