Solihull news

• NHS caner patients receiving care at private hospital during Covid-19 pandemic

  08-06-2020 22:16
  
  More than 150 NHS patients have so far received vital surgery at the Sutton Coldfield-based hospital
  
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• NHS cancer patients receiving care at private hospital during Covid-19 pandemic

  08-06-2020 22:16
  
  More than 150 NHS patients have so far received vital surgery at the Sutton Coldfield-based hospital
  
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• Watch as fight erupts inside Broad Street bar after 'friends attacked' by group

  08-06-2020 22:00
  
  Three pals were partying at Shooters Bar on Broad Street when they were reportedly assaulted by a group of men. One was left with a broken jaw
  
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• Fantasist who lied about VIP paedophile ring ordered to pay £23,960

  08-06-2020 21:38
  
  The Metropolitan Police spent £2 million looking into Carl Beech's allegations
  
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• Lush will reopen 88 shops on Monday - how things will be very different

  08-06-2020 21:09
  
  There will be a raft of changes including no product testers on display and spa and hair lab bookings will still be suspended
  
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• Leamington murder investigation – family pay tribute to Carl Moorhouse

  08-06-2020 21:01
  
  A 25-year-old man from Birmingham was arrested today (June 8) on suspicion of murder
  
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• Black Lives Matter protest held in Tamworth

  08-06-2020 19:54
  
  Police say the protest was peaceful and no arrests were made.
  
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• Sitting In Limbo - the real story behind the BBC's Windrush Scandal drama

  08-06-2020 19:45
  
  The shocking story is based on real events that unfolded during the Windrush Scandal when dozens of people were wrongly detained and deported from the UK by the Home Office
  
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• City's new £1.6m cycling and walking schemes

  08-06-2020 19:10
  
  Pop-up cycle lanes, pavement widening for social distancing and road closures for low traffic neighbourhoods have been set out
  
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• Pub ordered to remove 'racist' sign after backlash from thousands

  08-06-2020 18:56
  
  Thousands of people signed a petition demanding the removal of a caricature of a black man above the 18th century Greenman pub sign in Ashbourne, Derbyshire
  
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• Jet2 issues new travel update to passengers as flight restart date delayed

  08-06-2020 18:51
  
  The airline initially planned to restart flights from July 1 - but this has now been pushed back a fortnight to July 15
  
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• Coronavirus is 'in retreat across the country'

  08-06-2020 18:43
  
  Upbeat message from the Health Secretary, as he says deaths and infection rates are down and shops will soon re-open
  
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• One hundred cars gather in Tamworth during lockdown

  08-06-2020 18:33
  
  "I am very disappointed with what I witnessed considering there are people in hospital on their own, some very ill.
  
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• Yardley shop fails in bid to sell alcohol again after under-age sales

  08-06-2020 18:15
  
  Councillors rejected a shop's application for a new licence which was opposed by police, Trading Standards and Licensing Enforcement
  
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• Pub gardens could re-open on June 22

  08-06-2020 18:03
  
  The move would be two weeks ahead of the previously announced date of July 4
  
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• 'We all make mistakes' - First interview with controversial deputy PCC

  08-06-2020 17:56
  
  Newly appointed Deputy PCC Waheed Saleem said it was time to move on from his past.
  
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• Hospital worker etches thank you to colleagues who saved her life

  08-06-2020 17:53
  
  After suffering a heart attack, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust manager, Siobhàn Gordon, wanted to thank the colleagues she works with for saving her life
  
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• Watch as woman fends off man with crutch - as she's asked for her money and bag

  08-06-2020 17:47
  
  The lady was standing at the Lloyds ATM on Weoley Castle Road when a young man appears. She is then seen jabbing her walking stick
  
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• Four neo-Nazis face jail on Tuesday over National Action membership

  08-06-2020 17:40
  
  Alice Cutter and her ex-partner, Mark Jones, appeared at Birmingham Crown Court on Monday, along with Garry Jack and Connor Scothern
  
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• Exciting plans for £2.4 million revamp of flagship park move forwards

  08-06-2020 17:24
  
  Councillors will meet next week and are set to approve plans for the £2.4 million facelift of Kidderminster's flagship Brinton Park - which include a new cafe, toilets and improved parking
  
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• 'I won't let go' - Martin Lewis makes promise to furloughed workers

  08-06-2020 17:21
  
  MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin took to Twitter to make a vow to furloughed workers - insisting he would keep on at the government for answers
  
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• Vandals and poachers slammed for leaving swan traps at beauty spot

  08-06-2020 17:09
  
  There are fears the 'mindless' behaviour is destroying the Fens Pool Nature Reserve
  
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• Man murdered driver who was stabbed to death through car window

  08-06-2020 17:09
  
  Zion Chiata, 20, killed Gavin Garraway, 40, in full view of members of the public in Clapham, south London, on the afternoon of March 29 last year
  
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• Gran who scammed £1m benefits splashed cash on holidays, cosmetics and clothes

  08-06-2020 17:06
  
  Christina Pomfrey, 65, lied she was totally blind and wheelchair-bound, but surveillance by investigators showed her driving
  
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• Charity volunteer jailed for three years over arson attack on 5G phone mast

  08-06-2020 17:04
  
  Michael Whitty, 47, carried out internet searches for theories linking 5G and coronavirus before he set fire to the equipment box of the Vodafone mast in Kirkby
  
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• Prince Andrew breaks silence on US investigation into Epstein in fiery statement

  08-06-2020 16:57
  
  Prince Andrew has broken his silence with a scathing statement after US authorities demanded he appears in court
  
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• Robert Peel statue vandalised amid calls to remove monuments

  08-06-2020 16:54
  
  Peel, who lived at Drayton Manor in Staffordshire, is a former British Prime Minister who is credited with forming the Metropolitan Police
  
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• Heartbroken parents pay tribute to daughter who died after taking ecstasy

  08-06-2020 16:54
  
  An inquest revealed the drug use was a 'one-off episode' and her first time using MDMA
  
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• Watch Solihull school undergo new '30-day coronavirus spray' treatment - Birmingham Live

  08-06-2020 16:52 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Watch Solihull school undergo new '30-day coronavirus spray' treatment  Birmingham Live
  
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• Pubs could reopen on June 22 with one metre social distancing

  08-06-2020 16:37
  
  A government report has claimed that the current two-metre rule could decimate the industry and lead to up to millions of job losses
  
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• Bricklayers Arms' licence suspended for three more months

  08-06-2020 16:37
  
  Councillors say the period should be enough time for pub company Admiral Taverns to remove current tenants
  
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• Supper club transforms to takeaway to help domestic violence victims

  08-06-2020 16:32
  
  Instead of closing during lockdown, husband and wife team Niraj's Kitchen decided to offer customers a takeaway service and are donating 10 per cent of all orders to Survivors.One, a charity that supports victims of domestic violence
  
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• Meet the Tamworth man on a mission to support St Giles Hospice

  08-06-2020 16:32
  
  Peter Seedhouse has raised nearly £2000 with a running and cycling challenge
  
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• Major city centre tunnel closed due to lorry crash

  08-06-2020 16:22
  
  The A38 southbound entrance to Birmingham Queensway Tunnel is closed whilst emergency crews deal with the incident
  
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• Helen Flanagan vows to stop editing her pictures in bid to inspire daughters

  08-06-2020 16:19
  
  Helen, a mum-of-two, is in a relationship with ex-Aston Villa star Scott Sinclair
  
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• School apologises as leavers turn up dressed as slaves

  08-06-2020 15:58
  
  In a statement issued after pictures emerged on social media, the prestigious Sutton Coldfield school admitted it did not 'immediately reprimand' the teenagers at 2014 celebration
  
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• UK coronavirus death toll rises by 62 in lowest increase since lockdown

  08-06-2020 15:32
  
  For the first time since the pandemic began yesterday Scotland recorded no new coronavirus deaths
  
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• Caring schoolgirl raises more than £10,000 to help injured children in hospital

  08-06-2020 15:32
  
  The caring girl from Bordesley Green wanted to fundraise and do her bit after seeing footage of sick children being treated at a hospital in East Jerusalem
  
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• Masked thugs attack stranger for meds in street robbery

  08-06-2020 15:24
  
  The victim was walking down an alleyway in broad daylight when he was mugged by three men in masks
  
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• Watch Solihull school get blitzed with '30-day coronavirus spray'

  08-06-2020 15:18
  
  Cleaning experts used a special FiltaShield 'fogging' machine to blitz St Alphege CE Infant and Nursery School before pupils returned to their classrooms in a bid to protect surfaces from Covid 19 for up to 30 days
  
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• Petition launched to 'save' Bob Brolly's Irish show on BBC WM

  08-06-2020 15:13
  
  Fans missing their regular fix of Irish chat and music on BBC WM have signed a new petition to get Bob Brolly's Sunday afternoon show 'reinstated'
  
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• Murder in the Outback explores harrowing true story of Peter Falconio

  08-06-2020 15:12
  
  Its first episode was watched by an astonishing number, giving Channel 4 its biggest overnight audience share of the year
  
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• Watch - Fire breaks out after residents hear 'loud bang'

  08-06-2020 15:09
  
  Arson fears as 'petrol-soaked rag' found on burning fence in Pound Road early on Sunday, June 7
  
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• Residents warned over bogus roofer who 'altered cheques'

  08-06-2020 14:56
  
  Jamie Larkman is alleged to have been targeting elderly residents in the Four Oaks area
  
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• Bargain holidays on offer as travel firms slash prices to lure Brits abroad

  08-06-2020 14:52
  
  Travel companies are offering holidays including an all-inclusive, seven night Greek island trip for £346 per person
  
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• Holly and Phil mortified after ludicrous This Morning cucumber innuendo

  08-06-2020 14:39
  
  Phil was left shaking his head and Holly bit her lip on the ITV1 daytime programme during a segment about fruit and vegetables
  
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• Gogglebox star fires back at fan telling him to delay BLM protest

  08-06-2020 14:04
  
  Tom Malone Junior spoke out after attending a powerful rally aimed at highlighting racial injustice after George Floyd's death
  
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• Book-a-slot scheme introduced at city tips after huge queues

  08-06-2020 14:02
  
  Anyone turning up without a reserved time window will be turned away from Thursday, June 11
  
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• Universal Credit warning as rising unemployment 'could swamp DWP work coaches'

  08-06-2020 13:56
  
  The Salvation Army fears that as the pandemic pushes Britain into recession, huge numbers of unemployed people could be unable to get the help they need from jobcentres
  
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• Ofcom delivers ruling over Miriam Margolyes' Boris Johnson attack

  08-06-2020 13:52
  
  The actress told The Last Leg, on Channel 4, that the Government's handling of the pandemic has been a "disgrace" and a "public scandal"
  
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