Solihull news

• The businesses still waiting to come out of lockdown

  05-07-2020 19:27
  
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed good news for some business owners still waiting to reopen
  
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• 'Significant concerns' about Leicester factories' work practices

  05-07-2020 18:47
  
  It's alleged that shoddy work practices in Leicester's factories has contributed to the recent spike in Covid 19 cases
  
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• Police cordon in city street as another grenade found

  05-07-2020 18:32
  
  Magnet fishers, the Peaky Dippers, alerted West Midlands Police as they made another discovery in the canal
  
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• Reckless lockdown motorists cause mayhem on region's roads

  05-07-2020 17:41
  
  With fewer vehicles on the roads, some have taken to walking and cycling - but not this lot who have turned roads in to racetracks ignoring the safety of others
  
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• Southside and Chinatown bars praise customers after trouble free night

  05-07-2020 17:19
  
  Southside BID manager Julia Robinson says she was absolutely delighted with the way the community rallied round after lockdown
  
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• Sad reason behind Rylan Clark Neal's transformation into TV star status

  05-07-2020 17:16
  
  The playground abuse he suffered led to a fractured skull but his journey to TV success should inspire bullied kids everywhere
  
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• Mourners targeted by heartless handbag thieves

  05-07-2020 16:31
  
  Thieves have been targeting visitors to Beacon Hill Cemetery in Woodcross
  
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• Latest coronavirus death toll as 22 more die across the UK

  05-07-2020 16:26
  
  Five more people, who tested positive for Covid-19, have died in Midlands hospitals according to the latest figures on Sunday, July 5
  
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• Latest coronavirus death toll as 18 more die in English hospitals

  05-07-2020 16:26
  
  Five more people, who tested positive for Covid-19, have died in the Midlands according to the latest figures on Sunday, July 5
  
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• Cannabis farm stocked with homemade weapons to defend £100k haul

  05-07-2020 15:56
  
  A 'violent male' who tried to run from the scene was arrested as cops raided a cannabis farm in Anthony Road, Alum Rock
  
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• The next huge lockdown change for those shielding from July 6

  05-07-2020 15:34
  
  Over two million people in England have not left their homes since March and now things can change from Monday, July 6
  
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• Super Saturday 'drink drive' arrest as Range Rover hit

  05-07-2020 15:08
  
  A black Range Rover was left dented in the collision when another motorist reportedly struck its side in Warwick Road
  
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• Second Spain region back on lockdown as Brits prepare to head out for holidays

  05-07-2020 15:03
  
  La Marina is a popular tourist hotpot
  
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• Top cop addresses concerns over police response to travellers

  05-07-2020 14:39
  
  Travellers set up camp on New Invention Junior School's fields on Monday, June 29, after they were escorted into Willenhall from Great Wyrley by Staffordshire Police
  
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• Violence flared on streets and in homes as pubs 'ran smoothly'

  05-07-2020 14:09
  
  Trouble flared in streets and inside homes as some decided to throw their own parties instead of visiting city centre pubs
  
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• Urgent hunt for child who vanished on Super Saturday

  05-07-2020 13:42
  
  Schoolboy Cole McKeever has not been seen since around 10.30pm on the busiest night since lockdown, July 4
  
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• The Super Saturday night that Broad Street behaved itself

  05-07-2020 13:34
  
  There were no arrests and ambulance staff had no drunken injuries to deal with on Broad Street on the day the city's pubs came out of lockdown
  
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• Mass flu immunisation required this winter NHS England boss warns

  05-07-2020 13:06
  
  The NHS will face extra pressure in the colder months as a successful vaccine is not likely to be widely available before then
  
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• Jaguar flips and smashes onto roof as 'occupants flee'

  05-07-2020 13:03
  
  A third man managed to free himself from the wreckage and was treated by medics at the scene on Fox Hollies Road, Sutton Coldfield
  
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• Car flips and smashes onto roof as 'occupants flee'

  05-07-2020 13:03
  
  A third man managed to free himself from the wreckage and was treated by medics at the scene on Fox Hollies Road, Sutton Coldfield
  
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• Dudley and Wolverhampton named as 'potential Covid-19 hotspots'

  05-07-2020 12:38
  
  If infection rates continue to rise the two Black Country areas could be heading in the same direction as Leicester, according to data from King’s College London
  
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• 'Drunk people can't socially distance' Police chief hits out

  05-07-2020 12:29
  
  Chairman of the Police Federation, John Apter, said he faced with "naked men, happy drunks and angry drunks" while on a shift in Southampton
  
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• BMX champion who was run over by his own car thanks NHS for saving his life

  05-07-2020 12:06
  
  Jason Bynoe, who has been left with horrific scars following the M6 horror crash, feared he would never walk again
  
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• The heartbreak of the husband, wife and best friend who caught covid-19

  05-07-2020 11:47
  
  While shops were heaving with panic buyers ahead of lockdown, Monica Anderson was already mourning her husband and best friend, among the first to develop coronavirus in the region.
  
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• This is what Super Saturday looked like in Sutton Coldfield

  05-07-2020 11:03
  
  Pubs, bars and hairdressers were busy in the Royal Town on Saturday - but very few restaurants were open in a muted return for the town's hospitality industry
  
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• Pictured: Fire rips through former Dudley school

  05-07-2020 11:03
  
  More than 30 firefighters tackled the blaze at the former school in Blowers Green Road, Dudley, after being called out at 2.18am on Sunday, July 5.
  
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• Former Dudley school goes up in flames

  05-07-2020 10:48
  
  A spectacular fire broke out at the former Sir Gilbert Claughton School in Blowers Green Road last night just a year after the site was sold at auction for redevelopment
  
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• Solihull crime boss John Palmer 'killed on orders of Russian mafia' - Birmingham Live

  05-07-2020 07:02 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Solihull crime boss John Palmer 'killed on orders of Russian mafia'  Birmingham Live
  
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• Solihull crime boss was 'killed on orders of Russian mafia'

  05-07-2020 06:30
  
  Bobmshell new book claims assassination of infamous Solihull crook was ordered by  St Petersburg crime syndicate
  
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• Second best! Lord Sugar invests £100k in Brum Apprentice runner-up

  05-07-2020 06:30
  
  Scarlett Allen-Horton, 32, from Solihull, came runner-up in the BBC TV show last year - but Lord Sugar has now invested in her recruitment business
  
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• Locked up - Midlands criminals jailed in June named and shamed

  05-07-2020 06:30
  
  A round-up of some of the region's major criminals sentenced to immediate prison terms this month
  
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• 'I just want to go home' - Terminal cancer patient in hospital without visitors

  05-07-2020 06:30
  
  Reice Reilly, aka, Patient Zero was admitted back into hospital during COVID-19 lockdown as his condition 'progressed'
  
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• Dad denies drugs baron son having secret affair with prison officer

  05-07-2020 06:30
  
  Millie Kirk, 26, was jailed over relationship with the notorious Tipton criminal at Wakefield Prison
  
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• City airport worker 'worried how family will survive' over feared job loss

  05-07-2020 06:30
  
  A Birmingham Airport worker said he is 'hurt with worry' over his future after up to 250 jobs could be lost due to impact of Covid-19
  
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• Broad Street attack left mum with brain injuries and teeth knocked out

  05-07-2020 06:30
  
  The brutal attack which saw her suffer a bleed to the brain was the first time Rachael Pincome had been out on Broad Street
  
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• Birmingham doctor warns UK faces four waves of coronavirus

  05-07-2020 06:30
  
  Shabi Ahmad, a consultant at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, said population will 'have to learn to live with the virus'
  
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