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West Midlands Police have made a series of arrests during a crackdown on antisocial street racing where dangerous drivers use the region’s roads as race tracks and put other motorists and pedestrians at risk. The crackdown comes at a time when the number of people injured or killed due to reckless and illegal racing is…
The electric scooter trial scheme in Birmingham will cease at the end of February, says operator Voi. The surprise announcement follows in the wake of recent casualties, including a fatality, involving electric scooters.
The High Court in Birmingham has continued the interim injunction banning ‘street racing’, also known as ‘car cruising’, in the Black Country after several collisions and deaths. The interim injunction prohibits people from participating, as a driver, a rider or a passenger, in a gathering of two or more people at which some of those…
Birmingham City Council is seeking a High Court injunction to arrest dangerous drivers and ban street cruising from all city roads this week. The council is sending in the application – which will be heard tomorrow (20 December) – and if successful this injunction will be used to bring to justice anyone involved in street…
Social gatherings of more than six people will be illegal in England from Monday in response to a sharp rise in coronavirus cases across the country. Currently, the lawful limit on gatherings is 30 people but a new legal limit will ban larger groups meeting anywhere indoors or outdoors for social purposes, according to Downing Street. From Monday,…
Five men have been handed banning orders excluding them from bars and pubs in Solihull town centre. The orders were handed down after the five men pleaded guilty to a violent disorder that took place at the Walkabout bar in Solihull in 2018. On the 1 December 2018, Dylan Williams, 25, Drew Taylor, 23, James…
Birmingham Central Mosque has cancelled congregational Friday prayers due to the coronavirus pandemic. The mosque in Highgate exclusively revealed to I Am Birmingham that the venue’s Jummah prayer services, which attract thousands of worshippers every week, would be abandoned if stricter regulation is enforced around large gatherings.
Birmingham’s largest mosque could cancel congregational prayers if the coronavirus situation gets any worse, according to its chairman. The Birmingham Central Mosque in Highgate has exclusively revealed to I Am Birmingham that Friday prayer services, which attract thousands of worshippers every week, could be abandoned as stricter regulation is enforced around large gatherings.
The country’s biggest anti-racism demonstration has been put on hold as government sources suggest the UK could ban large gatherings, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As the coronavirus outbreak intensifies, Stand Up To Racism has called of its march and rally in London, which was due to take place on Saturday 21st March to mark UN…
In an effort to restrict the increasing numbers of tourists to the historic area, Amsterdam is set to ban guided tours of its red-light district. Noting ‘disrespectful’ attitudes towards sex workers in the area, the ban aims to normalise sex-workers within the area.