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An activist dressed up as an “orca” was displayed in a ‘tank’ outside a leisure tourism store in Birmingham today, protesting alleged animal cruelty. The publicity stunt organised by animal rights group PETA involved a campaigner in a dolphin costume pleading to be freed as they lay “trapped in a cramped tank” outside TUI’s Birmingham city centre store in…
West Midlands Fire Service have issued a warning for residents to stay safe to keep “doors and windows closed” as a “severe” fire rages at an industrial estate in the Tyseley area of Birmingham this evening. Plumes of black smoke can be seen for miles as firefighters bravely try to control the fire at the…
Work has started on a temporary mortuary site at Birmingham Airport in preparation for a predicted rise in the number of fatalities from coronavirus. The site – the UK’s third largest airport outside London – will initially be able to accommodate 1,500 deaths as usual mortuary provisions reach capacity, but will expand to hold more.
Birmingham Airport could be used as a mortuary during the coronavirus crisis, according to the city council. The airport – the UK’s third largest outside London – is reportedly co-operating with relevant authorities to find a “suitable location” within the site, should the need rise.
The Birmingham National Exhibition Centre (NEC) is to become the next temporary coronavirus hospital. The Birmingham site, located off the M42 motorway, has 18 exhibition halls for world-famous events, such as Crufts, and could see exhibition halls used to treat patients.
A convicted con woman who spent more than two years on the run in Turkey is finally behind bars after West Midlands Police arrested her on Thursday 27th February at Birmingham Airport. Leah Farley skipped the country in autumn 2017 days before she was due to be sentenced for her part in online scams that…
Huge Chinese New Year celebrations are expected to take place in Birmingham this month as the city welcomes in the Year of the Rat. The Chinese Festival Committee Birmingham has once again joined forces with Birmingham Hippodrome and partners to announce Birmingham’s massive Chinese New Year celebrations with three days of free festivities across the city.
More than £1million has been seized over the last year from travellers passing through Birmingham Airport who are suspected of using the port as a gateway to send money abroad for criminal gain. The money was seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) by the Airport Policing Unit working together with the Counter Terrorism…
Tough new penalties are being enforced for the misuse of lasers, including fines and prison sentences, following incidents which could have caused serious harm to aircraft arriving and departing at Birmingham Airport. There were 73 laser incidents at Birmingham airport reported to the CAA in 2016 and the new laws aim to reduce these.
To celebrate today’s 200 Days To Go to the London 2012 Olympic Games, LOCOG has announced that Birmingham Airport will host a London 2012 ‘welcome spectacular’ to give athletes and fans flying into the region a special Midlands welcome. On approach to the airport, passengers will see the five giant Olympic Rings on the airport’s…