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West Midlands Police placed a cordon near The Garrison pub on the corner of Witton Street and Garrison Lane after reports that a grenade had been discovered in a nearby canal on Sunday afternoon. The location was quickly taped off by police as a bomb disposal team examined the scene.
Machine guns, machetes, samurai swords and bikes… these are just some of the finds from one families magnet fishing haul across the Midlands’ Canal network. BBC Inside Out West Midlands presenter Ben Godfrey visited Warwickshire as part of this week’s programme to meet a family who’ve recovered some serious weaponry in the pursuit of relaxation, in…
As temperatures plunge across Birmingham, canals and lakes have frozen over! From the labyrinth of canals interchanging within Birmingham city centre to lakes and water features in parks across the city, temperatures well into minus degrees have created extremely ice cold environments for members of the public and local wildlife.