The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
COVID-19 testing is to be increased in two Birmingham wards in order to monitor and suppress the South African variant, Birmingham City Council has announced. Extensive surveillance of COVID-19 has identified one case of the COVID-19 variant first discovered in South Africa within the Alum Rock and Glebe Farm & Tile Cross wards.
Tesco Stores Limited has been fined £7.5 million at Birmingham Magistrates Court yesterday, after pleading guilty to selling food which was past its ‘use by’ date in three of its Birmingham stores. Birmingham City Council brought the prosecution under the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 after inspections by Environmental Health officers found stores…
A Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club player has written a book about tackling mental health struggles in relation to the national sport. Winger Aquile Smith has published ‘Rugby Insight: Mental Health to Mental Wealth’, which focuses on raising awareness and countering some of the stigma around mental health in sport and more specifically, rugby.
A supermarket customer in Dudley has been fined by police for not wearing a face mask despite her claiming she is exempt on health grounds. Captured in footage circulating on social media, the woman is shown being handed a fixed penalty notice for failing to put on a face covering at a branch of Farmfoods in…
The government has announced plans to place Birmingham in Tier 3 lockdown next Wednesday (2 December) when the current nationwide lockdown comes to a close. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has cited the high number of COVID-19 cases as one of the reasons for the extreme lockdown measure in the city, as part of the government’s “winter…
Gyms across the country and set to close following the prime minister’s announcement of a fresh lockdown across England, responding to a rise in COVID-19 cases. Boris Johnson yesterday announced all non-essential businesses will have to close again to curb coronavirus cases, which includes leisure and entertainment venues.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a second national lockdown for the whole of England, as the UK exceeds one million COVID-19 cases. Lockdown rules to be enforced from Thursday 5 November will include the closure of non-essential shops and hospitality for 30 days, but will aim to protect workers through the return of the Government’s furlough…
An inspiring woman from Wolverhampton is hosting an online event to raise awareness about domestic violence, both towards women and men. Farisai Dzemwa, 48, who herself suffered years of abuse in her homeland, is hoping the virtual workshop will help those struggling with physical and psychological abuse from a spouse, partner or family member.
A Solihull hotel manager has been handed a £10,000 fine after breaching COVID-19 regulations by hosting a funeral party with hundreds of attendees. As well as the fine, the Castle Bromwich Hall Hotel in Solihull has been banned from holding events until January next year following the funeral gathering last Friday (September 25) which was attended…
Birmingham households have been banned from mixing in new lockdown measures announced to push down the coronavirus rate of infection in the city. Council leaders have said the restrictions will begin on Tuesday, after it was revealed the city now has the second highest rate of COVID-19 infections in England.