The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
As the nation’s third lockdown in less than a year is underway, police forces across the country have received revised government’s regulations to enforce COVID-19 safety restrictions on the public, with maximum fines of up to £6,400 per person. Although there has been confusion at times during the previous two lockdowns as to who can be out and about, as…
West Midlands Police officers broke up an illegal ‘lock in’ at a football club in Walsall over the weekend. After receiving several reports since April about Walsall Wood football club secretly opening and not complying with COVID-19 restrictions, police finally took matters into their own hands.
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…
Police officers have forced a shisha lounge in Birmingham to shut down after it was caught breaching COVID-19 rules, only days after already being hit with a £10,000 fine for an earlier breach. A closure order has been issued to Kasablanca in Highgate, after West Midlands Police forced their way in to the venue at 1am on Saturday (24 October) to find…
West Midlands Police have issued a £10,000 fine after a christening with up to 50 guests was held at a home in Wolverhampton – in a blatant breach of COVID-19 rules. Guests had travelled from as far afield as London for the pre-planned party on Saturday (23 October) which was being held in a hired marquee with DJ…
West Midlands Police have handed out a £10,000 fine to a venue in Digbeth after it held an event in a specially constructed marquee and claimed it was an outdoor event. Officers were called to Lab 11 on Saturday (17 October) night following “concerns that different households were mixing”, which is currently banned as Birmingham’s COVID-19 alert level is presently at…
Businesses could be subject to new fines of £10,000 if they fail to adhere to new guidance surrounding measures such as curfews and face coverings announced by the Government yesterday (September 22). In a briefing to ministers, Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed the latest guidance to curb the increase of COVID-19 cases and prevent the…
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.
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,…
A Birmingham restaurant has been reprimanded for breaking government health and safety rules during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Tipu Sultan restaurant, located in Moseley, is the first business in the city to receive a Direction Order from Birmingham City Council after it was found to be breaching COVID-19 guidelines.