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Marks & Spencer is set to take over and transform the closed and boarded up Debenhams store in the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham. Currently based in High Street, the company has secured a deal to take the large unit previously housing Bullring tenant Debenhams, which went into administration in April 2020 and closed down the store earlier…
Birmingham’s supermarkets have been left mostly bare as customer panic buying continues due to the coronavirus threat. In what has been unprecedented during peacetime and outside of the annual Christmas chaos, shops are not only rationing items they still have in stock, but also completely selling out of others – with dry foods and toiletries being on the top of…
Local residents have been left shocked as an ice cream van caught fire on a busy Smethwick street, with the flames then spreading to a local high street store. With 20 firefighters currently tackling the blaze in Cape Hill, fire safety officials and asking members of the public to maintain a distance from the fire.
New CCTV footage has been released showing the shocking moment a stolen car rammed into a high street clothing store, following a high-speed police chase. The car was pursued by a police vehicle when it crashed into a women’s clothing store on Saturday morning in Saltley, and new footage captures the driver and passenger dash out…
A peculiar and surreal Black Mirror themed shop has unexpectedly appeared in Grand Central in Birmingham, replicating themes from the recent Bandersnatch episode. The creation of the shop is shrouded in mystery but first sightings appeared on social media today, as excited passers-by identified sets and props from the hit interactive episode, which premiered on Netflix…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihjNvkMBmso&hl=en_GB&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1] FILM: CyberCandy share their Valentine’s Day gift candy ideas. LOCATION: CyberCandy Shop, Bull Street, Central Birmingham DATE: Friday 12th February, 2010 INFO: Birmingham candy store CyberCandy (http://www.cybercandy.co.uk) takes us through their special ranges of niche, quirky and international chocolate and sweets and shares ideas for ideal Valentine’s Day candy gifts. FILM CREDITS: Featuring: Jodie…