Britain is set to be hit by an Arctic blast over the coming days, bringing snow to large parts of the country, the Met Office has warned. Weather maps show snow covering much of the UK on Wednesday, 28 January, with the wintry conditions expected to continue until Saturday. Birmingham and the wider West Midlands […]
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A devoted father-of-three died following a series of missed opportunities and communication failures at the very hospital where he worked, an inquest has heard. Craig Green, 39, a catering assistant at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, died on a Selly Oak ward in July last year, two days after suffering a devastating brain injury caused
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A 37-year-old woman was shot and killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis after she allegedly tried to drive her car at officers, sparking protests over whether the agents acted in self-defence. The woman, identified locally as Renee Nicole Good, was surrounded by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers when video appeared to show an officer
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England is set to face more snow following the blizzards on Monday and Tuesday, with maps showing widespread snow expected on Wednesday, January 14. The upcoming snowstorm is predicted to stretch 349 miles, from the Scottish Highlands down to Yorkshire. Areas from the Midlands, including Birmingham, to the North West are likely to be affected.
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The UK’shttps://careledger.co.uk first dedicated Hospice and Palliative Care Academy has been launched in the North West, marking a major step forward in developing and sustaining the future workforce for end-of-life care. The Hospice and Palliative Care Academy has been created through the Lancashire and South Cumbria Hospices Together (LSCHT) partnership, bringing together the University of
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Air travellers across the UK could see higher ticket prices as regional airports face “unprecedented” increases in business rates next year. An analysis of official government data shows that regional airports are among the sectors hit hardest by property tax hikes, with some bills set to more than double over the next three years. While
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Birmingham City Council has begun installing the city’s first average speed cameras on Coventry Road, as part of a wider effort to improve road safety and reduce speeding. The cameras will extend coverage from Berkley Road to Bordesley Middleway on the A45, one of 27 roads where speed limits were recently reduced from 40mph to
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A man has died after falling overboard from a vessel off the coast near Newhaven, police have confirmed. The incident happened late on Sunday morning and triggered an urgent search led by HM Coastguard. Lifeboats from Shoreham and Newhaven were deployed, along with a Coastguard helicopter, a fixed wing aircraft and two nearby vessels. Sussex
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed a significant rise in the minimum and living wages, with workers aged 18 to 20 set to receive an 8.5 per cent pay increase from April. This will raise the minimum wage for this age group to £10.85 an hour. Meanwhile, school-aged workers between 16 and 17 and apprentices will
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The stepchildren of a multimillionaire businessman have won a High Court battle for control of his fortune after being described by trustees as “entitled spoilt brats”. Graham Cheslyn-Curtis, owner of the veterinary medical supply company Millpledge, died in 2018. Alongside his will, he left a detailed letter of wishes expressing his desire for his partner’s
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