A father claims his son’s school have not allowed him to attend for almost three months because he refuses to remove his face mask in class. Famous Wood, 10, has allegedly been turned away by staff at the school in Smethwick, Sandwell, every day since pupils were told to return to the classroom in September. […]
The number of people reported to authorities over concerns about extremism rose by 10% last year – up from a record low the previous year. In total, there were 6,287 referrals made to the government’s Prevent programme between April 2019 and March 2020 – compared with 5,737 the previous year. Of these, 1,487 were for […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The new coronavirus restrictions will see 55million people in Tier 2 and Tier 3 restrictions after the lockdown eases on December 2. Large parts of the Midlands, North East and North West, […]
A pensioner killed a seagull with his walking stick after it tried to snatch his snack from Greggs bakery. John Nicholson, 68, will have to pay over £1,000 after attacking the bird in revenge at losing his lunch. The pensioner, from Gronant near Prestatyn, didn’t turn up for a trial at Llandudno magistrates’ court. He […]
A pregnant woman has suffered a miscarriage after being kicked in the stomach by a robber at a bus stop. The Metropolitan Police are appealing for information over the incident, which happened on 29 July in Cambridge Park, Wanstead, east London, between 2.30pm and 3pm. The victim, who is aged in her 30s, was on […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. As of December 2, England will be out of the current lockdown but today, the Government announced which areas will be stuck with harsh restrictions due to the tier system. The likes […]
LONDON — On a Saturday night in July 1986, a band of bureaucrats in raincoats — one contingent from Buckingham Palace, the other from 10 Downing Street — converged on a newsstand in a train station to snap up The Sunday Times, fresh off the presses with a bombshell headline: “Queen dismayed by ‘uncaring’ Thatcher.” […]
A UK rover is a step closer to landing on Mars after a successful round of testing on a new parachute system. The two-stage canopy sequence will help slow the Rosalind Franklin rover from 1,000mph as it hurtles towards the red planet. It is a joint European-Russian project, and the rover was built in Stevenage […]
The health secretary revealed this morning which tiers every area of England will be in as the country exits lockdown. On December 2 everywhere will be plunged back into a regionalised new tier system – ‘medium’, ‘high’ and ‘very high’ – similar to before the second lockdown, but with harsher restrictions. The majority of the […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Birmingham has seen weeks of lockdown restrictions like the rest of country, having been on lockdown since November 5. But despite the tight rules in place, the city has seen infection rate […]