RAF C-17 transport jet makes emergency landing in Birmingham

RAF C-17 Globemaster III transport plane makes emergency landing at Birmingham Airport after ‘smoke entered the cabin’ The C-17 Globemaster III transport jet left RAF Brize Norton this morning The aircraft made a precautionary landing at Birmingham airport around noon The massive transport jet landed safely and was parked near the terminal   By Darren Boyle … Read more

Peaky Blinders’ crew begin constructing show’s set in Manchester ahead of sixth season shoot

Construction has begun in Manchester to prepare the set for the sixth season of Peaky Blinders, new pictures revealed on Friday.  The cast are currently hard at work filming in snowy Scotland, but they are shortly set to return to the city for new scenes and crew are busy transforming its historic Castlefield district into … Read more

Birmingham sheep run for freedom after escaping an abattoir

Hey ewe, come back! Moment flock of two-dozen sheep run for their lives down residential street after escaping from a nearby abattoir The flock of sheep were destined for an abattoir in Sparkbrook, Birmingham  Video footage shows the sheep running down the street chased by a butcher The flock is believed to have just been … Read more

Controversial black studies professor who claimed British Empire was ‘worse than the Nazis’

Professor Kehinde Andrews is a controversial academic who is regularly wheeled out on TV debates to air his divisive views – including that Britain is ‘built on racism’ and that ‘everyone involved in it probably has a really racist past’. The professor of black studies at Birmingham City University has branded ‘whiteness’ a ‘psychosis’, called … Read more

Controversial Cambridge debate hears accusation Winston Churchill was a ‘white supremacist’ 

Professor Kehinde Andrews Kehinde Andrews earned a PhD in sociology and cultural studies from the University of Birmingham in 2011 and is now a professor of black studies in the school of social sciences at Birmingham City University.  The professor caused fury on Good Morning Britain in 2018 when he claimed Sir Winston Churchill was a ‘clear racist’ … Read more

Hunt for the 2million unvaccinated Britons as Boris Johnson urges vulnerable people to come forward

Ministers are hunting for the final two million vulnerable Britons who have not yet come forward for their Covid vaccine, warning that having large numbers of unprotected people could delay the easing of lockdown. The Government has made it its mission to inoculate the 15million Brits most at risk of dying from the coronavirus by … Read more

Toni Collette is spotted working on her new Netflix drama Pieces of Her with co-star Gil Birmingham

Toni Collette is spotted working on her new Netflix drama Pieces of Her with co-star Gil Birmingham in Sydney By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 09:01 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 09:20 GMT, 11 February 2021 Toni Collette was spotted working on the set of her new Netflix drama Pieces of Her in … Read more

Motorists flock to drive-through vaccination centres to get the Covid-19 jab through car window

Motorists roll up to have Covid jabs through their car windows yesterday – as Boris Johnson appealed to the remaining two million most vulnerable Britons to get vaccinated. Drive-through centres have been set up to help the UK meet its target of inoculating 15 million people by Monday. But while 13 million in the most … Read more

Escaped guard dog mauls girls aged two and three in street attack

Escaped guard dog mauls girls aged two and three in street attack as it ‘drags one around in its mouth like a rag doll’ Shocking footage shows the dog racing across the road and attacking the girls  The girls, aged two and three, were with a woman who tried to fight off the dog Animal … Read more

Judge slams police for failing to question witnesses after jury clears lawyer, 35, of groping woman

A judge has slammed police and prosecutors for failing to question witnesses after a jury took less than 30 minutes to acquit a lawyer accused of groping a woman on a flight from Dubai to Manchester. Arjmand Ghafoor, 35, had been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault when an Emirates flight landed at Manchester Airport from … Read more