Events are being cancelled due to severe weather warnings around Birmingham and the Black Country today (Saturday July 15). The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for parts of the West Midlands and shared the places it is likely to hit.[1]
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Part of the M42 will be completely closed this weekend ahead of HS2 works, and motorists have been urged to check their journeys and allow for extra time to follow a diverted route. National Highways is advising drivers to plan their journeys as the M4…
The worst motorways[1] and major roads in England have been revealed with the 50 biggest pothole[2] payouts totalling £660,000.
The single biggest payout was due to personal injury after an incident in 2017 which led to one motorist walking away with £…
A thief from Tamworth[1] who crashed a car stolen from Sutton Coldfield[2] injuring two passenger ‘friends’, with one requiring heart surgery, has been jailed. Daniel Williams, from Moor Lane in Amington was at the wheel of a car in Wood End, a village…
Long tailbacks are taking place on the M42[1] after crash caused lane closures. At around 6.30am, the smash took place on the southbound carriageway after Junction 10, Tamworth.
There are delays of around 45 minutes, with significant amount of congesti…
Councils have joined forces to urge the government to tackle the congestion-clogged A5 stretch between Hinckley, Nuneaton[1] and Tamworth. Nuneaton and Bedworth[2] Borough Council is one of the local authorities to back the plea for ministers to make i…
Improvements are needed along the A5 to tackle congestion and safety concerns, local councils have said. The A5 Partnership[1] is calling on the Government to invest in the route over the next decade.
Leicestershire County Council[2], Hinckley and Bosw…
Police are appealing for information after a large-scale disorder outside a pub in Tamworth. A man was left with a head injury following the fight in Aldergate.[1][2]
A woman received facial injuries in the ordeal which took place in the smoking area o…
A motorcyclist was killed following a crash with a BMW X3 near Tamworth. The biker, who was riding a green Kawasaki, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The smash happened at the junction of Tollgate Lane and the A513 in Comberford on Saturday, May 20. P…
Mourners will bid their final farewell to an ‘angel’ who was killed in a horror crash. ‘Precious’ Aishwarya Nagar[1] was pronounced dead at the scene of a collision in Coleshill Road, Tamworth[2].
Three others were also injured and taken to hospital wh…
Tributes have been paid to a ‘precious’ daughter and sister who was tragically killed in a two-car crash.
Aishwarya Nagar died at the scene following a smash in Tamworth, which has left three others injured.
The 20-year-old was driving a black Vauxhall…
This is the moment two air ambulances were seen circling over a Midlands town amid a “medical emergency”. The ambulances were videoed flying over Tamworth in Staffordshire[1] this morning, April 18.
West Midlands Ambulance Service[2] said it was called…
A major rail route in Birmingham[1] has been closed down due to a fault on the line. The Cross City line’s northern stretch from Birmingham New Street[2] to Erdington[3], Sutton Coldfield[4] and Lichfield[5] is currently blocked due to a signalling fai…
Nuneaton Boro will replay Tamworth FC after the derby game had to be abandoned. Trouble flared at The Lamb Ground[1] and match officials had to abandon the game on February 21.
It was widely reported that bottles, bricks and flares[2] were thrown durin…