Sharon Osbourne’s heartbreaking tribute to Ozzy as she lays husband to rest
The music legend’s funeral is taking place today Sharon Osbourne made a touching tribute to her late husband Ozzy Osbourne before laying him to rest at his funeral. The Black Sabbath frontman died earlier this month aged 76. A huge funeral procession travelled through his hometown of Birmingham today, with tens of thousands of fans […]
8 months ago
Black Sabbath gig raised €162m for charity, director says
The legendary band performed at Villa Park last weekend. Iconic heavy metal band Black Sabbath bid farewell to the world stage in a record-breaking gig at Birmingham’s Villa Park on Sunday night. Fans were treated to a show-stopping final performance as metal groups from Metallica to Slayer came together to pay tribute to the genre’s […]
9 months ago
Dublin dad killed outside pub as car mounted pavement
Heartbreaking news. An Irish dad-of-two was killed last week when a car mounted the pavement and hit him as he was having a drink outside a pub. Aiden Perris, who was originally from Dublin but had settled in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, was hit by a car in the area where he lived with his wife […]
1 year ago
70 fines issued after illegal nightclub discovered in Birmingham
Police officers were pelted with bottles when they raided the makeshift nightclub. Police in the UK issued 70 fines after discovering an illegal nightclub in Birmingham in the early hours of Sunday morning (14 January). Footage showed approximately 150 people at the party, who were all breaking lockdown guidelines. When breaking up the party, police […]
5 years ago
Man dies in freak accident after getting his head stuck in a cinema seat
The tragic incident occurred in the UK. A cinema-goer has died following a freak accident involving an electronic chair in a Birmingham cinema. As reported by Birmingham Live, the man dropped his phone in the Gold Class section of the VUE cinema screen at the end of the movie. He bent down to retrieve it, […]
8 years ago
Birmingham is cutting down 25 old trees and it should have been the biggest story of the week
Terror is the new architecture. At first it seems an inconsequential story, 25 old trees are being cut down in Birmingham city this month. But what, you ask, is so significant about the surgery other than the obvious upset to dendrochronologists. Those tree fanatics who could take issue that a century old beauty is being […]
9 years ago