Coronavirus: Red alert in Birmingham with seven in intensive care and 68 in hospital

A school is asking parents to collect their children early amid the bad weather expected from Storm Eunice.

Manchester United striker Anthony Martial opened his goalscoring account for Sevilla on Thursday evening in the Europa League, netting their third goal in a 3-1 win over Dinamo Zagreb.

Julian Alvarez won't make headlines every week for his goals, Manchester City have been warned.

Trying to keep your home warm and cosy without it costing a fortune is at the front of everyone’s minds at the moment.

Emmerdale fans think they've figured out a twist involving serial killer Meena Jutla that will see her stay in the Yorkshire village until the autumn.

A survey of NHS leaders revealed they think free Covid tests should continue for the public and self-isolation rules need to remain.

Eminem for taking a knee during the Super Bowl Halftime Show earlier this week.The rapper’s symbolic move held much significance in the NFL, after it was used as a means of protest by former 49ers player Colin Kaepernick in 2016 to call attention to racial inequality and police brutality in the US.The quarterback began kneeling during the US national anthem in the 2016 season, sparking a divided reaction from fans and politicians, including Donald Trump. Kaepernick became a free agent in 2017 and has not played in the NFL since.Now, Giuliani, who was part of Trump’s personal legal team, has waded into the debate.“Let’s get right to Eminem taking a knee,” he told New York radio station 77WABC.

Keith Lemon joked that Holly Willoughby 's husband Dan Baldwin made him say "harsh" stuff to her on Celebrity Juice.

BBC Breakfast fans were outraged as Naga Munchetty warned Welsh Corespondent Tomos Morgan to "keep safe" after he'd been sent to report from a storm Eunice danger zone in South Wales.The 46-year-old host, had urged people to "stay home" while prompting the red weather warnings from the MET office with regards to "absolutely necessary" travel.However fans called out the programme's hypocritical behaviour, with reporters being sent to gather footage when dangers were highlighted on the show.One person fumed on Twitter: "We're all supposed to stay indoors/avoid coasts! Schools closed here in N Wales, yet you send a correspondent into a red warning (danger to life) area!!"Another echoed: "@bbcbreakfast Why are you sending your people out near coast line ????? Telling people to stay safe and at home #hypocrites."A third complained: "Seriously @BBCBreakfast you spend half the morning highly dangerous storm #redwarning & advising people to #stayathome, then send your chaps to outside broadcast in areas expected to most impacted! Advice #stayaway! #bbcbreakfast."While a fifth agreed: "Don't go anywhere near this you say yet there you are reporting live. Do H&S know your putting lives at risk? A major news story as it's in the south but two day earlier when in the North just a foot note."Earlier on in the programme, Naga had sent a stark warning to those watching at home concerning the coast line in South Wales, namely Porthcawl.She shared: "I mean here is the view from Porthcawl this morning.

The 22nd edition of the Mumbai Film Festival, due to be held March 12 – 22, is moving online in the face of enduring challenges first brought about by the pandemic.

Olivia Rodrigo has announced the release of a brand-new documentary, Driving Home 2 U (A Sour Film), which will take fans behind the making of her record-breaking debut album, Sour. 

pregnant.Abby Ramsay grew up in a hyper-religious environment – where she even had to attend a ‘family living’ class as a requirement at her private faith school.But despite her upbringing that was surrounded by religion and teachers preaching about creating a family, the Los Angeles-based lass had other ideas.After having negative experiences with birth control, Abby realised she could not handle carrying a baby - so decided to take a drastic step.She recently underwent a sterilisation procedure that has burnt off and sealed her fallopian tubes – meaning that she will not be able to get pregnant.Speaking exclusively to the Daily Star, Abby has explained her reasons for getting sterilised and has admitted that she is happy that she will never give birth.Abby said: “I realised pretty early on that the idea of getting pregnant was just really scary for me, and not something I saw in my future no matter how hard I tried to picture it.“I figured, if birth control is this bad, I absolutely would not be able to handle being pregnant. There are plenty of other reasons that I wouldn’t want to be pregnant, but that discovery kind of took it from 'I don’t want to' to 'I would not be able to'.“While surgery may seem like a strange way to take care of this, I figured I could handle having it done once and then never having to worry about it again, than having to deal with intrusive procedures and methods regularly until menopause decided to come along.

Lewis Hamilton was 'disillusioned' with the sport following his heart-breaking Abu Dhabi loss.Hamilton looked to be cruising to a record-breaking eighth Drivers World Championship when a crash at the back of the pack forced a red flag.The red flag allowed Max Verstappen to be neck-and-neck with Hamilton on the final lap.And Verstappen, who was on the fresher tyres, made light work of the Brit as he flew to his first World Championship.Rumours persisted that Hamilton may stop racing, but Wolff has since squashed these claims - but he confirmed Hamilton was disillusioned.“No, I was never worried [Hamilton would quit] – although you have to respect the driver is disillusioned," Wolff revealed on BBC Radio 4."Lewis was the best guy on the track, dominating, and then it is taken away by an individual against the rules, so to digest that is that very difficult.“He is in love with the sport and we are ready to hunt for victories and hopefully the world championship."He is in the right mindset. Lewis is all about justice and sporting fairness.

weather warning in place across large parts of the south-west and south-east England, London and Wales, due to the combination of high tides, strong winds and storm surge.The Met Office has issued advise for people not to travel where possible as there could be a danger to life due to flying debris.Schools, roads and businesses have shut, with major disruption to the travel network caused by gusts of up to 100mph.Home Office minister Damian Hinds said the Army is on “high readiness stand-by” to help.He told Sky News: “We are strongly encouraging people to take precautions and make sure they stay safe.”The Met Office added that the dangerous weather phenomenon known as a sting jet – a small area of highly intense wind inside a storm – could form later on Friday.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Large waves have also been seen smashing along the British coast, in some cases forming unusual shapes. A photographer in Blackpool, Lancashire, managed to snap a shot of a massive wave that looks like a giant croissant.Reddit user 'BlondzillaUK' took to the social media site to share the photo, along with the caption: "Breaking News: Blackpool attacked by giant croissant....."Fellow users were left in hysterics and couldn't resist making puns, with one describing it as: "Baking News."A second commented: "Hope this hasn't caused any pain...

Real Madrid are planning to sign Arsenal to sign Kieran Tierney in the summer, according to reports.The Scottish international penned a new deal with the Gunners only last year and his contract is up in 2026 but Real have grand plans to bring him to the Bernabeu in the next transfer window, according to Calciomercato.Carlo Ancelotti had attempted to purchase the player from Celtic in 2019 when he was in the dugout at Napoli - but Tierney decided to join the Gunners in a deal worth £25million deal.At the time, the Italian remarked: "He is a really good young left-back but he is a Celtic player."We are looking for a lot of players for this coming season but he is a Celtic player and we have two good left-backs."But honestly I can say he is a really good player."Arsenal and Real have regularly done business before in recent years.

great white shark's horrific attack can be seen as it thrashes about in the bloody sea. Narrating the video, a stunned onlooker says: "Someone just got eaten by a shark! A big great white."Taking to Twitter, the bereaved man who had worked as a scuba diving instructor with Simon in Thailand, said the incident had left him shocked.He said: "Saw a video someone shared earlier of a bloke being killed by a shark in Sydney, just found it's my mate/"Stupidly watched it about 10 times as well, proper shocked.

K.J. Yossman 101 Films International has picked up world sales rights to “Fear the Invisible Man,” an adaptation of H.G.

The NHS Nightingale hospital in Birmingham has been placed on "higher alert" to reopen in the next 48-72 hours, it is reported.

Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth are self-isolating after more crew members test positive for coronavirus.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.TWO people were taken to hospital following a serious road crash in Coatbridge.Police are now appealing for information after the collision, which took place on the A725 North Road, near the entrance to the A8 east-bound, at 12.35pm on Thursday.A 67-year-old woman was driving her grey Renault Captura when her vehicle collided with a Scania HGV being driven by a 44-year-old man.Emergency Services attended the scene and the woman was rushed off by ambulance to Monklands Hospital, where she is being treated for her injuries.Hospital staff describe her condition as “stable”.A 64 year-old male passenger in the Renault was taken to the Queen Elizabeth

Royal Navy's multi-billion-pound flagship won't sail after crew members tested positive for covid-19. The £3billion HMS Queen Elizabeth, which was mainly built at Scots shipyards, was due to leave Portsmouth Historic Dockyard today for training exercises.