Supermarket giant Morrisons has issued a brief statement after the tragic death of a worker inside its Castle Bromwich store. The member of staff, named locally as ‘John’, passed away suddenly inside the Hurst Lane shop at around 9am on Tuesday 7 January. The ambulance service confirmed paramedics were called to a ‘medical emergency’ at…

Parking charge changes at Solihull and Dorridge stations have been branded “a scandal”, as rail users returning to work after Christmas were hit by a raft of increases. The popular stops are among six sites around the country where Chiltern Railways hiked fees on 2 January. New weekday prices are as follows: Solihull (Mon-Fri): Peak…

Fears have been raised that a major expansion of the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) operation in Solihull – set to start this month – could mean a “chaotic” 12 months for local roads. Construction on the logistics operations centre, which will provide warehouses covering an area of about 13 football pitches (91,800 square metres), plus…

A man was left seriously injured after a fight broke out at a Chelmsley Wood pub just an hour into 2020. Trouble flared at the Centurion pub on Forth Drive early on New Year’s Day. Emergency services, including a police helicopter, were sent to the scene. The man suffered a fractured cheekbone and was taken…

A charity set up as a “coping mechanism” by a couple whose daughter was stillborn has raised over £1million in ten years. The Lily Mae Foundation was started a decade ago by Amy and Ryan Jackson from Balsall Common. It has since supported many thousands of grieving families across the West Midlands and Northern Ireland….

Solihull’s Ambulance Hub is to close in March 2020 despite fears frontline ambulances could be based 15 miles away in Erdington. It had been claimed that the “politically sensitive” announcement by senior managers at West Midlands Ambulance Service had been postponed until after the general election. WMAS has confirmed the hub – based at Solihull…

A social club where a CS gas canister was discharged at a music event earlier this year has avoided being stripped of its licence. Police had been called to a disturbance at Chelmsley Wood Conservative Club in the early hours of 12 October, during which an unknown woman sprayed a crowd with the chemical. She…

A pair of Solihull brothers have been jailed over a £1.5million fraud case involving electronic waste. Jamil and Saleem Rehman were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Thursday (19 December). The brothers were apprehended following an Environment Agency prosecution into a £1.48 million fraud case. 56-year-old Jamil, of Monkspath, was sentenced to 5 years and…

A fatal collision at a rural crossroads in Balsall Common has prompted road chiefs to install extra safety measures. Simon Taylor, aged 34, was killed in a three-vehicle crash, which happened at the junction of Holly Lane and Table Oak Lane. Following the tragedy, on 5 December, more than 1,800 residents had signed an online…

The death of a two-month-old baby crushed to death by her own mum in Solihull could ‘not have been predicted’ – a serious case review has found. Teri-Rae Palmer, who was the subject of a child protection plan, died in January 2017. Her death was initially thought to have been non-suspicious, as there was no…