Birmingham secured a 2-1 victory over Hull in their FA Cup third-round replay, with Koji Miyoshi’s stoppage-time goal proving decisive.
This win marked Tony Mowbray’s first victory as manager of Birmingham, succeeding Wayne Rooney.
Hull took an early lead with Jason Lokilo’s goal in the 12th minute, but Birmingham fought back. Mowbray’s strategic move of making five substitutions just past the hour mark proved pivotal, as two of those substitutes, including Jay Stansfield, scored to level the game.
Despite differing line-ups for the match, with Birmingham making seven changes and Hull making 11, the teams were evenly matched. Hull’s Lokilo capitalized on a well-executed move, but Birmingham’s Stansfield equalized after a rebound from Miyoshi’s shot.
The game remained tense, but Miyoshi’s late goal, supplied by Stansfield, secured Birmingham’s victory and a spot in the fourth round with a trip to face Leicester.
A man has been taken into custody for his involvement in a frightening incident where an 11-year-old girl was attacked by an American XL bully dog.
A schoolgirl named Ana Paun was attacked by a dangerous animal while she was going to the shops with her sister Geneza, who is 18 years old. This incident happened in Bordesley Green, Birmingham on Saturday.
West Midlands Police said today that he has been released on bail with certain rules to follow while they continue their investigation.
The police also mentioned that the dog, which is a mixed breed puppy of American XL bully and Staffordshire bull terrier, is kept safely in kennels.
The scary event hurt young Ana. She is now very scared and does not want to go outside anymore. She thinks the dog should be killed.
Ana described the attack, saying that the dog surprised her by suddenly approaching her after escaping from its collar. She said to MailOnline: ‘The dog looked at me and when I got closer, it suddenly jumped and bit my arm.
It kept looking at me without stopping and didn’t look away even when it was biting.
It got stuck on my arm and didn’t want to come off. I was shouting as loudly as possible.
The police also said that they were proud of the people who stepped in to help Ana because they were very brave. Two men who tried to help her were also bitten and got hurt on their shoulders and arms when the dog managed to escape from its collar two times.
They were brought to the hospital to get treatment for their injuries. The police mentioned that Ana also got hurt but her injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
On Monday, the West Midlands Police said that they took the dog away from its owners because it was too hot and needed medical help.
The dog has been brought to a safe place called kennels, and the dog unit will decide what will happen to it.
The person who owns the dog is in the hospital right now, and we will talk to them at the appropriate time.
This was a scary and surprising event on a crowded road in hot weather, and people showed a lot of bravery in dealing with a very aggressive dog.
‘We are talking to the people who were hurt or saw what happened, and we will have more police officers around the neighborhood in case someone wants to talk to us. ‘
The incident made Home Secretary Suella Braverman ask for quick advice on whether the breed should be prohibited.
Two women were killed in a shooting at a nightclub. Afterwards, shots were fired at a car that had victims inside and had arrived at a hospital.
The shooting happened at Aria Restaurant and Lounge in Birmingham, Alabama, on Labor Day.
Soon after, at around 2. 17am on Monday, a car of light brownish color came to the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital to get assistance for people who had been shot.
Another car drove up next to the Chevrolet Tahoe and started shooting at it. Someone from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital said that shots were fired at a vehicle that was coming to the emergency room. The people in the vehicle were thought to have been hurt in a shooting that happened somewhere else before.
The person who shot quickly ran away from where it happened.
Witnesses said they heard several gunshots that sounded like the noise of hitting iron pipes.
Gunshots hit a window of a hospital and also a medical vehicle.
A police officer named Truman Fitzgerald said that five people got shot at a nightclub on Fifth Avenue North in Birmingham.
Two people, a 24-year-old woman from Center Point and a 33-year-old woman from Birmingham, were declared dead at the medical facility, says the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office. Their names were not disclosed immediately.
The hospital was locked down.
At the same time, the club announced on Instagram that they would be hosting a Labor Day Rehab Sunday event on Sunday. The club and the hospital, which is the biggest emergency center in Alabama, are only about a five-minute drive away from each other.
The family of the female victim were very upset when they were told about her death at around 5. 30am, as reported by AL. com
The women were the 90th and 91st people who were killed in Birmingham this year. In Jefferson County, 127 people have been killed.
According to WSFA, no one was arrested right away.
A guy who fatally knifed his brother after an incident at Lidl has been sentenced to prison.
At their home in Waverley Road, Small Heath, in south-east Birmingham, last year, Lenville Waite fatally stabbed his elder brother Clifton.
The family reportedly quarrelled that day over a news report that featured a picture of Lenville and linked him to an attack on a security guard at a Lidl. Derby Crown Court was informed of this.
At one stage, the brothers left the property separately but resumed the quarrel after they had both returned.
âThere was some confrontation, probably nothing to do with that, about a fan,â Judge Shaun Smith KC told the 59-year-old defendant.
âGoing back to what you told the police your brother would find fault in quite a few things to start an argument. During the course of that the Lidl incident got brought up again.
âYour brother said you could not do to him what you did to the Somalian, in reference to the security guard knocked to the floor at the shop. Your temper clearly just went at that moment in time.â
Previously, Lenville had again used a knife to scare his sibling during arguments, the court heard.
The judge added: âI accept initially you picked up the knife in the way you picked it up previously.
âBut when your brother was not having that, when he was not going to desist as he had done previously and started wrestling you, that is when you decided, albeit momentarily, you were not going to use it to threaten him, you were going to use it to stab him and you did stab him.
âAnd it went in the wrong place as far as he is concerned. It could have gone anywhere. It did not. He died very, very quickly.â
After the 61-year-oldâs death, Lenville went on the run, first staying at a homeless shelter in Birmingham city centre.
He then travelled to Coventry where he bought new clothes from Primark before he was arrested.
Lenville told police he was âglad it is all overâ when he was arrested and was said to give a âconsistentâ account of the background to the attack over the course of nine interviews.
The judge concluded the offence was âaggravatedâ by the use of a knife but he accepted he had not premediated the killing and had an intention to cause âreally serious harmâ but not an âintention to killâ.
Following a trial, Lenville was found guilty of murder, and was today sentenced to life with a minimum term of 17 years.
He was rushed to the hospital, but his injuries caused his death.
According to the police, the driver stopped at the site and is assisting with the investigation.
Detective Sergeant Paul Hughes, from our Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: âThis is a tragedy and our thoughts are with the family of this little boy.
âWe have a family liaison officer supporting the family as they try to come to terms with what happened.
âWe are in the early stages of our investigation and we are appealing for witnesses or for anyone with dashcam footage to please contact us. The driver is helping us with our enquiries.â
People with information should contact Live Chat via their website or by calling 101 quoting log number 3290 of May 29 or emailing the team direct.
A man has been accused with trying to kill two elderly men who were set on fire after leaving mosques in the English cities of Birmingham and London.
In separate occurrences in Birmingham on Monday and Ealing, west London, on February 27, Mohammed Abbkar, 28, is said to have sprayed a liquid on the men before setting it ablaze.
Abbkr, a resident of Edgbaston in Birmingham, central England, made an appearance in court on Thursday morning, according to a statement from the West Midlands police. According to PA Media, he made no attempt to enter a plea to any charge and was therefore remanded in detention.
The man who was attacked in Birmingham on Monday was taken to hospital with serious injuries, which are not thought to be life-threatening.
âItâs believed the man, who was walking home from Dudley Road mosque, was approached by a man who spoke to him briefly before spraying him with an unknown substance and then his jacket was set alight, causing burns to his face,â West Midlands police said.
Locals in the area are being asked by police to hand over CCTV, doorbell footage or other video that could help the investigation.
Last month, an 82-year-old man suffered severe burns to his face and arms after he was attacked near an Islamic center in Ealing.
A pregnant mother is afraid she will have to live on the streets with her toddler son after the local government ordered her to vacate their temporary residence.
A week before she is scheduled to be induced with the birth of her second child, Stacey Davies, 36, received notice to vacate the Birmingham apartment.
Ms. Davies, who struggles with her mobility and mental health, declined to transfer to another house since it was in a “disgusting” state and had just a bunk bed for sleeping arrangements. Also, she turned down the house since it was too far from her support system and she would find it difficult to ascend the stairs.
The single mum says she was sent an email yesterday giving her 35 days to leave the two-bedroom flat upstairs in a converted house, where she says she had no central heating for three months.
She is due to be induced with her second child next Friday and fears that she will be left on the streets with her newborn and 15-month-old son.
Ms Davies said: âThis will leave me, my child and my newborn out on the streets because of the fact I wonât accept a property thatâs not in a suitable state to move my children into. I am stressed out and desperate. The council have left me in a dire situation.â
Stacey Davies fears being out on the streets with her toddler son and second child who is due in a weekâs time (Picture: Stacey Davies)
Ms Davies, who is registered disabled and is on medication for her mental health issues, has been in the accommodation, in Edgbaston, since December last year. She asked the council for a review of the housing as she struggles to get up the three flights of stairs with her pram and has deep vein thrombosis which causes her legs to swell up.
The homeless mum also says there was a fault with the boiler at her current address which took three months to fix.
âThe boiler was broken and it affected me and my son very badly, we had no heating even when it was snowing,â she said.
âMy child has been to the hospital three times because heâs been sick with a chest infection because the house is so draughty.
âIâve also been to hospital several times and weâve had to ring up the doctors with terrible colds. We couldnât even move out of the bedroom because it was that cold.â
The boiler was fixed this week and she was offered another property four miles away in Weoley Castle but rejected it after a viewing.
Ms Davies said: âThere was only one bedroom and no carpet, it was disgusting, the place was a disgrace. I donât know how they expected a 15-month-old to sleep in the top or even the bottom of a bunk bed.
âIâm 36 weeks pregnant and due to be induced next Friday, I would have been isolated in the middle of nowhere where Iâd have no support for my mental health or anything else.
âAfter I refused that property theyâve taken my housing status off me and they say they are coming out today to terminate my tenancy.â
The mum has been given a Notice to Quit by Birmingham City Council which states that the local authority has âdischarged its dutyâ to provide accommodation under the Homeless Act 1996.
She is now living with boxes of possession piled high as she packed in anticipation of a move before the viewing.
Her granddad, Malcom Davies, from Dudley, said: âHer situation is dire, they keep trying to put her in places that are not suitable for her.
âNeither the place she is living in now or the one she has been offered with a bunk bed and stairs is suitable for a mum with a small child and a baby on the way. They have messed her about for years.â
More than 4,000 families were living in temporary accommodation across the city as of January this year, according to a report by BirminghamLive.
A spokesperson for Birmingham City Council said: âWe understand Ms Davies had concerns about her temporary accommodation and worked hard to ensure appropriate accommodation was found, however the alternative accommodation offered was refused.
âShe is of course entitled to a review and this process is currently underway.
âUnfortunately due to the number of people needing emergency housing we have to use a range of temporary accommodation.
âWe try to minimize the disruption to households but recognise that at times the only available options are outside of a householdâs local community.
âWe would urge anybody who thinks they are at risk of being homeless to get in touch with us as soon as possible so our Housing Solutions Officers can work with them to prevent homelessness wherever possible.â
A young girl has unfortunately passed away, and we’ll be doing everything we can to support her family during this extraordinarily trying time, said PC Gail Arnold.
âWeâre working to establish the circumstances behind the collision and weâre keen to hear from anyone who was in the area at the time, and especially anyone with dash cam footage.â
As per reports, hammer-wielding criminals who were attempting to take a man with a “heart of gold” designer watch killed him.
Locally known as Darren Smith, the victim was attacked yesterday just before 3 p.m. at the Heath Way in Shard End, Birmingham.
Despite the efforts of the paramedics, the man was declared dead at the site.
Friends of Mr. Smith, who were described to be “wonderful guys,” have said they will never forget him.
In a statement, Darrenâs relatives said: âWe as a family are devastated at the loss of our son Darren.
âHe was a caring man and was loved by all who knew him. He was tragically taken from us and this has left a huge void in our lives.
âWe would ask anyone who knows or saw anything please come forward and contact the police.
âWe would now wish to be left alone so we can deal with our loss and grieve in private.â
Mr Smith was well-known around the area and friends have spoken of their devastationPolice at the scene in Shard End, Birmingham yesterday afternoon.
Emergency services attends scene in Birmingham after man murdered for Rolex
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Witnesses said Mr Smith, believed to be aged in his 50s, was attacked with a hammer or another weapon for his Rolex watch outside a row of shops.
One onlooker, who wished to remain anonymous, said: âA 50-year-old bloke has been attacked with a hammer or something similar for his Rolex.
âIt was crazy, there were helicopters overhead and dozens of police and ambulances. All this was happening at the end of the school day.
âThere were kids around, itâs terrible. A blue tent has since been set up. It doesnât look good.â
Thieves are said to have tried to steal his Rolex watch.A blue tent remained in place at the scene.Forensics officers were searching the area for evidence.
Posting online one friend said they were âdevastatedâ by the news.
Another wrote: âComing home to the hear the shocking news of Darren Wiffa Smith, his life taken over a personal possession. Awful news⊠rest in peace.â
One tribute said: âAbsolutely gutted⊠such a great guy. Iâve got so many funny memories with you Wiffa until we meet again I will treasure them.
âRest in eternal peace.â
West Midlands Ambulance Service said two ambulances, a paramedic officer, and the Midlands Air Ambulance were sent to the scene.
Tributes to Mr Smith â known as âWifâ were left at the scene.Bunches of flowers were left outside the shop where Mr Smith was attacked.He was pronounced dead at the scene
A service spokesperson said: âWe were called at 2.55pm to an incident on Heath Way, Shard End, Birmingham.
âTwo ambulances, a paramedic officer and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford attended the scene.
âUpon arrival, we found a man in a critical condition. Ambulance staff immediately began administering advanced life support to him.
âUnfortunately, it became clear that nothing more could be done to save him and he was confirmed deceased.â
West Midlands Police only confirmed they were responding to âan incidentâ and have released no further details since Wednesday evening.
A police spokesperson said: âWe currently have officers at shops in Heath Way in Shard End while we respond to an incident.
âThere is a cordon in place and weâll provide more information when we have a fuller understanding of what has happened.â
A court has heard that a woman who mistakenly believed a house to be a B&B died after being dragged outdoors by the ankles and stamped on by the owner.
Before getting into bed, Margaret Barnes, a native of Birmingham, stumbled into the incorrect seaside residence in Barmouth, Wales. This error finally claimed her life.
According to testimony given before Caernarfon Crown Court, David Redfern found the semi-naked and inebriated senior in his sizable five-story home, which was located on the same side of the street but a few doors below her B&B.
Redfern, 46, who is 6ft 1in tall and weighed 21 stones, has self-confessed anger management issues, according to prosecutor Michael Jones KC.
The 71-year-old was on a holiday, visiting friends (Picture: Wales News Service)
He said: âMrs Barnes had been drinking and, whether she thought this was the Wavecrest, she went in and went to bed.
âShe mistook the defendantâs address for her B&B, but this was a mistake which ultimately cost her her life.â
The 71-year-old suffered injuries similar to those expected in a high speed crash and died soon afterwards, the jury heard.
The retired factory worker had been visiting friends in Barmouth last summer, and had been staying at the Wavecrest.
Belmont House, on the same street Marine Parade, was being renovated by Redfern (Picture: Wales News Service)
After buying some gin, she headed to her B&B, while pulling her small suitcase on wheels and carrying her handbag, but ended up in Belmont House.
At the time, the townhouse was being renovated by the defendant and his partner Nicola Learoyd-Lewis.
Mrs Barnes went into an upstairs bedroom, took out her false teeth and put them on a bedside table and poured a gin into a glass while holding a bottle of tonic.
The prosecution claims that Redfern and Ms Leroyd-Lewis found the frail woman in bed with her belongings strewn across the floor.
The defendant denies murdering the pensioner (Picture: Wales News Service)
Redfern called Mrs Barnes a âthieving c***â before dragging her downstairs by her ankles and stamping on her outside, the court was told.
The jury was told he said: âIt probably did not do her the world of good me dragging her down the stairs by her ankles.â
He had later told police the victim had been aggressive to him, the court heard.
Emergency services were called and a neighbour was told to perform CPR but she developed breathing difficulties and succumbed to her injuries.
The prosecution said it was obviously a surprise for Redfern to find Mrs Barnes in one of his beds.
Mr Jones said: âHowever unexpected her presence was Mrs Barnes sustained âcatastrophic, fatal and brutal injuries at the hands of the defendantâ who is a âbullyâ.â
Pathologist Dr Brian Rodgers concluded that Mrs Barnes had died from severe blunt force trauma.
There were rib fractures and a fractured neck, consistent with being dragged down the stairs, the prosecution said.
Mr Jones stressed the defendant had used vicious and intentional violence and language and by acting out of temper or gratuitously was guilty of her murder.
But Redfern denies murdering Mrs Barnes outside his home in Marine Parade on July 11 last year.
He claims the victim had lunged towards his girlfriend in the bedroom and he intervened because he thought his girlfriend was in danger, by bear hugging Mrs Barnes off the premises.
A distraught pet owner spent ÂŁ3,500 to fly 7,000 miles to Hawaii to say goodbye to her hamster in the most dignified way possible.
When Lisa Murray-Lang, 46, learned that her Syrian hamster, “Spud,” had passed away last March at the ripe old age of three years and seven months, she was crushed.
She had spent years making him cardboard recreations of well-known places and sites from all around the world.
Lisa then saved up the cash to go to Waikiki, Oahu, to visit the beach that served as inspiration for his preferred “getaway,” and scatter his ashes “somewhere he would have liked.” This was done to honor Spud’s life.
Lisa with Spud the hamster (Picture: Lisa Murray-Lang/SWNS)Spud outside his cardboard version of Downing Street (Picture: Lisa Murray-Lang/SWNS)The site where Lisa left Spudâs ashes in Hawaii (Picture: Lisa Murray-Lang/SWNS)
The professional dog walker, from Birmingham, and husband William, 66, took a 10-day trip â including three flights via Amsterdam and Los Angeles, and a four-star hotel booking.
And on the final day of their trip, they scattered his ashes during an emotional ceremony, next to some surfboards on the beach.
Lisa said: âOn the last night before we came home, as the sun was setting, we went down to the beach and laid him to rest.
âIt was amazing really because one of the beaches I had been inspired by when I made Spudâs Hawaii model and had all these surf boards lined up on the beach.
âThe spot where we left him was just like that, which made it really special for me.
âWe took a picture of roughly where he was, with our shadows cast onto the beach as well so that we could always remember where he was.
âIt was a really nice way to say goodbye, and Iâm happy knowing that we left him somewhere that he would have loved.
âThereâs definitely a reason why they call Hawaii paradise â it was exactly as it was on TV. It was just stunning â really beautiful.
Lisa and husband William in Hawaii (Picture: Lisa Murray-Lang/SWNS)The couple took a 10-day trip (Picture: Lisa Murray-Lang/SWNS)Spudâs ashes in a pocket-sized urn (Picture: Lisa Murray-Lang/SWNS)Spud passed away at the age of three years and seven months last spring (Picture: Lisa Murray-Lang/SWNS)
âWe went snorkelling while we were there too, and out onto the water on a boat trip â it was just an amazing trip really.â
Lisa started making sets for her pet as a lockdown hobby when the pandemic started, just six months after she got him.
She handcrafted every element using cardboard and dolls, with some sets even featuring hamster-themed artwork.
They included the famous magical castle of Hogwarts â or âHamwartsâ â from the Harry Potter films, along with No 10 Downing Street.
She scattered the ashes in Hawaii in October.
Now, as a final memorial tribute to Spud, Lisa says the couple plan to travel to Amsterdam â âHamsterdamâ â later this year to âfollow in his pawstepsâ.
Spud had âvisitedâ the city himself in his second favourite display â featuring a visit to the Van Gough â or Ham Gough â Museum, which Lisa will visit to pay tribute to Spud.
West Midlands Police have confirmed the deathof three boysâaged 8, 10, and 11âwho fell into a frozen lake at a park in Solihull.
A fourth boy, aged 6, remains in a critical condition at Birmingham Childrenâs Hospital after being rescued by emergency services, including an officer who attempted to punch through ice.
Witnesses, who initially jumped into the water, reported seeing âchildren falling into a frozen lakeâ at Kingfisher Country Park, in Kingshurst, at around 2.40pm on Sunday.
Upon approaching the scene within minutes of the first call, Superintendent Richard Harris said all police entered the lake with no care for their own safety or with any special clothing. He added officers were still trying to establish the details of the incident and could not say how long the trio had been in the water before emergency services arrived.
âThe boysâ deaths are a tragedy beyond words,â Richard Stanton from the local fire and rescue service said at a news conference, adding:Â âYesterdayâs incident is a stark reminder to us all of the dangers of open water, especially during the winter months.â
A spokesperson for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said it was âdevastating news for the family and friendsâ of the boys. âThis is a tragic incident,â he said.
âThe Prime Ministerâs thoughts are with them and obviously he passes his thanks to the emergency services who are continuing to work and provide support.â
Video shows the animal trying to regain its footing as the people recording urge the woman to pull over.
A dog has been seized by police after it was filmed being dragged along a road behind a mobility scooter.
Video posted on social media showed the animal sliding on its stomach and struggling to stand while its lead was connected to the vehicle.
At one point, the footage shows it hitting the kerb as the woman driving is challenged by onlookers who warn her “the dog’s gonna die” – but she appears oblivious and reluctant to stop.
The video is believed to have been recorded in the Erdington area of Birmingham.
West Midlands Police said the dog was located on Wednesday night in Stockland Green and was being cared for by the RSPCA.
