Stephen Graham has revealed he was set to join the star-studded cast of Peaky Blinders before the COVID-19 pandemic brought filming to a standstill.  

People were finally able to pay their respects at cemeteries across Birmingham after the council eased restrictions on graveyards. Mourners can now visit during a two-hour window.

The family were unable to bury Umar Afzal, 71, a former interpreter for the Home Office, for nine days due to the coronavirus outbreak. Birmingham mosques turned their car parks into morgues.

The temporary hospital, which was built in eight days and opened on April 10. But West Midlands mayor Andy Street admitted it has 'not needed to be used'.

Jack Grealish has offered up the shirt he wore when he was assaulted by a Birmingham fan before scoring Aston Villa's winner to raise money for the NHS.

Officers were called to an address on Birmingham Road at 10.30pm last night following reports of a 'firearms incident'. A 53-year-old man has been arrested after a 15-hour siege.

She is stuck indoors along with the rest of the UK amid the COVID-19 lockdown.  Yet that didn't stop Demi from taking part in a sizzling photoshoot.

Demi Rose looked incredible as she posed in a string bikini in a throwback snap shared on Tuesday.

Dennis Ward, 83, had felt vulnerable and scared of catching Covid-19, said his grandson James Parnaby, who confirmed he was found dead at his home in Kings Norton, Birmingham, on Saturday.

Laura Deller, a 35-year-old teacher from Birmingham, told FEMAIL she bought the detached five bedroom property in Bedford for £467,500 with husband Chris in May last year.

The Aston Villa captain has auctioned off the famous No 10 shirt with all proceeds going to NHS Charities Together following the outbreak of the coronavirus.

JANE FRYER: Almost every week for the past 18 months - until lockdown - the Duchess of Cornwall has hosted an exclusive Clarence House gathering.

Dash-cam footage shows a driver almost crashing into Jason Payne, 34, and his five-year-old stepdaughter, Gracie, as the family use a zebra crossing on Green Lane in Birmingham yesterday.

Caprice Holdings hospitality establishments, which include Mayfair celebrity hotspots such as Scott's, Annabel's and Sexy Fish, are preparing food at their kitchens for NHS staff across the UK.

The cafe chain temporarily closed all stores on March 21 prior to the lockdown, but has been gradually opening sites across the country for takeaway and delivery.

While passengers are encouraged to bring their own masks and gloves, equipment will be provided for those arriving without in the early stages of the trial scheme.

A woman in Birmingham, Alabama, was slammed onto the floor of a Walmart store for allegedly not wearing a face mask

Lauren McLean gave birth to Oscar in the most traumatic circumstances at the beginning of March and her ordeal only ended when they flew back home to Birmingham at the end of April.

Taliban leaders claimed they had already rejected Trump's overtures and vowed that 'we will continue our jihad' nearly 18 years after they were forced from power in Afghanistan.

'They did something that they sure as hell shouldn't have done,' Trump told reporters at the White House. He said he ordered the Pentagon to hit the Taliban 'harder than we've hit them in over ten years.'

The Taliban (alleged member, right) vowed to keep fighting US forces in Afghanistan on Tuesday adding that US President Donald Trump (left) would 'regret' abandoning recent peace talks.

Joshua Boyle (top left), 36, is on trial in Ottawa for abusing Caitlan Coleman (bottom left). The couple spent five years as hostages in Afghanistan, where they were kidnapped.

Forty others were injured in the Wednesday night air strike conducted by the Afghan security forces, with U.S. air support, in the Nangarhar province.

The #15Days project on the CIA's Twitter account looks at how a team named JAWBREAKER were the first on the ground in Afghanistan in days following 9/11.

Filming of the £1million 2020 Army Belonging campaign will begin in Morocco tomorrow. This appears to be the latest in a series of blunders in the drive to make the Army more politically correct.

Abdul Mobin D, who stabbed ex Mia V to death, was found hanged in his cell at a juvenile prison in Schifferstadt, Germany, early on Thursday, though authorities said they have not found a suicide note.

National Guard Master Sergeant Mark Allen died in Georgia on Saturday at the age of 46. He was shot in the head by a sniper in Afghanistan in 2009 looking for Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl.

These breathtaking photos spanning across every corner of the globe portray the unique and intimate relationship between the human race and the animal world.

The US Navy corpsman, known only as Ray, has spoken for the first time since his 2018 operation after he lost his legs and genitals when he stepped on a roadside bomb eight years ago.

Benjamin Hoyle, 35, flew into a sweary rant when he was prevented from flying from Manchester after sinking multiple beers and draining a bottle of Captain Morgan's rum from duty free.

Four ladies were left single on Thursday's recoupling Love Island Australia after The Bomb Squad.

The bizarre Warholesque images were uncovered in Kandahar, Afghanistan, at the height of the war in 2002 by German photographer Thomas Dworzak.

Craig Grossi described meeting his dog Fred in a remote part of the war-torn country while the Marine RECON force - the most elite soldiers in the Corps - were under incessant barrages from the Taliban.

Officers stopped two wooden crates at Heathrow Airport, from Peshawar, in Pakistan, after suspecting the Buddha sculpture and nine Buddha heads inside might contain drugs.

The Duchess of Sussex, 38, took to the Sussex Royal Instagram account on Monday night to share the post - which shows her on a tour and visiting troops in Europe.

Andy Neal, 44, has been cleared of all charges after he was arrested in October 2018 by Dubai police on false drug charges. The father-of-two spent over a year in prisons across the UAE.

Prince Harry has spent every Christmas at the Royal Family's Norfolk retreat since the age of six, except for the year when he was serving in Afghanistan. But he has now decided to stay away.

Timothy Barry, 31, flew into a fit of rage and attacked Sarah Seddon, 31, at their home in Cuxham, Oxfordshire after she said she wanted to end their relationship on January 14 last year.

British marine Sam Deen (pictured), who up until now has been known only as Marine E, has spoken for the first time on the mental toll of being court martialled over the killing in 2011.

An RAF officer who admitted strangling his Squadron Leader partner after she threatened to leave him, walks free from court today after the jury cleared him of attempted murder in just three hours.

'The Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher's Trident Pin,' Trump tweeted. 'This case was handled very badly from the beginning. Get back to business!'

Mark Nicholls (pictured), 39, of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, got a three-year community order with 40 programme requirement sessions.

Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto, 55, from Sydney will appear at Malaysia's Court of Final Appeal on Tuesday to learn if she will be hanged after she was caught trafficking more than one kilogram of ice.

Military family, the Olivers worked with Google and a veteran-owned design agency from Portland Oregon to create MyStorytime, an app that makes it easier for parents to record bedtime tales.

Timothy Weeks, 50, and his American colleague, Kevin King, 63, were released as part of a prisoner swap deal last week.

Australian Timothy Weeks was abducted along with American colleague Kevin King by Taliban fighters outside Kabul's American University in 2016. They were released in a prisoner swap last month.

The president, pictured main with his son Barron and inset, waved and gave supporters a thumbs up as the first family headed back to Washington D.C. on Sunday.

Kellyanne Conway told reporters Monday that if Adam Schiff testifies as part of the Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearings, she will show up.

David Savage, from Canberra, was deployed in the Chora Valley in 2012 in a joint military and civilian mission tasked with rebuilding the town after decades of war.

Sergeant Randy Date was baffled when he received a scathing review for a course taught by a black colleague at Colchester's Military Corrective Training Centre in Essex.