Collectors can look back on this stain on human history by becoming the proud owners of a limited first edition coin from The White House Gift Shop.

Esther Rantzen has said the coronavirus pandemic is a 'test for humanity'. 'Not just for the doctors and nurses, the paramedics, the epidemiologists and the Government, but for all of us.'

Love Island's Siannise Fudge grinds on boyfriend Luke T as they indulged in some dirty dancing at a Nelly concert at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham on Thursday.

Gatwick Airport looked almost empty after passenger numbers on planes, trains and the London Undergound slumped due to coronavirus.

Six teenagers have been charged after seven police officers were left with minor injuries at a mass machete brawl outside Star City cinema complex, in Birmingham, on November 23 last year.

Luke Harvey, 30, was caught by police when he was driven down the M6 near Birmingham by his girlfriend Hannah Smith a week after his jailbreak. Harvey had ten months added to his sentence.

The company has now expanded its super fast connections to new locations across the UK including Bath, Birkenhead, Motherwell and Rotherham.

Some 'ghost' train service face being halted entirely as ministers warned there could be no point keeping them going as the crisis escalates.

Australian casual workers are receiving less shifts and even having their jobs terminated thanks to the slump in business brought on by COVID-19.

Footage shows a 40-year-old man being led away from the scene of a suspected double murder where two mothers were killed. Both women, aged 43 and 52, lived in Moseley, Birmingham.

Bellingham broke through to the first-team of the Championship side this season and has plenty of suitors in the Premier League and beyond, from the likes of Manchester United to Bayern Munich.

Among locations experiencing issues with the service are London, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow and Manchester.

Miss Hitler beauty pageant entrant Alice Cutter and her ex-fiance Mark Jones have been convicted of being members of far-Right proscribed terror group National Action at Birmingham Crown Court.

Twenty-one infected patients have died at hospitals ran by three neighbouring NHS trusts in the vicinity of Birmingham. They include the Royal Wolverhampton Trust, which has recorded nine.

As the UK coronavirus death toll reached 233, with 5,018 people infected, pubs, clubs, restaurants and other social venues have shut their doors to customers in order to stave off the infection.

Birmingham have asked their players to take a 50 per cent pay cut for the next four months to help the club deal with the crushing financial pressure put on by the coronavirus pandemic. 

The singer, 26, revealed on Wednesday that he decided to push back his shows, which were due to begin in Birmingham on April 15, until February and March 2021, due to the global health crisis.

The PFA are on a collision course with several Championship clubs after Birmingham urged their players defer up to 50 per cent of their salaries for the rest of the season. 

The Commonwealth Games have moved to tackle a potential scheduling nightmare around Birmingham 2022 after the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo were postponed until 2021.

Blues asked their top earners to consider the move for a period of four months - with the outstanding money to be paid back at a later date - to help ease the financial strain caused by Covid-19.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: Many of Birmingham's players have agreed to defer up to 50 per cent of their wages from April to help ensure all the non-footballing staff will be paid in full

Jade Edgington, 30, from Birmingham, was devastated when her fiancé dumped her over text six months before their wedding. Determined to be a mother, she turned to sperm donors.

Famous buildings and structures will go dark between 8.30pm and 9.30pm tonight as part of an international event organised by WWF to urge action to save the planet.

Chelsea intensified efforts to recruit Jude Bellingham prior to the coronavirus lockdown, with the club stepping up their efforts to lure the Birmingham City star away a move to Manchester United.

Harper Taylor, from Birmingham, was born on February 8 this year - joining her mother Evie Berry, 26, and grandmother Jacqui Berry, 59, who both share the same birthday.

Jack Grealish has landed himself in hot water after the Premier League star defied his own pleas to stay at home amid the coronavirus lockdown to go out partying over the weekend.

Aston Villa captain and current Manchester United target Jack Grealish is never far away from the media spotlight whether it is for the right or wrong reasons.

Photos emerged on social media of a white Range Rover, as well as one of a man resembling Grealish. Police are investigating reports that a Range Rover smasheds into parked cars.

London has 64 cases per 100,000 people, followed by Sheffield, in South Yorkshire, with 52 cases. Birmingham is third (50) followed by Slough (49).

In response to Grealish's apology, Collymore wrote 'Good lad' followed by a heart emoji. Fans hit out at Collymore for appearing to stick up for Grealish but the ex-forward clarified what he meant.

TOM COLLOMOSSE: It says everything about Jude Bellingham that, at 16, he is seriously considering the idea of living and working in a high-pressure environment in a foreign country.

Heather Wilson, 55, from Grimsby, has to raise £50,000 for life-saving cancer treatment. The NHS nurse's surgery was delayed by five months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Built in around ten days, the Nightingale hospital in London will have 4,000 beds for coronavirus patients. Similar hospitals are being installed in Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow.

Detective chief Inspector Caroline Goode, discovered the body of Banaz Mahmod, 20 in a Birmingham garden in 2006. She documents the quest for justice in a new book.

Labour MP Tahir Ali was one of 100 mourners attending a funeral of a constituent in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham despite the ongoing coronavirus Covid-19 lockdown.

Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions company, Adnec, has reversed its decision to charge 'some fixed costs' to the NHS for use of the London-based centre as a coronavirus hospital.

Mobile companies described the fears 5G caused coronavirus as 'baseless', with the government describing them as harmful to public health.

A compromise to squeeze three major championships into the summer of 2022 is set to be concluded in the next 48 hours.

Figures show the trust with the leading number of victims in England is University Hospitals Birmingham, with 263 deaths so far, followed by several trusts in London.

Father-of-three Jawal Iqbal Dad, 50, from Hodge Hill, Birmingham, died from a heart attack only days after he returned home from hospital where he had recovered from coronavirus.

The pensioner, known only as Reg, 85, lives in the dilapidated home in Hall Green, Birmingham, with no working fridge, cooker, microwave or washing machine.

Thomas Wilson, 19, from Coventry was jailed for six months after threatening to cough and spit at police while Bevan Burke, 22, was jailed for nine months after coughing at an officer in Birmingham last week.

Vincent Okafor, 57, said his landlord thought he might be infected and bring the killer bug into the property. He was given five days' notice to vacate his rented accommodation on March 23.

Panayiotis Elia, 66, didn't show typical Covid-19 symptoms. However, his condition rapidly worsened and, within ten days, he was in a critical condition at Good Hope Hospital in Birmingham.

Coronavirus presents a 'clear and present danger' to wildlife that could push vulnerable species 'over the edge', a leading expert from Birmingham University warned last night.

A string of severe storms and tornadoes will pummel Louisiana through the Tennessee Valley on Sunday, affecting some 4.5million people.

After fans noticed that she cooked the family recipe alongside a picture of her mum and a lit candle, she responded to Twitter users with a touching message

Holidaymakers should avoid booking any international travel during the coronavirus crisis, warned Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham.

Tyrone Mings is looking to give something back to NHS staff and key workers after the coronavirus crisis by offering a free football academy term to their children when it is safe to do so.

Phil Dolby, of West Midlands Police, was struck down with the killer bug a fortnight ago and said he'd never known an illness as bad as the one he was experiencing.