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

At a dramatic press conference in Downing Street, the PM set out the need for 'drastic action' to tackle the 'fast growth' of the virus across the UK as increased social distancing measures are introduced.

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.

Manchester United are ready to pullout all the stops to secure the signature of Birmingham City starlet Jude Bellingham.

British property developer Tamer Moustafa, 40, has been charged with murdering his wife and stabbing his next-door neighbour to death on her doorstep in a leafy suburb.

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's teenage sensation has attracted interest from United and Borussia Dortmund and already has offers on the table from both clubs.

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. 

Rio Ferdinand has backed Manchester United's pursuit of highly-rated teenager Jude Bellingham but warned his former club that spending £30million on him would be 'a gamble'.

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.

A woman had a lucky escape when a red Ford Fiesta ploughed into her kitchen, missing her by just two yards. The vehicle careered into the side of her property on Wednesday evening.

Cash-strapped Gillingham will be able to pay their players and staff this month. With times growing increasingly tougher for all lower league sides, the Gills face the prospect of being forced to sell a star.

The Murco garage on the A435 near Kings Heath, Birmingham, has cut the price of unleaded to 99.7p - when seven weeks ago the same litre of petrol cost between £1.25 and £1.42.

The boy was on the back of the quad bike, which was being ridden by an 18-year-old in Occupation Road in Corby, Northants.

Birmingham airport could become a temporary mortuary for up to 12,000 bodies, in a worst-case scenario, as construction begins on another emergency morgue in Upminster, Essex.

Jude Bellingham's former youth coach believes Manchester United would be a good fit for the Birmingham teenager who looks set for a big-money move this summer.

Robbie Savage has revealed he hid from Arsenal's kit man when Thierry Henry asked for the shirt he'd scored his 100th Gunners goal in back.

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.

Famous buildings and structures have switched off their lights to highlight change during Earth Hour, plunging landmarks in Moscow, Sydney and Beijing into complete darkness.

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.

More than 250 young British ski resort workers returned to the UK yesterday after being stranded for more than a fortnight in the Austrian Alps.

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.

PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: This is the moment Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish makes a hasty exit from an estate in the suburbs of Birmingham moments before police arrive to the scene of a car crash.

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.

The model, 36, took a break from being a teacher to pick up sanitary towels, a can of red bull and multiple bars of Cadbury's chocolate, on Monday.

CHRIS WHEELER: Jack Grealish has jeopardised a dream move to Manchester United after allegedly crashing his car following a late night party. United are clear favourites to sign Grealish.

The 24-year-old midfielder took to social media on Monday evening to say sorry for his behaviour after pictures of him in a Birmingham suburb emerged online.

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.

Parents from around the worlds have shared their clever hacks to keeping their children entertained amid the lockdown, including Louise Graham from Glasgow who placed static bikes by the window.

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.

The monarchy's official Twitter account paid tribute to the military who have been on 15-hour shifts as they transform the ExCel convention centre into a 4,000 bed hospital for coronavirus patients.

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.

Asher-Smith could have a shot at three gold medals in a mad six-week stretch after Sebastian Coe revealed plans are being formulated to squeeze a trio of major events into the summer of 2022.

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.