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Birmingham teen builds £30 robotic hand that attracts 2.6 million views worldwide

Suleymaan Khan, a 17-year-old from Birmingham, developed an affordable gesture-controlled robotic hand costing about £30. His invention gained immense popularity, attracting 2.6 million views on TikTok and numerous inquiries. Khan's previous projects include building a humanoid robot named Pepper, earning him a national innovation award. He is now focused on…

The Times of India · Oct 28

Eighteen Years Each: Birmingham Men Jailed Over Reckless Gunfight Outside Aston Nightclub

Two men have been jailed for 18 years each after shooting at one another outside a Birmingham nightclub, injuring a food-stall worker caught in the crossfire.

International Business Times UK · Oct 25

Two cottonmouth snakes entwined in Alabama water spark debate

Cottonmouth snakes intertwined in the water near Birmingham, Alabama, have sparked an online debate over whether the venomous pair were mating or fighting over territory. Footage of the pair shared on Reddit's Snakes community shows them entwined yet almost calm, which led the person who posted it to suspect courtship.…

The Times of India · Oct 25

Relocating The Archers to London could cost more than building new studio, cast member claims

The move could see world’s longest-running soap leave its home city for the first time since 1951

Evening Standard · Oct 19

Birmingham was a BBC radio powerhouse. Now even The Archers is leaving

Letters: Former BBC employee Owen Bentley laments the final nail in the coffin for what once was a hub of quality programming

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19

Ryanair and easyJet announce new flight routes for next summer – here’s the full list

Ryanair and easyJet have announced new flight routes for next summer, expanding connections between UK airports and popular holiday destinations. EasyJet has launched 18 new routes from 10 UK airports, including six new services to Spain and its first-ever flights to Girona. Meanwhile, Ryanair has released the first of its…

The Independent UK · Oct 19

London hospitals reveal bizarre ‘foreign objects’ removed from bottoms

Hospitals in London had to remove Lego bricks in balloons, beer and shampoo bottles, a toothbrush and a door handle from patients’ rectums

Evening Standard · Oct 17

Lego and boiled eggs among thousands of bizarre objects removed from hospital patients' bottoms

A door handle, a Coke can, and a snow globe were all recorded as needing removal

The Independent UK · Oct 17

Press Association Sport Trivia (18/10/26)

PRESS ASSOCIATION SPORT BIRTHDAYSMartina Navratilova (tennis) – nine-time winner of the women’s singles at Wimbledon and 18-time grand slam singles champion, born 1956.Thomas Hearns (boxing) – former world champion, born 1958.Robbie Savage (soccer) – former Leicester, Birmingham, Derby and Wales midfielder, now a TV and radio pundit and Forest Green…

The Independent UK · Oct 17

Reform councillor resigns after being filmed making racist remarks

Alan Feeney, who sat on Solihull and Birmingham councils, said there was ‘no excuse’ for his comments

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16