Video news bulletin: fatal collision in Smethwick and other updates

Man dies following crash in Smethwick

Police are appealing for information following the death of a man whose car hit a tree in Smethwick on Sunday night. The driver was a man in his 20s who was confirmed dead at the scene. He carried an eight year old passenger who only sustained minor injuries.

Birmingham Children’s Hospital test to spot rare eye cancer in unborn babies rolled out across NHS

A new test developed at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust which helps spot a rare form of eye cancer in babies in the womb is being rolled out across the NHS. The test will be offered to pregnant women with a known family history of the disease and can predict if the disease might develop in siblings.

Almost 30,000 Muslims gather in Small Heath Park for one Europe’s largest celebrations

30,000 Muslims gathered in Small Heath Park on Monday to take part in one of the largest Eid celebrations in Europe. Following a religious month of fasting, Eid is a single day that signals the end of Ramadan, and the event in Small Heath was held for the first time in two years.

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