IDE Regional Meeting and Peaky Blinders Tour CANCELLED

Please note that the IDE Regional Meeting and Peaky Blinders Tour scheduled for tomorrow evening at the Old Crown, Digbeth has been CANCELLED owing to the current weather conditions and the local forecast of -10 degrees overnight tonight and into tomorrow.

As the tour is a walking tour of back alleys and streets of Digbeth there is a risk of ice underfoot on uncleared footpaths and that risk cannot be eliminated.

The event will be rearranged for 2018.

This is what happens when they don't grit the demolition site

When winter really starts to hit in the UK our roads need gritting daily, and it's not uncommon to see local councils run out completely leaving drivers stranded. Well, the same thing happens to machines on work sites as the video above clearly demonstrates.

If nothing else, the driver should win points for keeping his machine on the dirt road.

Stadium roof collapses under weight of snow

We may have had a few inches of snow fall over the past few weeks, but spare a thought for anyone working in this stadium last week.

Due to the amount of snow collecting on the roof of the Metrodome in Minnesota, it collapsed, covering the playing field with snow and ice, and cancelling any chance of the big game happening this week.

A very spectacular, if also very expensive thing to happen.