The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Birmingham’s largest mosque could cancel congregational prayers if the coronavirus situation gets any worse, according to its chairman. The Birmingham Central Mosque in Highgate has exclusively revealed to I Am Birmingham that Friday prayer services, which attract thousands of worshippers every week, could be abandoned as stricter regulation is enforced around large gatherings.
Police have launched a murder investigation after the shooting of a teenager in Coventry on Friday. Officers were called to Arnside Close near the junction of Clifton Street in the Hillfields area of Coventry, after a report of a shooting just after 2.30pm on Friday 13th March.
Police have brought down a complex county lines drug supply chain after discovering a London man funnelled heroin and crack cocaine into Hereford via Birmingham. Bodrul Islam, from Newham in east London, ran the ‘Dee Line’ which dealt around £200,000 worth of Class A drugs a year onto the streets of the county town.
An appeal has been made for witnesses after a young man was assaulted and left lying unconscious with life-changing injuries. Syed Anas Shah – known as Anas – has been in hospital for more than seven weeks after the “vicious” attack in Sparkbrook earlier this year.
Police are appealing for help to trace a cowardly thief who crept into a pensioner’s home in Coventry and attacked her before swiping a bag and purse. The shocking incident took place at 7.30pm last weekend on International Women’s Day (Sunday March 8) in Agincourt Road, Cheylesmore, according to West Midlands Police.
The country’s biggest anti-racism demonstration has been put on hold as government sources suggest the UK could ban large gatherings, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As the coronavirus outbreak intensifies, Stand Up To Racism has called of its march and rally in London, which was due to take place on Saturday 21st March to mark UN…
A Sikh soup kitchen in Birmingham is determined to continue feeding the homeless despite the threat of coronavirus. The Midland Langar Seva Society – who feed the vulnerable and needy in Birmingham nearly every single day of the year, taking a break only on Christmas Day – have announced they won’t be backing down from their duty in…