The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
West Midlands Fire Service have issued a warning for residents to stay safe to keep “doors and windows closed” as a “severe” fire rages at an industrial estate in the Tyseley area of Birmingham this evening. Plumes of black smoke can be seen for miles as firefighters bravely try to control the fire at the…
West Midlands Police have charged two further men with murder in the ongoing investigations into a fatal shooting in Birmingham more than two years ago. Fahmi Daahir and Omar Elmi, both aged 22, are due to appear at Birmingham Crown Court tomorrow (Tuesday 11 August) charged with the murder of Abdul Rahman Abubaker. The 24-year-old…
The struggle of a Coventry-based, disabled and wheelchair-bound asylum seeker to raise tuition fees for his PhD in the UK is continuing with no end in sight. After applying for admission to five UK universities, asylum seeker Dickson Tarnongo was offered a place by a Midlands-based university. The university gave him an offer with a…
Police are on the lookout for a potential knifeman from Dudley and are warning members of the public not to approach him. Moses Christensen, 21, went missing from his home in the Oldswinford area of Dudley yesterday evening (9 August) and his family are extremely concerned for his wellbeing.
West Midlands Police have closed down a “Party House” that was being rented out in Halesowen town centre following repeated complaints from neighbours of anti-social behaviour, criminality and suspected drug-related activity. The three-bedroom flat on Peckingham Street was rented out as a ‘luxury party house’ with guests paying up to £700 to hire the property for an…
A national cinema chain has announced it is giving thousands of free cinema tickets to NHS key workers to express gratitude to them for their hard work during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Odeon cinemas has begun offering Blue Light Card members the free tickets, as a way of saying thank you to these public sector heroes across the country.
BBC One’s daytime drama Doctors returns to filming today, with production having been on pause since March due to lockdown; other than a special episode in early June, entirely self-shot by the cast at home on their mobile phones. The popular medical soap opera – launched in March 2000 – is primarily filmed in Birmingham and…