The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
An investigation has been launched after a man was set on fire as he walked home from a mosque in Edgbaston, Birmingham, only days before the start of Ramadan. West Midlands Police believe the man was walking home from Dudley Road mosque when he was approached by another man near the junction of Brixham Road and…
Police are on the hunt for a man in connection with a fatal hit and run in Birmingham late last year. Philip Dale was crossing Heybarnes Road near to the junction of Farmer Road in Bordesley Green on 1 November at around 11pm, when the 45-year-old was struck by a car.
A 15-year-old girl has tragically died after being struck by a bus in the Sheldon area of Birmingham on Saturday (18 March). The devastating accident took place in Sheaf Lane just before 3pm and the young girl sadly died shortly after being transferred to hospital.
Network Rail has been swamped with thousands of eager applications from people hoping for one of 60 free tickets to tour the Birmingham New Street signal box, which closed down last year. The ballot for the rare tickets has attracted around 7,500 people by the time the ballot closed on Friday (17 March).
Police have secured closure orders at two cafes in Birmingham following repeated concerns around anti-social behaviour and drug dealing. Cops enforced the orders after receiving complaints about the two neighbouring cafes on Villa Road in Lozells, and boarded them up following successful applications at Birmingham Magistrates Court this month.
Three men have been arrested 160 miles away in Devon for the suspected murder of a man outside a shopping precinct in the Shard End area of Birmingham. 50-year-old dad Darren Smith was allegedly ambushed and killed by men armed with a “hammer” on Wednesday afternoon.
Police have launched a murder investigation after a man was attacked and killed in the Shard End area of Birmingham. 50-year-old Darren Smith was found seriously injured after being attacked outside shops in Heath Way just after 2.50pm yesterday (15 March).
Police have charged two men with murder after a stabbing left a man dead at an address in Birmingham. Ahmad Alsino, 42, and his son Bashar Alsino, 20, were charged after two men were stabbed at an address in Cadbury Drive, Castle Vale.
A rising Nashville country music star who studied in the West Midlands is to play the Birmingham O2 Academy in May. Born and raised Nashvillian Cody Pennington, who is starting to make waves in the British country music scene, is heading back to the Midlands after being inspired by a highly varied and interesting life.
A second man has been charged after a slam gun was recovered from a car in Handsworth, police have confirmed. West Midlands Police officers were on patrol near Robert Road when they spotted a suspicious vehicle on 17 February.