The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A murder investigation has been launched after a man was found with vicious stab wounds in a road in Birmingham in the early hours of this morning (Monday). Police were alerted by paramedics who were treating the wounded victim in Stratford Road, at the junction of Priestley Road, Sparkbrook, at around 12.50am.
The former husband of a woman, who was brutally attacked on her doorstep in the Bordesley Green area of Birmingham, has been found guilty of her murder. Taxi driver Mohammed Arfan, 42, viciously killed his ex-wife Marena Shaban, 41, in January this year and was seen laughing after the murder in CCTV footage from a…
A violent teenage pervert who repeatedly raped and abused a young girl – and threatened to kill her – has been jailed after the police child abuse team uncovered a catalogue of sadistic attacks. Kyle Pugh subjected the girl to four years of terrifying torment which included coercive control, physical attacks – slapping, biting and…
A vehicle, in the Small Heath area of Birmingham, suddenly caught fire and was engulfed in flames in a busy street this afternoon. The dramatic incident happened around lunchtime on the corner of Charles Road and Green Lane.
An arrest was made in Birmingham on Wednesday (6 July) in connection with the tragic stabbing of a Wolverhampton teenager whose family have been left devastated and brokenhearted by their loss. 16-year-old Ronan Kanda died after being stabbed on Wednesday 29 June.
A pack of around 10 young men stabbed and robbed a teenager in a park in the Erdington area of Birmingham on Monday. The savage knifing, which took place in Pype Hayes Park around 5:30pm on 4 July, left the male victim with stab wounds to his chest and back.
Terrified residents in Small Heath are demanding police action after two men were shot in Somerville Road last night. The shocking incident took place just after midnight on Sunday (July 3) and comes after a spate of shootings in Small Heath.
Fears are growing for the safety and wellbeing of a Birmingham man who went missing in the Scottish Highlands last month. Anxious Scottish police officers are reaching out to the public in the desperate hope of finding Humza Khan who vanished on Wednesday 8 June.
A paedophile from West Bromwich, who sexually abused a young girl which left her “devastated”, has been jailed after the victim gave a detailed report of her traumatic ordeal. Steven Nightingale, aged 50, was handed a two-and-a-half year jail sentence for the appalling crime which he carried out against his young victim one evening last…
A West Midlands Police officer who made inappropriate, discriminatory and racist comments towards a female colleague last December has been found guilty and fined for his disgraceful conduct. The matter was subject to a criminal investigation which resulted in PC Joe Courtney being charged with two counts of committing a racially aggravated public order offence.