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Four men appear in court following arrests for Birmingham drugs line charges
Four men have appeared before court charged with offences relating to a drugs line that’s been operating in Birmingham since 2020. Following a long and complex investigation, West Midlands Police officers executed warrants earlier this week across Birmingham and Solihull which resulted in a large quantity of cocaine and cash being recovered and three arrests.
Two more men jailed over Birmingham gun and knife violence on Ward End church car park
Two more men have been jailed after gun and knife violence flared on a Birmingham church car park. One man was stabbed with a machete and another was shot in the chest as two groups clashed on the car park of Christ Church on Burney Lane, Ward End.
Dale Francis, 36, charged with murder of Akashdeep Singh following fatal Wolverhampton house fire
A 36-year-old man has been charged with murder following a fatal house fire in Wolverhampton, police have confirmed. Dale Francis, aged 36, from Basford, Stoke-on-Trent, has been charged with murder, four charges of attempted murder and a charge of arson with intent to endanger life.
Streets flooded and roads closed as burst water main causes chaos in Birmingham
This was the scene earlier today as families waded through flooded streets in Birmingham following a major water leak on Stratford Road. Severn Trent has confirmed that a burst main water pipe in the Sparkhill area of the city resulted in residents being left without water and local schools forced to close on Friday (6…
44-year-old man charged with five counts of attempted murder following Walsall disorder
West Midlands Police have charged a 44-year-old man with five counts of attempted murder following disorder in Walsall. Shazhad Mahmood was charged today (Friday 6 September) and was remanded into custody to appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court tomorrow (Saturday 7 September).
LIVE UPDATES: General Election 2024 – Birmingham results
Voting has closed across the country for the UK General Election and now the process of vote counting and results announcements begins. We’re at the ICC for the Birmingham count and will bring you results as we get them, along with opinion, interviews, galleries and video updates.
Passenger anger at new mayor as regional bus fares set to rise across West Midlands
Public transport users have been left raging after bus fare hikes were announced only a month after the new West Midlands mayor was elected on pledges to reduce ticket prices. Rates for day and season bus tickets are set to rise by an average of 6% at the end of June after mayor Richard Parker promised…
PETA stunt displays ‘trapped orca’ in busy shopping street to protest animal abuse in leisure tourism
An activist dressed up as an “orca” was displayed in a ‘tank’ outside a leisure tourism store in Birmingham today, protesting alleged animal cruelty. The publicity stunt organised by animal rights group PETA involved a campaigner in a dolphin costume pleading to be freed as they lay “trapped in a cramped tank” outside TUI’s Birmingham city centre store in…
Pro-Palestine activists hold silent die-in to protest Birmingham Pride “genocide” sponsorship
Dozens of pro-Palestine demonstrators staged a powerful protest in Birmingham today (May 25) to coincide with the Birmingham Pride parade amid controversy over the event’s headline sponsor. The West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign (WMPSC) held a ‘die-in’ outside the Bullring shopping centre as the Pride parade passed by, to bring attention to the recent war on Palestine.
LGBT+ groups announce renewed calls for Birmingham Pride boycott amid ongoing Gaza crisis
LGBTQ+ groups have renewed calls for a boycott of Birmingham Pride this weekend in response to the ongoing crisis in Gaza. Activists are urging members of the community to boycott the event until organisers sever ties with headline sponsor HSBC, who they claim is funding arms sales to Israel.