The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg received an unwelcome response from cost of living and climate change protesters as the Conservative Party conference got underway in Birmingham. Mr Rees-Mogg needed police protection as he was chased out of Victoria Square on Sunday afternoon.
The location around Centenary Square looks like “Alcatraz” as the area is closed off and secured for the Conservative Party conference which starts on Sunday (2 October). Broad Street is a hive of security with armed police patrols in place ahead of the conference which is expected to attract 11,000 delegates.
A colossal security operation begins this week in Birmingham as West Midlands Police prepare for the Conservative Party Conference on Sunday (2 October). The major event is expected to attract over 11,000 delegates, and police are also preparing for protests which are planned for the first day of the conference.
A former football hooligan from Birmingham is organising an anti-racist march to show solidarity with Black Lives Matter in honour of his friend who was tragically shot dead by armed police last year. Marc Gauntlett, who was active in The Zulu Warriors hooligan firm which supported Birmingham City Football Club, was devastated to lose his close friend…
A violent car thief who tried to run over a police officer whilst resisting arrest has been charged with trying to kill the officer who was punched to the ground and then run over by the suspect on Saturday afternoon in Birmingham. Mubashar Hussain allegedly launched a violent assault on the police officer who was…
A West Midlands Police officer has been seriously injured by a violent car thief who tried to escape the scene of the crime by running over the officer this afternoon in Ladypool Road. The traffic cop was in Moorcroft Road, Moseley, at 4.45pm having traced a suspected stolen Range Rover Sport taken just minutes earlier…
A prominent LGBT Muslim campaigner who co-led this weekend’s Birmingham Pride parade alongside Parkfield School teacher Andrew Moffat and fellow Muslim activists was kicked out of the main event by up to six security staff, despite being allowed in directly by Pride organisers. Gay Muslim activist Ferhan Khan, 34, claims he was was brutally ejected…