The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Police have named the victim of the horrific hit-and-run tragedy in the Bordesley Green area of Birmingham. Philip Dale suffered fatal injuries after being struck near the junction of Heybarnes Road and Farmer Road, Bordesley Green, on Tuesday (2 November) after 11pm.
Bordesley Green residents woke up to shocking scenes as a scrapyard in the area went up in flames this morning (5 November). Firefighters battled to control the blaze at a scrapyard off Bordesley Green Road in Birmingham just before 5am on Saturday.
Residents are calling for action after a pedestrian was killed last night in a shocking hit-and-run tragedy in the Bordesley Green area of Birmingham. Police are appealing for information and witnesses following the fatality which took place after 11pm on Tuesday night (1 November).
A mosque in the Small Heath area of Birmingham, which offers essential support services to vulnerable and homeless people, faces possible closure to departments as energy bills soar from £60,000 to a shocking figure of £250,000. Green Lane Masjid, which also operates as a community centre, food bank and a Covid-19 vaccination centre, is looking…
A free public event has been organised as the Queen’s Baton Relay tour comes to Birmingham’s Small Heath Park on Wednesday. The iconic baton, which has toured through 72 countries, is now almost within sight of the opening ceremony which will take place on Thursday as the much-anticipated Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 finally get underway.
A stunning mural honouring British Muslim female cricket player Abtaha Maqsood has been unveiled at a primary school in the Small Heath area of Birmingham. The gigantic mural – measuring 16ft – was painted by mural artist and illustrator Lucy Danielle who was born in the West Midlands.
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…
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.
Dramatic scenes tonight in the Bordesley Green area of Birmingham after a car crashed into the side of a pub and broke through into the building. The car ploughed into Shannon’s public house on the corner of Norwood Road and Bordesley Green at approximately 11:30pm (6 June), according to an eyewitness at the scene.
The family of a Small Heath woman who was killed in a frenzied knife attack have issued a heartfelt tribute. Shannon Stanley was found with fatal stab wounds in Mount Pleasant on Tuesday (10 May) and sadly pronounced dead at the scene.