The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Tram services were disrupted in Birmingham after reports of an unknown “substance” inside a court building in Bull Street this afternoon. The area immediately outside the Civil Justice Centre, and the Lord Chancellor’s office, was sealed off by emergency services shortly after 4pm on Tuesday (28 March) and people evacuated out of the government building.
Armed police were called out after a shocking double stabbing incident took place in Birmingham city centre involving a number of youths. Two teenage boys were stabbed in the city centre around 2.30pm today (Thursday 10 March) while shoppers looked on in horror.
Police have arrested two men and seized weapons after reports of clashes between two groups in Birmingham city centre this afternoon. The incident happened in Corporation Street by the Square Peg at around 5.15pm after staff there reported two teenagers running into the pub, one of whom was bleeding from a head wound.
A shocking video has been released which shows a gang of thugs savagely assaulting and robbing a defenceless man as he cowered on the ground in Birmingham city centre yesterday (28 June). The 40-year-old victim was set upon by the feral gang in Corporation Street, not far from police headquarters, at around 6pm and robbed…
High Street store brand Sports Direct has agreed to buy the fledgling House of Fraser department store chain for £90m. Following House of Fraser going into administration on Friday after talks with its creditors failed to reach an agreement, Sport’s Direct’s Mike Ashley has stepped in to save the business, allowing its 59 shops to remain open, including…
A group of Muslims who fed the city’s homeless and hungry over the Christmas period are doing the same again, this time throughout Ramadan. Volunteers with The Birmingham Outreach Foundation have been meeting in the city centre every week throughout the Islamic holy month to distribute food and drink to those in need.