The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A woman who stole her ex-partner’s car after luring him into a savage street attack has been jailed. Melissa Parkes joined two men in attacking the victim with a hammer in Stechford last September.
A Birmingham mosque leader who helped to feed the homeless, refugees, victims of domestic abuse and frontline NHS staff during the COVID-19 pandemic has received an MBE. Mohammad Asad, lead imam at Birmingham Central Mosque, was given the top honour from HRH Princess Anne at a special ceremony in Windsor Castle this month.
A criminal investigation has been launched after allegations that a West Midlands Police officer secretly filmed himself having sex with two women and then shared the video online with colleagues. The officer, who works in the firearms division, reportedly filmed the sex act without the women’s knowledge at a Christmas party, and later shared the…
A Wolverhampton thug who used horrific violence and coercive behaviour against his partner has been finally jailed for his string of crimes against the poor victim. Paul Woodward, 35, was known to police for previous offences and officers were alerted to his appalling crimes when paying a routine visit to his home in Shelley Road, Wolverhampton…
A domestic abuser from Birmingham who violently assaulted his partner, breaking her nose and hitting her with a crowbar so hard she suffered a bleed on the brain has been jailed. Alan McMahon subjected the woman to a two-week campaign of prolonged abuse where he hit her repeatedly with a crowbar and knife, and also threw…
One of the best-loved teenage novels – Noughts & Crosses by former children’s laureate Malorie Blackman – comes to Birmingham in a gripping stage adaptation. Blackman’s dystopian story about oppression and love in the 21st century is being performed in a touring theatrical version at The Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham.
The Tony award-winning Broadway musical The Color Purple arrives in Birmingham in an exciting new production. The highly anticipated show, based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, is now playing at The Birmingham Hippodrome until Saturday 17 September.
A violent thug from the Shard End area of Birmingham who bit, beat and dragged his girlfriend by her hair and asked her to marry him has been jailed for his brutal attacks. Mario Sassano, 43, was jailed for five years for assault and coercive control which left his victim terrified and traumatized.
Fatal Attraction – a sexually charged film which shocked audiences in the 1980’s – returns to grip another generation in a psychologically complex and topical stage adaptation starring Coronation Street actors. The play – which originally premiered in the West End under the direction of Trevor Nunn – now comes to The Alexandra theatre in…
This story contains details of domestic abuse and photos of injuries. A domestic abuser from Birmingham who repeatedly bullied, assaulted and stabbed his ex-partner has been jailed for 13 years after police uncovered a catalogue of violent attacks which left his poor victim physically and psychologically scarred. Rory Farrell, 30, subjected the woman to a…