The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
West Midlands Police have confirmed that over 100 lockdown violation fines were issued after officers broke up an illegal rave despite being pelted with missiles by the hostile crowd. Police constables acted on information and discovered an unlawful music event being held in a disused warehouse in Birmingham last night (28 November) despite a COVID-19…
A jealous husband who stabbed his wife to death in a drug-fuelled rage been convicted of her murder. As their marriage crumbled, Tamer Moustafa wrongly accused his wife Nelly of having affairs with their next door neighbour and even his own father, say police.
A major police offensive on knife crime in Birmingham resulted in more than 50 arrests, which included teenagers, and a large cache of knives seized by officers during the operation. The week-long operation – codenamed Sceptre – ran from 9 to 15 November and saw police teams across the region targeting suspected knife crime offenders…
A woman who set up a bogus charity purporting to help asylum seekers was secretly smuggling undocumented migrants into the UK and exploiting their labour to enrich herself. Turning a blind eye as scores of migrants worked in cannabis farms to pay for her ‘charitable’ services, Pranvera Smith established ‘Freedom to Stay’ in 2014 and ran the Birmingham-based group…
A mob of teenagers were involved in a fight that resulted in four young men being stabbed inside Henry Barber Park in the Bordesley Green area of Birmingham on Saturday. The victims were stabbed after a large scale public disorder broke out around 6pm inside the park and the fight spilled out onto the adjacent…
West Midlands Police have issued a warning to criminals that city roads are no respite for drug trafficking after police traffic teams seized more than £10 million worth of drugs and suspected ‘dirty money’ in just 12 months. The force has pledged to continue to crackdown on crooks who attempt to use the region’s roads as escape routes to…
A murder investigation has been launched after a man tragically died when shots were fired in the Lozells area of Birmingham this afternoon (26 August). The 22-year-old was critically injured in Lozells Road just after 12.30pm and died a short time after arriving at hospital.
West Midlands Police have closed down a “Party House” that was being rented out in Halesowen town centre following repeated complaints from neighbours of anti-social behaviour, criminality and suspected drug-related activity. The three-bedroom flat on Peckingham Street was rented out as a ‘luxury party house’ with guests paying up to £700 to hire the property for an…
Police officers have seized knives, a knuckle duster and drugs as part of a crackdown on weapons and dealing across Wolverhampton. Officers from the West Midlands Police Wolverhampton Taskforce, and neighbourhood teams, have been monitoring areas and acting on intelligence to help keep the city safe.
A team of valiant volunteers from Small Heath have removed a shocking amount of used heroin needles and other dangerous drugs related waste from the streets around Birmingham City FC and Small Heath Park. This highly dangerous anti-social waste was removed last week after posing a serious public health hazard to children and families, including pets.