The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Two West Midlands teenagers, who were tragically killed after a car struck them at the weekend, have been named as their heartbroken families paid tribute to them. Liberty Charris, aged 16, and Ben Corfield, aged 19, were sadly pronounced dead at the scene on the A457 Oldbury Road on Sunday night.
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.
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 man described by police as a “dangerous child sexual predator” has been jailed for 13 years after attempting to meet and groom underage girls for sex. Sam Collier, aged 28, of no fixed address, was found guilty “of arranging/facilitating the commission of a child sex offence” and committing an offence with the intention of committing a…
People have been left aghast after pictures were shared of a major Birmingham city centre street looking untidy with trash, urine and faeces littering the pavement and walls. Hurst Street, a major hub in Birmingham’s South Side district, was left looking like “a shanty town” say Brummies who’ve seen the shocking pictures over the weekend.
A new street art tribute to Small Heath icon Malik was spotted on a wall on the border of Bordesley Green and Small Heath by a Birmingham resident this week. This latest tribute to Malik comes after the previous celebration – a large-scale monochrome poster by street artist Foka Wolf – was destroyed last December…
A mural in Kings Heath commemorating the visit to Smethwick by civil rights activist Malcolm X in 1965, with the art showing solidarity with Palestinians, was vandalised this week but later salvaged with a ‘Choose Love’ slogan written over the damage. The act of wanton vandalism against the artwork has generated more interest in the…
The Birmingham City Council shadow cabinet member for parks visited Small Heath Park today (August 5) to inspect an environmental catastrophe taking place in the beauty spot’s lake, as an alarming number of dead birds and fish have been distressing local residents. Cllr Deirdre Alden (Con, Edgbaston) visited Small Heath Park to inspect the lake after reading reports about…
Residents are demanding immediate action to save the wildlife that inhabits the lake in Small Heath Park after another dead duck was seen floating in the ‘filthy’ water on Saturday (31 July). Small Heath residents took to social media to vent their anger at the lack of action by authorities after pictures emerged showing another…
West Midlands Police have allegedly been in talks with the owners of a business on whose wall a Palestinian solidarity mural was painted last Monday (May 17). Award-winning Birmingham based artist Mohammed Ali has raised concerns about the unwelcome police attention to his art and shared his thoughts on his social media page.