The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A football hooligan has been handed a three year banning order at Birmingham Magistrates Court on Tuesday (17 January) after he racially abused England and Chelsea player Raheem Sterling during a game at Villa Park last year. Timothy Hyslop was heard to shout out a shocking racist slur when Sterling was on the ball during the…
A shocking hate-related sexual attack against a young woman took place in Birmingham’s Gay Village in the early hours of Sunday morning, police have confirmed. Four men were taken into police custody about an hour after the appalling sex attack took place in Hurst Street.
Volunteers have started a new StreetWatch scheme in Birmingham’s Gay Village – the first of its kind in the country, according to West Midlands Police. Patrols will take place in the areas around Hurst Street in Birmingham, and the team which is made up of local people, is looking for more volunteers who want to make…
A neo-Nazi terrorist who was convicted in Birmingham has been granted an early release from prison after a parole hearing in September. Alice Cutter – who wanted to start a “race war” – was jailed in 2020 for being a member of a banned UK terror group.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and police have responded to shocking allegations of racist abuse in the crowd during the England vs India test match at Edgbaston Cricket Ground on Monday. An investigation has been launched by West Midlands Police after Indian fans were racially abused and referred to as “P**i bastards” during…
A Birmingham artist is putting together a spiritual show which will be unveiled at The Hippodrome as part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival. Award-winning artist Mohammed Ali, who hails from Sparkbrook, is gearing up for what he hopes will be a memorable theatrical experience which will educate, inspire and unite the diverse communities of Birmingham.
The co-founder of an extremist neo-Nazi group described as a “racist, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic and homophobic organisation” has been jailed today after a successful operation which involved officers from the West Midlands Counter-Terrorism Unit. Alex Davis, aged 27, was convicted by a jury at Winchester Crown Court for being part of a violent white supremacist organisation…
Today marks the ninth anniversary of one of the worst terror incidents in the recent history of Birmingham when an elderly and fragile Muslim man from Small Heath was knifed to death by a neo-Nazi terrorist. On April 29, 2013, Ukrainian white supremacist terrorist Pavlo Lapshyn stabbed and murdered Birmingham pensioner Mohammed Saleem outside Green Lane Masjid…
A beautiful new work of street art has been painted in Digbeth, Birmingham, featuring a peace quote alongside a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. Birmingham-based artist Adam Illes painted the large scale mural on a Digbeth canal wall which calls for peace in our troubled and war-torn world.
Local residents have been left horrified after shocking racist slurs were discovered painted across a public walkway in the Small Heath area of Birmingham. The abhorrent graffiti – which includes the notoriously anti-Black racist term “n*****” along with offensive expletives – was scrawled along a public passage connecting Kenelm Road and Somerville Road.