The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Police have released the name of the cyclist who was tragically killed after a hit-and-run collision in Belgrave Middleway near Central Mosque last Tuesday. Hussien Nur Teklise, aged 45, was cycling when he was struck by a car just after 2pm on 16 May.
Police have confirmed that a cyclist died yesterday afternoon in a collision that took place in Belgrave Middleway near Birmingham Central Mosque. The tragic victim, believed to be in his 40’s, died when he was struck by a car in a suspected hit-and-run collision on Tuesday (16 May).
A part of a major travel route has been closed off to all traffic after a serious crash and a blue tent erected at the scene near Birmingham Central Mosque this afternoon. Belgrave Middleway, in the Highgate area of the city, was closed off between Horton Square and Haden Circus after the collision at about 3:35pm…
A father-of-four who was seriously injured in a hit and run in Birmingham in January has sadly died, say police. Shiraz Ali Khan, aged 41, passed away on Friday (25 February) in hospital after being hit by a blue Renault Clio on Highgate Road, near the junction of Moseley Road, Highgate, at around 6.30am on…
A raging fire engulfed a house in Wordsworth Road, Small Heath, which forced emergency services to evacuate local residents as 26 firefighters battled to bring the inferno under control this afternoon (15 January). West Midlands Fire Service responded to the emergency call shortly after 4pm on Saturday.
Fire crews from six stations fought through the night to bring a major blaze under control at a barber shop in Green Lane, Small Heath, in the early hours of Tuesday. The fire raged through Mujahid’s Hairdresser in Green Lane in the Small Heath area of Birmingham on Tuesday (4th January).
A fire which broke out last night (14th Sept) in the bedroom of a house in the Bordesley Green area of Birmingham took crews from three fire stations before the blaze, described as “severe”, was brought under control. The incident was brought to the attention of West Midlands Fire Service just before 8pm on Tuesday…
Police officers have forced a shisha lounge in Birmingham to shut down after it was caught breaching COVID-19 rules, only days after already being hit with a £10,000 fine for an earlier breach. A closure order has been issued to Kasablanca in Highgate, after West Midlands Police forced their way in to the venue at 1am on Saturday (24 October) to find…
One of the first post-lockdown weddings to take place since restrictions was lifted went ahead at a Pentecostal church in Birmingham on Saturday. Getting married on the 4th of July at noon, Dionne Brown and Maciah Smith became one of the first Birmingham (and maybe even in the Midlands) couples to marry after recent coronavirus restrictions were eased.
Birmingham Central Mosque has cancelled congregational Friday prayers due to the coronavirus pandemic. The mosque in Highgate exclusively revealed to I Am Birmingham that the venue’s Jummah prayer services, which attract thousands of worshippers every week, would be abandoned if stricter regulation is enforced around large gatherings.