The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
West Midlands Police have made a series of arrests during a crackdown on antisocial street racing where dangerous drivers use the region’s roads as race tracks and put other motorists and pedestrians at risk. The crackdown comes at a time when the number of people injured or killed due to reckless and illegal racing is…
The High Court in Birmingham has continued the interim injunction banning ‘street racing’, also known as ‘car cruising’, in the Black Country after several collisions and deaths. The interim injunction prohibits people from participating, as a driver, a rider or a passenger, in a gathering of two or more people at which some of those…
Birmingham City Council is seeking a High Court injunction to arrest dangerous drivers and ban street cruising from all city roads this week. The council is sending in the application – which will be heard tomorrow (20 December) – and if successful this injunction will be used to bring to justice anyone involved in street…
Controversial social commentator Katie Hopkins has joined forces with leaders of the Birmingham school protests against LGBT education equality, in a move which has angered many of their supporters. In a tweet posted earlier today, anti-Islam activist Hopkins shared a photo of her in the home of Shakeel Afsar and alongside Amir Ahmed, who have both voraciously led…
Protesters who have been campaigning against LGBT inclusive education being taught at Anderton Park School have vowed to challenge an injunction from Birmingham City Council to create an exclusion zone around the school to stop future protests disrupting the school day. The council’s application to impose the exclusion zone was granted last week by the High Court,…
Protesters who have been demonstrating against LGBT+ education at Anderton Park Primary School in Birmingham have been banned, by a High Court injunction, from gathering outside the school’s gates. The legal action was pursued by Birmingham City Council following months of demonstrations outside the school in Balsall Heath.