The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Over 70 firefighters battled overnight to control the Lickey Hills fire, which started on Monday afternoon as heatwave temperatures soared, and fears are growing that a huge area of the iconic beauty spot have been reduced to ash by the catastrophic inferno. Fire services have confirmed that around 5 hectares – which measures to the…
As the heatwave temperatures continue to soar there are reports coming in of a major fire incident at the popular Lickey Hills country park. Fire crews from Birmingham responded to calls of a major incident around 1:15pm this afternoon (Monday 18 July) at Rose Hill Road in Rednal.
Plans to improve facilities and capacity at a cemetery and crematorium in south Birmingham have been unveiled, following a surge in city deaths due to COVID. King’s Norton Cemetery, which opened its first two phases in 2005, is set to reach capacity in less than two years and available graves for baby and Muslim burials…
A young man, described by his family as a “pure soul”, was fatally stabbed in the Kings Norton area of Birmingham on Friday night (1 Oct) and police confirmed a suspect has been arrested and charged with his murder. Amin Talea, 20, was discovered by a passer-by in Middleton Hall Road at 9.30pm on Friday…
A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a brutal mugging and stabbing of a man in his 60s in the Kings Norton area of Birmingham. Police detained the 13-year-old boy from an address in the area this morning (20 October).
Police have released a shocking CCTV footage in the hope of catching a ruthless carjacking gang who violently attacked a man while his pregnant wife watched helplessly in Kings Norton, Birmingham. The vicious robbery was carried out “using an extreme level of violence” against an unsuspecting couple said the police. The disturbing attack took place…
A violent racist yob who racially abused members of the public including a Birmingham taxi driver and a lollipop man, before verbally attacking two police officers and children at a nursery, has been jailed for nearly three years. The perpetrator was also reprimanded for smearing a police station holding cell with faeces after he was…
Household Recycling Centres across Birmingham have shut their doors, following the closure of all non-essential shops due to coronavirus. Recycling centres in Sutton Coldfield, Perry Barr, Castle Bromwich, Tyseley, and Kings Norton have closed to the general public.
A local arts collective in Northfield is raising money to build a new, accessible space for the communities they work with. Northfield Arts Forum, also known as NAF, is a grassroots arts organisation that have been providing community arts activities to the areas of Northfield, Kings Norton, Weoley Castle and Longbridge for over eight years.