The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Perry Barr’s upgraded recycling centre has reopened to residents, Birmingham City Council has announced. The Household Recycling Centre (HRC), which is operated by Veolia, closed in August 2021. Subsequently, a raft of redevelopment work and upgrades have been carried out to update the site which is one of five across the city.
An armed raider who was thwarted by residents in their own home has been jailed for more than four years after police linked him to the attempted robbery. Peshang Ahmed forced his way into a property in Hillfields, Coventry, and then demanded money after being confronted by an occupier on 12 September last year.
Residents and activists have gathered in Kings Heath to show solidarity with an elderly man who was brutally attacked while walking home from a local mosque in the Birmingham suburb. The 73-year-old victim was left injured following the shocking assault as he walked home from Kings Heath Mosque on Wednesday (29 March) after Ramadan prayers.
Police in Birmingham have secured the closure of an exempt property in Stockland Green after more than a year of local residents enduring anti-social behaviour and noise. It comes after West Midlands Police worked for months with the people living in the terraced house in Hermitage Road as well as the housing provider who runs…
Over 100 community groups across Birmingham are to stage their own festival events and projects as part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival, thanks to funding from Birmingham City Council. The Creative City programme will see 107 community groups and artists get creative over the six months of the Birmingham 2022 Festival which accompanies the Birmingham…
Residents in Handsworth and Lozells were treated to a free outdoor cinema experience yesterday when The Lion King was shown on the big screen at Georges Park. Hundreds of families and friends packed the park grounds as the 1994 animated Disney classic – starring the voice talents of Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones and Jeremy…
A draft “Masterplan” outlining an ambitious vision for how to further improve Perry Barr over the next two decades has been published by Birmingham City Council. The Perry Barr 2040 Masterplan aims to maximise opportunities presented by the existing qualities of the area including the current £700million+ package of major projects being delivered in the…
Birmingham’s diversity, creativity and spirit will be celebrated in a new artwork due to be unveiled in the city centre later this week. Forward Together is a reimagining of the city’s crest being raised by a line of 25 figures, designed by artist Luke Perry and made by a team of his friends, some of…
A group of residents from Sutton Coldfield have adopted the Wylde Green railway station and are working with West Midlands Railway to enhance their local transport hub, making it a place of local pride and community connection by adding arts and landscaping to the environs. The group of volunteers are called ‘Friends of Wylde Green Station’…
Police officers in Birmingham have launched an investigation after 40 rockets were fired at bystanders in Coventry Road in Birmingham. West Midlands Police have started to look into the incident in response to shocking video footage showing a large firework being used to launch rockets at people in a “drive-by shooting”.