The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Michelin-starred TV chef Glynn Purnell is teaming up with Birmingham City Council to host a virtual Cook-A-Long show in aid of the alternative giving scheme that helps rough sleepers. The Big Birmingham Cook-A-Long will be a weekend-style cooking show featuring a number of local Brummie chefs cooking up their favourite recipes for viewers at home…
Councils from across the West Midlands are joining forces to protect rough sleepers from the bitter cold winter months ahead, following a spate of related deaths on city streets in recent years. As rough sleepers, many of whom are homeless, face the double threat of harsh winter weather and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the region’s local authorities have come…
West Midlands Mayor Andy Street is once again joining forces with councils from across the region to protect rough sleepers from the bitter cold winter months ahead. As rough sleepers face the double threat of harsh winter weather and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the region’s local authorities have come together to announce their joint winter…
Police have charged a man with the murders of a mother and son in Coventry and a woman in Leamington Spa. Anthony Russell, 38, of Riley Square, Coventry, is accused of murdering Julie Williams and her son David in Coventry and Nicole McGregor in Leamington.
Police detectives hunting for a double murder suspect are now investigating the discovery of a third body, West Midlands Police (WMP) have announced. At around noon today, officers searching for a missing woman from Warwickshire found a woman’s body on Newbold Comyn near Leamington. The woman has not yet been identified.
A manhunt is underway as police investigate two murders after discovering a man’s body at a flat in Coventry last night (26 October). West Midlands Police have launched a hunt to find prime suspect Anthony Russell, who they believe is responsible for the killings of a mother and her son.