The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Residents from Birmingham are to hold a protest outside a constituency event by Steve McCabe MP this weekend in response to Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza. Activists and constituency members are claiming the Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham Selly Oak is “supporting genocide” following his failure to vote for a ceasefire in Gaza.
A violent Birmingham serial rapist – who was previously convicted for raping a teenage girl – has left another young woman traumatised after a terrifying sexual assault. Luke Sargent, 31, threatened to slit his latest victim’s throat if she cried out for help during the horrific attack in Selly Oak.
A man has been jailed for five years after cops found a loaded gun in his manbag – while he was going to see his probation officer. Jerome Powell was stopped on Bristol Road in Selly Oak on 16 February and arrested after firearms officers searched him and seized the weapon. He has now been…
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault after a child was lured away from a playground in Rowheath Park, Birmingham, and attacked around midday yesterday (18th Sept). The six-year-old girl was with her family in the playground when she was lured into a nearby wooded area and sexually assaulted.
Police have arrested two 17-year-olds following a serious car crash in Birmingham last night that left a child seriously ill in hospital. The three-car collision happened in Pershore Road, at the junction with Bewdley Road, at 9.15pm.
A man charged with the murder and accused of attempted murder has appeared in court today following a stabbing rampage which left one man dead and several critically injured on Sunday. Zephaniah McLeod, aged 27 of Nately Grove, Selly Oak, has appeared before Birmingham Magistrates this morning (September 9) in connection with the stabbings in…
A man has been charged with the murder of Jacob Billington, who was one of eight people stabbed in Birmingham city centre in the early hours of Sunday. Zephaniah McLeod, 27, of Nately Grove, Selly Oak, Birmingham, is also accused of the attempted murder of the seven other victims of the knife attacks.
Police have arrested a man on suspicion of murder and seven counts of attempted murder over a series of stabbings in Birmingham yesterday. The suspect was detained at an address in Selly Oak at around 4am this morning after West Midlands Police detectives worked through the night in a bid to catch the man responsible.
Four people have been arrested by West Midlands Police for firing arrows into a public street in Birmingham. The arrests were made following reports yesterday (July 19) of crossbow arrows being fired into a Birmingham street and narrowly missing an elderly couple.
A group of Jewish and Muslim women, including the city’s only female rabbi, have defiantly come together to remove antisemitic graffiti which appeared overnight on a wall in Billesley in Birmingham, transforming it into positive art depicting a rainbow. Determined to show they’re “stronger together”, the women joined forces after vile and abusive words of hate…