The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A Walsall man has been jailed for more than 20 years after being convicted of a series of rapes against women and young girls. Brian Guest, 65, was jailed on 23 January after being found guilty at Stafford Crown Court of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault against his victims, which included children.
The musical version of screwball comedy film 9 to 5 is back in the city in a new thought-provoking production which highlights toxic culture in the workplace. 9 to 5 the Musical by Birmingham and Midland Operatic Society is currently playing at The Alexandra Theatre.
A gang of twenty-one people have been convicted of serious sexual offending against children in Walsall in the largest child sexual abuse investigation conducted by West Midlands Police. The crimes committed by a “network of child abusers” took place against seven victims, aged 12 and younger, over a period of nearly a decade in Walsall and…
A dangerous West Midlands sex offender who targeted children in the 1980’s and 90’s has finally been caught and jailed for his horrific crimes on Tuesday (17 January). Paedophile Raymond Higgins was found guilty of eight offences of indecently assaulting two young girls.
Fatal Attraction – a sexually charged film which shocked audiences in the 1980’s – returns to grip another generation in a psychologically complex and topical stage adaptation starring Coronation Street actors. The play – which originally premiered in the West End under the direction of Trevor Nunn – now comes to The Alexandra theatre in…
Midland Actors Theatre and Purbanat Theatre premiered a philosophical new work in the Jewellery Quarter which explored humanity’s descent into the dark abyss after an apocalyptic war wipes out most of the human race. ‘Descent’ is a stark and daring new drama which takes the audience on a unique theatrical journey from the darkness of…
Nearly seven in 10 lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people have been sexually harassed at work, according to research for the Trades Union Congress revealing a “hidden epidemic”. The survey, published on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia on Friday (May 17), found that more than two in five LGBT people (42%)…