The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Two men have been charged with firearms offences after the recovery of three guns, ammunition and more than £100,000 in cash in Birmingham. Sikander Farooq, aged 30, and Adam Sajjad, 19, both of Stechford, Birmingham, are accused of possession of a pistol, a revolver and a sawn-off shotgun, as well as five charges of possession…
West Midlands Police have recovered three guns and seized more than £100,000 after firearms officers stopped a car in Birmingham overnight as part of a major probe into organised crime in the city. The weapons were recovered from an Audi S3 which was stopped at gunpoint by officers on Flaxley Road in Stechford at around 10.20pm…
Three men have been arrested 160 miles away in Devon for the suspected murder of a man outside a shopping precinct in the Shard End area of Birmingham. 50-year-old dad Darren Smith was allegedly ambushed and killed by men armed with a “hammer” on Wednesday afternoon.
Police have launched a murder investigation after a man was attacked and killed in the Shard End area of Birmingham. 50-year-old Darren Smith was found seriously injured after being attacked outside shops in Heath Way just after 2.50pm yesterday (15 March).
Birmingham City Council leader Ian Ward has narrowly survived a tough leadership challenge from his cabinet colleague Cllr Waseem Zaffar today. Results of a closed vote which took place today (Saturday 14 May) revealed that Cllr Ward has beaten off a dramatic challenge to his leadership and will remain in control of Birmingham City Council…
A dangerous burglar who preyed on pensioners – threatening one with a knife and breaking another victim’s shoulder – has been jailed after he was linked to a series of violent break-ins in Shard End, Hodge Hill and Edgbaston. Clinton Copeland, 36, targeted addresses with wheelchair ramps or handrails in his wave of terror against…
West Midlands Police have charged five men believed to be involved in running a major drugs supply chain in Birmingham. The arrests came on Thursday during a day of action (3 December) that saw dozens of officers raid 10 different properties in the city.
Four members of an extremist neo-Nazi group described as a “racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic organisation” have been jailed today. The three men and one woman were found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court after a previous trial resulted in a hung jury in June last year.
Police have seized off-road bikes in a Bank Holiday blitz on lout bikers who were running amok on the quieter roads during the government’s coronavirus lockdown restrictions. Traffic cops, including support from a police helicopter crew, have been out in force since Easter Sunday to clamp down hard on “covidiots” who tried to turn deserted…