The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Diners at one of the busiest McDonald’s in Birmingham city centre were left shocked as a teenage thug charged into the fast food branch brandishing a 12-inch machete on Sunday morning. The terrifying incident took place at the McDonald’s situated on ‘The Ramp’ walkway that leads into Grand Central.
A police knife crackdown following the shocking stabbing of a schoolboy in Birmingham city centre has resulted in arrests and recovery of weapons. Knives were recovered and 46 people searched after temporary Section 60 powers were used after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed on Wednesday (18 January).
A number of young men have been arrested – including two teenagers – after a robbery and disorder involving knives in Birmingham city centre. Five suspects were taken into police custody after a serious incident in Cherry Street on Wednesday night.
Police sealed off parts of the city centre after a young schoolboy was stabbed near Birmingham New Street Station on Wednesday. The teenage boy was stabbed in Stephenson Place around 4:30pm and police flooded the area and sealed off the busy location.
Birmingham born author Geoff Bunn shares his memories of the city and bravely opens his heart about a love that made him see the world in a new light in a daring book called ‘blond(e) BOY, red LIPSTICK’. The book is the true life account of a moment in the author’s life when he fell…