The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 19-year-old man died when the vehicle he was travelling in crashed into a tree in Nechells, Birmingham. Officers were called to the scene of the tragedy in Nechells Parkway shortly after 5.15pm yesterday (May 1).
Actors from Of Mice and Men visited the Black Country Living Museum ahead of a brand-new Birmingham stage production of John Steinbeck’s classic story. The new adaptation of Steinbeck’s timeless tale – which resonates with the current cost of living crisis and the plight of migrants – will be staged at The Birmingham Rep.
A man, believed to be in his 90s, has tragically perished in a house fire on Saturday in the Acocks Green area of Birmingham. Firefighters sped to the terraced property in Overton Road at 5:50am on 4 February and forced entry, but sadly the elderly occupant could not be saved.
A teenage boy tragically lost his life after falling from a car park near Selfridges in Birmingham city centre on Monday afternoon. The 15-year-old boy died after falling from the multi-storey Moor Street car park shortly after midday.
A banned speeding driver who hit and killed a much-loved Birmingham grandmother and then fled the scene has been jailed. Amaan Isa struck 80-year-old Irshad Begum as she tried to cross Washwood Heath Road on 5 April this year.
Over 500 people have signed a petition demanding road safety improvements after the fatal hit-and-run death of a much-loved grandmother in Washwood Heath Road, Birmingham. The family of Irshad Begum, 80, launched the petition after the the tragic death of their beloved grandmother on 5 April.
Tributes have been paid to a pensioner who died after being hit by a car at the hands of a disqualified driver, as West Midlands Police charged the man for “dangerous driving” following the fatal collision. Irshad Begum was struck along Washwood Heath Road at just before 4.40pm on Tuesday (5 April). The 80-year-old sadly died from her…
Four years ago on June 12th 2016, a mass shooting in Florida, sent shockwaves around the world as 49 innocent people were shot dead at an Orlando nightclub. Gunman Omar Mateen murdered 49 and left another 50 people injured at Pulse nightclub, a popular LGBTQ+ venue, before himself dying in a shootout with police in the same night.
Today marks the second anniversary of the tragic Grenfell Tower fire, in which at least 72 people were killed. On 14 June 2017, at 1am in the morning, a fire took hold of a tower block in the centre of London. Caused by an electric fault in a fridge, the blaze gripped the entire building incredibly fast due…