The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
The iconic Library of Birmingham in Centenary Square is being lit up in green and white to mark Eid celebrations in the region. As Muslims across the West Midlands celebrate Eid al-Adha, the city’s main library in Broad Street is marking the occasion by lighting up in green and white this evening.
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.
The Library of Birmingham is joining the United Nations’ campaign to bring an end to violence against women by lighting up in orange this evening. As part of the Orange the World campaign, the Library of Birmingham will be lit up in bright orange on Friday 25 November.
West Midlands Police issued an apology tonight after the shocking murder of a mother and daughter in 2018. Raneem Oudeh, 22, and her mother Khaola Saleem were both brutally stabbed to death outside their home in Northdown Road, Solihull, on 27 August 2018 by Oudeh’s estranged husband who had followed them home.
A disgraced West Midlands Police officer was sacked yesterday (14th Oct) for abusing his position of trust after engaging in a sexual relationship with a domestic abuse victim during the course of his duties. James Ankrett, 40, admitted corrupt or other improper exercise of police powers after forming an inappropriate relationship with the vulnerable victim…
Police are hunting for a rapist who prowled around for “days or weeks” and attacked a woman on Sunday night on parkland behind Princess Alice retail complex in New Oscott, Sutton Coldfield. The appalling attack happened between 8pm and 9pm on Sunday night (3 Oct) and a major investigation is underway to apprehend the rapist…
West Midlands Police have arrested around 400 domestic abuse suspects in the last two weeks and are urging anyone suffering at home during the coronavirus lockdown to seek help. Police have confirmed today that officers have been dealing with an increase in reports of domestic violence in the region following Boris Johnson’s coronavirus lockdown.
A domestic thug pushed his girlfriend’s head through the rear windscreen of his car − leaving her with multiple facial fractures − just hours after telling friends “I’d never hit a woman”. Leon Thompson viciously attacked girlfriend of two years Danielle Perry outside his home in Arden Road, Chelmsley Wood, in the early hours of…