The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A teenager has today pleaded guilty to the murder of Hazrat Umar, who was fatally stabbed in Birmingham earlier this year. The 17-year-old – Adam Muhammad of Hawksyard Road in Birmingham – was walking along Norwood Road, Bordesley Green on Monday 25 February, when he pulled out a Rambo style knife and began the brutal attack on…
Detectives want to trace this pair after a man was knocked unconscious and robbed in Birmingham city centre. The victim, in his 20s, was approached by two men on Broad Street just before 2am on 16 March. He was repeatedly punched in his face and knocked to the floor, where he was briefly unconscious until…
Shocking video footage has emerged that shows the moment a teenager was kicked and punched to the ground by a group of men in Castleford Road in the Sparkhill area of Birmingham. The junction of Stratford Road and Castleford Road came to a standstill after a gang of men, including one who was bare chested,…
West Midlands mayor Andy Street has joined a chorus of voices concerned about the sudden surge in knife crime in Birmingham this month, describing the recent spate of attacks as “tragic”. In a statement following several deaths from knife attacks, the mayor said the stabbings were “unacceptable” and “unprecedented”.
Birmingham has been rocked by a wave of brutal knife crimes during the month of February that have left three teenagers dead and several people in hospital with serious injuries. The city is in shock as casualties continue to increase, with seemingly random knife attacks taking place within days of each other, and everywhere from…
Chief Constable Dave Thompson of West Midlands Police has vowed to implement extensive stop and search powers for the foreseeable future, as police step up their efforts to tackle the rising surge of knife crime. He also pledged to continue extra patrols with additional officers in areas of Birmingham offering communities visible reassurance after the…
A murder investigation has been launched following a stabbing that left a teenager dead in the Bordesley Green area of Birmingham this afternoon, only days after a similar attack in Small Heath. Police were called to Norwood Road, Bordesley Green, just after 2pm following reports of an attack in the area.
A man wearing a balaclava violently attacked and robbed a teenager at Tennyson Road Mosque in Birmingham on Friday, according to claims made by the family of the victim. 16-year-old Farhan Raheem was robbed and left bleeding by a masked thug who forced himself into the mosque in Small Heath, according to family members.
A Birmingham man has been jailed after a traffic warden was viciously attacked by a gang of four following an earlier dispute. Danyal Bashir, of Hartopp Road in Alum Rock, was part of the group who set upon 21-year-old-traffic warden Charlie Weston, who was on his phone to a colleague on 14 September this year….
A gunman who was arrested trying to flee the UK hours after shooting a man dead in Handsworth has been found guilty of his murder. Anib Khan was caught on CCTV firing the shotgun into a car driven by Taimoor Zaheer, who had been lured to his death by the killer and his older brother,…