The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Police are hunting the driver of a car who fled the scene after a pedestrian was struck down and killed in Birmingham on Saturday. The fatal collision is believed to have taken place at around 2am (1 July) on Washwood Heath Road near the junction with Bennetts Road, say police.
Residents in the Saltley area of Birmingham have been left in shock after a man was shot at a petrol station today. The victim was reportedly attacked at a Gulf petrol station around 1am on Tuesday (4 March).
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…
Police are appealing for witnesses following a disturbing incident of indecent exposure outside a Birmingham park yesterday morning. The appalling incident took place near the entrance to Ward End Park in Washwood Heath Road on Tuesday (14 December).
A teenager is dead and two other people were injured after their car overturned in the Washwood Heath area of Birmingham on Saturday (11th December). Police were called to Washwood Heath Road by ambulance service crews at just after 5.25am on Saturday morning.
Warning: This article contains images some readers may find distressing. Local residents in Saltley were left in shock after the head of a pig was dumped near a mosque in Washwood Heath Road on Saturday. The distressing discovery was made by two sisters who immediately alerted police on Saturday 28 November.