The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Reports are coming in of a tragic hit-and-run accident in the Washwood Heath area of Birmingham which took place on Tuesday (5 April). A female pedestrian was struck by a car near the junction of Mickleover Road, just before 4.40pm, and the vehicle was later recovered by police.
A suspect who was arrested in connection with the murder of Muhammed Sohail in Saltley, Birmingham, has been charged. Jervais Boyaram, 35, from Guernsey Drive, Birmingham, has been charged with murder, possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and possession of ammunition.
Detectives investigating the fatal shooting of Muhammed Sohail in Saltley (19 February) have arrested a man and a woman over the tragic killing. Police detained a 35-year-old man on suspicion of murder last night (28 February) in the Chelmsley Wood area of Birmingham.
Detectives investigating the murder of a man found with fatal injuries in Birmingham have named him as Muhammed Sohail. The family of the 25-year-old murdered in Wright Road, Saltley, have paid tribute to him as West Midlands Police appeal for people to come forward with more information.
Police have launched a murder inquiry after a man was found with fatal injuries in Wright Road in the Saltley area of Birmingham in the early hours of Saturday (19 February). Officers were alerted at 12.45am by ambulance crews who had found the tragic victim with serious injuries inside a car.
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.
Birmingham-based Sampad South Asian Arts & Heritage has been awarded nearly £40,000 worth of funding for a vital community project in one of the city’s most deprived neighbourhoods. The Baring Foundation awarded the money to the arts organisation to help them continue to develop creative initiatives to aid vulnerable women in north-east Birmingham.
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.
A group of Brummies from Small Heath, who formed a group called the Waste Warriors to help motivate the community, conducted a major cleanup operation in Ward End Park on Monday. The faith-inspired team were out in the Washwood Heath area of Birmingham on Monday afternoon to continue their community mission to cleanup local streets…