The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A Birmingham food distribution charity has been busy handing out essential food supplies to hundreds of vulnerable and homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic. Volunteers from Feedo Needo, which is based in Smithfield House, Digbeth, have been helping to distribute much-needed food supplies in Birmingham as the pandemic places a huge strain on charities across…
More than 300 motorists were caught speeding during a police crackdown on reckless drivers on West Midlands roadways as the coronavirus lockdown continues. Officers from the Central Motorway Police Group have carried out a month-long operation to halt dangerous drivers who put lives at risk on the region’s major routes.
Residents have been left shocked and disturbed after a gunman broke into a house in the Sheldon area of Birmingham on Friday night and shot a man. The 28-year-old victim was rushed to hospital in a ‘crtical’ condition according to West Midlands Police.
A man has been arrested for arson following a fire at a 16-storey tower block in Nechells in the early hours of Thursday morning which left residents terrified. Police and fire crews were called to Francis Street at around 2am following reports of a fire at Humber Tower in the Nechells area of Birmingham. Around…
Police have launched an investigation after a woman was brutally stabbed in her stomach at her home in Birmingham on Thursday morning. Ambulance crews alerted police to the crime upon arrival at a property in Quarry House Close in the Frankley area of Birmingham where they found a woman in a pool of blood.
Police have launched a manhunt following a shocking drive-by shooting on Sunday night in Palace Road in the Bordesley Green area of Birmingham which left a man seriously injured. The victim, who is thought to be in his 20s, was shot in the chest around 10.30pm on Sunday 10th May. His attacker reportedly opened fired…
An inspirational teenager from Small Heath in Birmingham has raised £600 to buy food for frontline medical workers during the coronavirus pandemic and baked 165 cakes for NHS staff. Aatif Ahmad from Small Heath said he was inspired to raise the money and bake the cakes to help lift the spirits of the frontline NHS…
West Midlands Ambulance Service are recruiting new 111 callers to help bolster the response to the coronavirus outbreak. The Trust, which runs the call centre, confirmed there will be extra investment to recruit more call handlers to deal with the increase in demand.