Police are investigating after a man was attacked and a woman threatened with a knife during an armed robbery at their Bloxwich home. Three men confronted the couple, both in their 60s, after smashing their way into an address in Harden Road at around 10.10pm last night (28 November). The masked trio – who were […]
Police have issued more than 100 fixed penalty notices after officers broke up an illegal rave despite being pelted with missiles. Officers acted on information and discovered an unlawful music event being held in a disused warehouse in Birmingham last night (28 November). Officers were pelted with bottles as they had to force their way […]
Two drivers have been locked up after a 43-year-old passenger died following a high-impact collision on a dual carriageway in Sutton Coldfield. Anthony Moran was a front seat passenger in a silver Renault Megane when the fatal crash happened in the early hours of 8 December 2018. The Megane, which had stolen number plates, was […]
One teenager shot dead. A man and boy set to be jailed for life. The grim reality of children being drawn into gangs was laid bare again today (26 Nov) after two young men were convicted of murder. The gunman was aged 19 and his co-conspirator just 15 when they fatally shot Abdul Xasan in […]
A jealous husband who stabbed his wife to death in a drug-fuelled rage been convicted of her murder. As their marriage crumbled, Tamer Moustafa accused his wife Nelly of having affairs with their next door neighbour and even his own father, among others, all of which were unfounded. On the morning of Monday 16 […]
Sets out the local restriction tier system that will be in place from Wednesday 2 December, including what you can and cannot do in each tier. This is for areas with a very high or very rapidly rising level of infections, where tighter restrictions are in place. In tier 3: you must not meet […]
The following is a statement on the news that Birmingham will be in Tier 3 (Very High) of the new COVD-19 restrictions after the end of the latest lockdown on December 2. Cllr Ian Ward, Leader of Birmingham City Council, said: “As has been the case throughout this devastating pandemic, our key focus has to […]
Have you seen Michaela Pulova with her two children Amelya Pulova and David Pulo?  Michaela PulovaPolice are urgently trying to find them after they went missing yesterday (Tuesday 24 November) at around 7.30pm. Amelya is aged one, and her baby brother David is four-months-old. David requires urgent medical attention so we really need to […]
Applications are now live for the next round of support grants for businesses in the city. After the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced details earlier this month about Local Restrictions Support Grant (LRSG), Birmingham City Council is pleased to report that applications for the scheme are now live. The funding for the schemes, which is […]
A 52-year-old fast food delivery driver has been convicted of raping a woman in Coventry. Naiem Malik Suleman offered the 22-year-old woman a lift in his car in the early hours of 19 January last year, after she had split up from her friends on a night out. But instead of talking her home, the […]