Birmingham Bus Survey – Have Your Say
People who travel in Birmingham are being invited to take part in a survey which seeks to better understand why they do – or don’t – use the bus.
Birmingham City Council is currently working to create a clean air...
Cocaine Worth £400k Found In Taxi
Taxi Driver Tanzeel Rehman a "trusted courier" has been jailed in drug smuggling after £400,000-worth of cocaine was found behind the passenger seat.
Rehman from Birmingham was returning from Luton with a consignment of high-purity cocaine when he was stopped...
Jail Time Doubled For Carjacking Gang
A gang of violent carjacking thugs who battered motorists with golf clubs, baseball bats and metal bars have had their jail terms doubled. The trio Sarweeth Rehman, Hussun Ashraf and Adal Azam, all aged 22, caused fright by carrying...
High Court Battle Lost for Muslim Man
A Muslim who wanted to raise the marble edge around his father's grave to stop people from walking across has lost a High Court battle. Atta Ul-Haq, a practising Barelvi Muslim, wants to increase a 4in (10cm) edging to...
Man Caught Fly-Tipping and Fined
A fly-tipper was caught dumping a pile of used nappies, food and rubbish in a West Bromwich street before fleeing the scene on CCTV footage.
The man who has not been named was seen pulling up in a silver car...
Pupils from city school caught the bus into Birmingham to help the homeless
The team of 12 children, aged from five to 11 from Oasis Academy Short Heath wanted to talk to rough sleepers and give them food and warm clothes. When Rigberta Nimoh saw a homeless man in a doorway in...
Solihull to receive an influx of homes
Restructured proposals to build thousands of homes across Solihull are set to be put to the public. Residents are to be asked their views on sites assigned for development.
The latest draft of the council's Local Plan Review, which would...
Drake coming to Resorts World Arena Birmingham
Canadian superstar Drake has publicised a main new European tour – with three of his 11 British dates in Birmingham. Drake to announce three gigs of his Assassination Vacation tour at the NEC's Resorts World Arena, Birmingham.
The Assassination Vacation...
Stamp out Handsworth’s Prostitution
A community group is determined to stamp out Handsworth's '24/7' prostitution. The sex workers of Soho Road are selling their bodies in what has become an all-day, everyday problem.
It is not them who should be ashamed, says Tariq Rashid...
Two-vehicle collision in Lye High Street Man cut from BMW
After a two-vehicle collision a man had to be cut out of his car on High Street in Lye. West Midlands Fire and Rescue and paramedics were called to the scene on High Street Lye.
West Midlands Fire and Rescue...
