Local News

Birmingham Live - News

Men accused of stealing scores of vehicles to stand trial next year

The case relates to 32 vehicle thefts in the West Mercia, Gloucestershire, Dyfed Powys, Sussex, Avon & Somerset and Devon & Cornwall force areas over eight months

Local messages

Birmingham Live - News

Snow could fall 'across all parts of the UK by the end of Christmas Day'

Some forecasts predict a white Christmas as a weather system from Russia sweeps in

Birmingham Live - News

Ten cars stopped by West Midlands police for exactly the same reason on same day

It was part of the police's road safety Operation Advance in Birmingham city centre on December 16

Get Weekly Updates

Get the headlines in your inbox every week.

Birmingham Live - News

'Dangerous' Midland child sex offender jailed

Andrew Davies committed a string of 'heinous' offences in the 70s and 80s

Birmingham Live - News

Birmingham WW2 codebreaking hero Ruth Bourne dies aged 99

Ruth Bourne, who grew up in Birmingham, worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War and was awarded France's Legion d'Honneur

Birmingham Live - News

Former Midland dance teacher jailed for sexual assaults on students

Gregory Pichery touched his students during class and while they were trying on costumes

Birmingham Live - News

Anger as stand-in bin workers offered £600 'bonus' to collect Birmingham's festive rubbish

A fresh dispute has erupted after word got out that agency workers standing in for striking binmen in Birmingham have been offered a cash incentive to work over New Year

Birmingham Live - News

Dog walker, 75, 'feared for life' after cow attack left him with severed artery

Brian Gregory was trampled and butted by the cattle as he took a stroll along a pubic footpath with his labrador, Molly

Birmingham Live - News

Ex-Midland Premier League star successfully sues surgeon after 'premature end to career'

Ex-Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, 39, had surgery after he broke his left leg during a match against Birmingham City in April 2013

Birmingham Live - News

Over 30 firefighters battle blaze in Birmingham

Six crews from West Midlands Fire Service were called to Barr Street, in the Jewellery Quarter, from around 1.15pm today

Birmingham Live - News

Woman in hospital appears in court charged with murdering her three children

Yasmeen Ali, 43, is accused of murdering her three children - seven-year-old Fares Bash, three-year-old Joury Bash and nine-month-old Mohammed Bash - in February last year

Birmingham Live - News

Failed asylum seeker pleads not guilty to raping woman in wooded area

The offence is alleged to have happened in the Dorset seaside resort in November

Birmingham Live - News

Two men and woman arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty

A 30-year-old female from Birmingham, a 48-year-old man and a 32-year-old man from Loughborough were all arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty

Birmingham Live - News

Man posed for selfies with staple gun he'd turned into deadly weapon

Jason Young's homemade lethal weapon was discovered after an off-duty police officer saw him taking drugs on a train

Birmingham Live - News

Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas flooded with support after tragic death of 'second mum'

Shirley Ballas has shared a heartbreaking post just days before the Strictly Come Dancing final

Express & Star

Six fire crews called to blaze in derelict three-storey office building in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter

Six fire engines have been sent to a blaze in a derelict three-storey building in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.

Birmingham Live - News

Multiple reported deaths after North Carolina plane crashes near airport

A plane has crashed near Statesville Regional Airport in the USA, with multiple people reportedly dead as emergency services rush to the scene

Birmingham Live - News

Man jailed for murdering neighbour, 77, in violent attack

David Hill attacked pensioner Kurt Giwisser in 2023

Birmingham Live - News

Two men charged after Dudley 'cannabis farm' raided by police

Police deployed dog and drone units as it carried out a warrant in the Woodsetton area of Dudley

Birmingham Live - News

Loose Women's Frankie Bridge 'helpless' as she shares son's life-altering diagnosis

Frankie Bridge shared the emotional struggles her son Carter faces following his dyslexia diagnosis and difficulties at school