Birmingham news

• Teenage motorcyclist dies after Wolverhampton crash

  04-12-2017 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Kian Buckler died in hospital days after the motorcycle he was travelling on was in collision with a car.
  
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• Crackdown sees 25 jailed for domestic abuse

  07-01-2026 13:21 via bbc.com
  Across the West Midlands, a police operation targets domestic abuse over the last two months.
  
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• West Midlands Police chief should go over Israeli football fans ban, says Badenoch

  07-01-2026 13:00 via bbc.com
  Craig Guildford was quizzed by MPs over a ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match in Birmingham.
  
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• Bin workers 'determined' to continue striking

  07-01-2026 12:55 via bbc.com
  Matthew Reid says the ongoing industrial action in Birmingham is "difficult for all of us".
  
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• 'Adopting Dev's Law will save other families pain'

  07-01-2026 12:09 via bbc.com
  Meera Naran has been campaigning for road safety improvements since her eight-year-old son died.
  
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• Council submits controversial leather museum plans

  07-01-2026 11:01 via bbc.com
  A petition launched to save the Walsall Leather Museum has surpassed 3,300 signatures so far.
  
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• 'Born to play international cricket' - how Bethell came of age

  07-01-2026 09:14 via bbc.com
  Jacob Bethell looks "born to play international cricket" and came of age with his maiden Test century in the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.
  
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• Artistic director had 'no concept of what letter was' when MBE came

  07-01-2026 06:59 via bbc.com
  Jonathan Patric Gilchrist of Birmingham Hippodrome thought his letter was from the Arts Council.
  
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• 'I'm running 100 miles in honour of my nephew'

  07-01-2026 06:58 via bbc.com
  Laura Chapman from Rugby is raising money for the Birmingham Children's Hospital.
  
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• Nine-day teacher strike across 20 schools

  06-01-2026 16:46 via bbc.com
  National Education Union will walk out at schools in Birmingham, Coventry and Staffordshire.
  
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• Phone mast plotter's bid for release denied

  06-01-2026 16:29 via bbc.com
  Oliver Lewin plotted to attack phone masts to bring down the UK government.
  
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• Man died after attack by drug dealers, trial told

  06-01-2026 16:29 via bbc.com
  A murder trial over the death of Craig Dean is under way.
  
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• Trains delayed after wartime bomb found

  06-01-2026 14:54 via bbc.com
  Disruption through Birmingham New Street is expected to last until 12:30 GMT.
  
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• Blues boss Davies fined £2,000 for Saints red card

  06-01-2026 14:52 via bbc.com
  Birmingham City head coach Chris Davies admits a charge of misconduct and is fined £2,000 by the FA after his sending off against Southampton.
  
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• Three injured after double decker bus crash

  06-01-2026 14:44 via bbc.com
  The bus driver and two passengers are hurt in a crash involving a van.
  
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• West Bromwich Albion sack head coach Mason

  06-01-2026 12:09 via bbc.com
  Ryan Mason is sacked as head coach of West Bromwich Albion following Monday's Championship defeat by Leicester City.
  
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• Bin strike reaches one-year mark with no end in sight

  06-01-2026 07:03 via bbc.com
  Unite says there will be no end to the strikes until there is a fair deal for the bin workers.
  
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• Walsall loanees Finnigan, Okeke and Cox recalled

  05-01-2026 18:39 via bbc.com
  Three Walsall loanees are recalled by their parent clubs after season-long deals are cut short.
  
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• Birmingham winger Hansson joins Excelsior Rotterdam

  05-01-2026 18:08 via bbc.com
  Birmingham City winger Emil Hansson joins Dutch Eredivisie side Excelsior Rotterdam for an undisclosed fee.
  
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• Stoke's Lipsiuc extends loan stay with Solihull

  05-01-2026 17:36 via bbc.com
  Solihull Moors extend their loan deal for Stoke City's Darius Lipsiuc until the end of the season.
  
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• School closures and grit bin moans after snow

  05-01-2026 16:34 via bbc.com
  Overnight snowfall caused school closures, icy roads and travel disruption in the Black Country.
  
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• Six weeks, no games, one training session, debut

  05-01-2026 15:32 via bbc.com
  German defender Kai Wagner believes his dedicated fitness regime let him step straight into the Birmingham City side.
  
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• Blackpool recall Finnigan from Walsall loan spell

  05-01-2026 12:47 via bbc.com
  Walsall's on-loan midfielder Ryan Finnigan is to return to his parent club Blackpool with immediate effect.
  
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• UK households handed fresh £98 Cost of Living payments from Monday - Birmingham Live

  05-01-2026 09:41
  UK households handed fresh £98 Cost of Living payments from Monday  Birmingham Live
  
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• HMRC sending 55% tax bills to UK households over 'trivial' mistake - Birmingham Live

  05-01-2026 09:23
  HMRC sending 55% tax bills to UK households over 'trivial' mistake  Birmingham Live
  
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• UK faces new 40cm snow storm NEXT week with -14C temperatures - Birmingham Live

  05-01-2026 07:08
  UK faces new 40cm snow storm NEXT week with -14C temperatures  Birmingham Live
  
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• Councils struggling to deliver bike safety training

  05-01-2026 07:06 via bbc.com
  More than half of councils in the West Midlands are seeing a fall in the number of children taking part.
  
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• Mounted unit ceremonial kit returned

  05-01-2026 07:05 via bbc.com
  West Midlands Police reinstated its mounted unit last month, after a gap of 26 years.
  
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• Stay well and get jabs at mobile clinics, NHS says

  05-01-2026 07:04 via bbc.com
  Mobile clinics across Sandwell, Wolverhampton, Walsall and Dudley offer essential vaccines.
  
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• Plasma medicine recipient thanks donors

  05-01-2026 07:03 via bbc.com
  Margaret Bennett, 73, relies on medicine made from blood plasma to manage her immune condition.
  
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