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Ashley Preece
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James Turner Street, Winson Green, Birmingham

We visit ‘Benefits Street’ in Winson Green - 8 years after TV show

Meeting of the City Council inside Birmingham City Council House

Birmingham City Council’s seven-point ‘bankruptcy’ recovery plan

La Belle’s strip club in Birmingham

Birmingham strip club set to fine dancers who are late for work

Council give go ahead to demolish Smallbrook Queensway Ringway Centre

Unions protest against cuts and job losses ahead of Birmingham City Council approving bankruptcy notice and spending cuts

‘Birmingham will rise again’ - Council approves ‘bankruptcy’ notice

Unions demonstrate outside Birmingham city council. (Photo - Darren Quinton)

Birmingham City Council: Extraordinary meeting set to take place

Aston Villa have made design tweaks for their plans to redevelop the North Stand at Villa Park. Credit: Birmingham City Council via Aston Villa FC

Aston Villa Park makes changes to plans to redevelop the North Stand

Warwick Wakefield and colleague Ian at Warwick Butcher’s in Great Barr, Birmingham

Beloved Birmingham butcher to shut up shop after 47 years

Witton Railway station near Villa Park in Birmingham

Plans to revamp Witton railway station next to Villa Park underway

Birmingham City Council chamber in session, leader Cllr John Cotton and deputy Cllr Sharon Thompson

Council leader hits out at £1bn government cuts amid ‘bankruptcy’

The Church Tavern pub in Erdington isn't all that bad. Credit: Ashley Preece

We went to ‘notorious’ Erdington pub to see if it was all that bad

Britain’s ‘grottiest street’ near Villa Park in Birmingham

We return to ‘Britian’s grottiest street’ to see if it’s improved

The burnt out remains of The Crooked House pub near Dudley

We visit The Crooked House after the devastating fire - it was so sad

Perry Barr Stadium housing development announced - plans in pictures

Kings Heath (Photo - Google Maps)

City council to crack down on street drinking, gangs in Birmingham

Neighbourhood with lowest life expectancy (Photo Credit: Ashley Preece)

We visit Birmingham neighbourhood with the lowest life expectancy

Pegasus Primary School in Castle Vale

Birmingham primary school in uniform U-turn amid cost of living crisis

Tipton Police Station (Photo - Google Maps)

Tipton police station to reopen after community campaign

Birmingham City Council house. Photo by Carl Jackson.

How Birmingham City Council plans to tackle £760m equal pay bill

West Midlands Railways (Photo - Wendy - stock.adobe.com)

Plans to close West Midlands train ticket offices - full list at risk

Police investigate a crash on Kings Heath High Street in Birmingham after a woman and boy were struck by a car

‘Toxic car culture’ in Birmingham puts people’s lives at risk