Harry Leach
Journalist
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'Rat alley' in Birmingham city centre

We come face to face with the rats of Birmingham’s ‘rat alley’

Planning applicatinos in Birmingham

11 Birmingham planning applications including Harborne & Acocks Green

O Bar, Broad Street in Birmingham

Broad Street bar hits out at ‘strict’ police door policy

Birmingham Council House

Birmingham City Council’s equal pay bill rises by another £40m

Burger

California burger kitchen in Birmingham keeps residents up at night

Barr Street, Hockley

New nightclub ‘would be detrimental’ if given licence, say firms

CAZ sign, Birmingham

City centre pollution levels fell by almost 40 per cent in 2022

Beaufort Special School

Birmingham school once rated outstanding is now ‘failing its pupils’

Lead instructor Imran Majid, children and parents at Kombat Martial Arts are concerned over the Stirchley gym’s potential closure

Goldie & UB40 urge Birmingham City Council to save a martial arts gym

The Pawn Shop in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

Residents scare off tagger from trendy shop in the Jewellery Quarter

West Midlands walking and cycling commissioner Adam Tranter joins police for a bike ride

West Midlands cycling boss joins police on ‘eye-opening’ bike ride

Reporter Harry Leach checks out the 20mph hour zones across Birmingham as speed limits are reduced amid a spike in road deaths and serious injuries

We drove around 20mph zones in Birmingham & met very unhappy drivers

The clip has gone viral

Solihull’s street art pensioners ‘nans with cans’ go viral

Water in Chamberlain Memorial Fountain turns green in Birmingham city centre

Water in Birmingham city centre fountain turns green

The Dogpool on Pershore Road in Stirchley, Birmingham

Inside the Dogpool pub in Stirchley rotting after losing its licence

Homeless people erect a tent on a busy Birmingham roundabout

We visit a Birmingham roundabout where homeless people live in tents

Sandwell council House Oldbury (Photo by George Makin)

Woman cremated without brain in post-mortem blunder in Sandwell

MJ\'s Bar on Bridge Street in Wednesbury had its licence suspended with immediate effect on August 16.

Sandwell club has licence suspended after attempted murder in premises

Simone Carr and her youngest child Tianna Carr

‘Rats have taken over my home in Moseley in Birmingham’

Birmingham City Council house. Photo by Carl Jackson.

Birmingham councillor speaks out about unsolicited online sex messages

West Midlands Police crackdown on dangerous driving with Operation Triton

We join WMP as they crackdown on dangerous drivers in Birmingham