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Sandwell council House, Oldbury (Photo - George Makin)

Sandwell Council to ask Government for more police powers

Rolfe Street (Photo - Google Maps)

Rolfe Street regeneration plan approved by Sandwell Council

West Midlands Police Headquarters

West Mids Police chief refuses to apologise for force’s past

Clean Air Zone sign in Birmingham

Brum residents living in city centre to lose Clean Air Zone exemption

Birmingham city centre (Photo - Carson Liu - stock.adobe.com)

The 10 ways Birmingham city centre will be transformed

bin strikes

Sandwell bin strikes: here’s when industrial action is taking place

Birmingham city centre skyline

How Birmingham’s population is set to swell by 2031

Eight new images of 24-hour Digbeth neighbourhood released

West Midlands Mayor Andy Street

Birmingham politicians cautiously react to the Spring Budget 2023

Curzon Street Rail Station in Birmingham city centre

Birmingham City Council Leader says HS2 delays are a ‘betrayal’

Snobs nightclub

Future of Snobs nightclub in doubt due to Ringway Centre plans

West Midlands Police appeal

Birmingham MP urges Home Secretary to grant more police to city

Birmingham Council House

Birmingham City Council is ‘worst landlord’ in city, says councillor

CGI Images

5 pictures of the BBC Birmingham and wider Digbeth masterplan

Birmingham city council house

Council tax in Birmingham to rise by almost five per cent

Birmingham skyline

Environmental health officers shut down a karaoke bar and restaurant

Blakeland Road, Perry Barr (Photo - Google Maps)

New children’s home approved in this Birmingham neighbourhood

The night owl in Digbeth (Photo - Ian Davies)

Digbeth businesses hit back at Birmingham City Council

John Stapleton, the co-owner of 1,000 Trades

Birmingham restaurateur starts petition to increase pedestrianisation

Opening of University station in Birmingham delayed for third time

Opening of University station in Birmingham delayed for third time

The 14 hectares of land previously hosted the beach volleyball, basketball, and wheelchair basketball during the city’s Commonwealth Games, and since 2018 Birmingham Pride – the biggest LGBT+ festival in the UK.

Seven new photos unveiled of Birmingham’s Smithfield development plans

Crane Nightclub, Adderley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, where a man was stabbed to death on the dancefloor

Digbeth nightclub Lab11 hits out at reputation damage caused by Crane

Crane Nightclub, Digbeth, Birmingham

Police found hundreds of drugs bags at nightclub where man was killed

Crane nightclub, Adderley Street, Birmingham

Crane nightclub has licence revoked after death of Cody Fisher

University of Birmingham

Birmingham Uni ex Vice Chancellor paid £372,000 for four months work

John Stapleton and Jonathan Todd, of 1,000 Trades restaurant and bar in the Jewellery Quarter

Bar owner urges council to NOT to remove bollards outside his JQ venue

Charlene Lyness at Campion House in Kings Norton

High rise residents unable to return home for months after water leak

West Midlands Railway

New train plans for East and West Midlands

Sandwell Council House (Photo by Google Street view)

Sandwell church turned into nursery despite concerns over parking

Impact Education & Training Ltd (Photo credit - LDRS)

Former police station turned into education centre in Sandwell

Bagot Arms in Erdington, Birmingham

Historic Birmingham pub to be transformed into apartments

Weapon surrender bin in Cape Hill

Second weapon surrender bin placed in Sandwell as anti-crime measure

West Midlands Mayor Andy Street speaks on the opening day of the annual Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham

Demands for West Midlands devolution laid out by Mayor Andy Street

Violet, based on Soho Road

Handsworth cafe refused alcohol licence by council- here’s why

Energy bills are on the rise

300,000 Brummies living in poverty - and thousands more at risk

Longmore Pool, Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands

Car parking charges at these Birmingham beauty spots move step closer

Pershore Road, in Cotteridge. Copyright Google Maps.

‘More space in prison’ - 12-bed HMO on Pershore Rd refused by council

The CGI image of the Aldi extension in Bearwood

What Aldi in Bearwood will look like as more details on plans released

University train station, Birmingham

Birmingham university railway station opening delayed for second time

What does the mini budget mean for Birmingham and the West Midlands?

Japanese cocktails at Ikigai

Japanese cocktail bar to open in Stirchley

The trials are set to be extended

Birmingham’s e-scooter trial set to be extended until May 2024

Millions tuned in to watch Birmingham host the global event

Birmingham 2022: Nearly half of the UK tunes into Commonwealth Games

Former Barclays bank in Bearwood to become a craft beer pub

Bearwood craft beer pub gets the go ahead

Campaigners at the hustings event

Tory leadership race: what happened at Birmingham hustings?

Buckingham Street, Hockley

Jeweller objects to TMC Cafe 5.30am alcohol licence in Hockley