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Slade Road in Stockland Green, Birmingham blighted by prostitution, violence and drugs and litter

We visit the Birmingham street dubbed ‘Britain’s roughest street’

Caeser, an American Bulldog, was left with horrific injuries after being mown down by a HGV

Watch: Miracle dog recovers from paralysis after lorry collision

Birmingham Power Signal Box in Brunel Street

Inside Birmingham New Street’s Brutalist signal box on a rare tour

CCTV footage showing a 73-year-old man (CIRCLED) being attacked from behind by three men on York Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham

Family of a mosque worshipper attacked in Kings Heath appeal for help

Mucky mansion for sale on Meadow Road, Harborne, Birmingham

The mucky mansion on sale in Harborne - that comes with health warning

Police outside Dudley Road Mosque in Birmingham on March 21, 2023, where a man was attending before he was set alight

Community in shock after Muslim man set alight in suspect terror hit

A Peaky Blinders mural on the Royal George Pub near St Andrews, Birmingham City’s Football Ground in Small Heath, Birmingham. (Photo - Anita Maric / SWNS)

Peaky Blinders suburb residents living in fear of modern day gangs

The RSPCA is appealing for information after a severely neglected dog was abandoned in a shocking state beside a road in Birmingham, near Handsworth Cemetery

RSPCA hunt cruel pet owner who abandoned dog found screaming in pain

The Crooked House pub in Himley, Staffordshire

West Midlands wonkiest landmark up for sale - take a look inside

Zane

Teen guilty of stabbing a 15-year-old to death in Wolverhampton

Rafay Mhmed, a resident from Deykin Avenue in Aston, Birmingham labelled ‘Britain’s ‘grottiest road’

Is this Birmingham road really ‘the grottiest street in the UK’?

Big Bertha weighed almost two stone when she was rescued from Calthorpe Park in Birmingham

Abandoned cat ‘Big Bertha’ found dumped in a Birmingham park

15 shocking images of the Birmingham street dubbed ‘UK most neglected’

A drunk driver smashed up a £70,000 Maserati Levante supercar after losing control and ploughing into a set of traffic lights in Birmingham

Watch: Drink driver smashes Maserati into Birmingham traffic lights

Emma Tighe starring an a Cadbury ad aged three in the 1980s

Mum’s memories of starring in 1980s Cadbury advert aged three

A tiny cycle lane has popped up on Hazelwell Street in Stirchley, Birmingham

‘Britain’s shortest cycle lane’ discovered in Stirchley

Gunsmith Steve Horton from Horton & Sons in Birmingham’s Gun Quarter

Gunsmith tells of struggle to keep 272 year-old business going

Phil and Hannah leaving the hospital on 30 Dec with Ruby-Lu after giving birth on their home driveway

Mum gives birth on driveway after hospital staff sent her home

Mum-of-four Hannah Houghton from Kings Norton, Birmingham

Mum dies of a heart attack while waiting 11 hours for an ambulance

Bollards on the pavement on A 38 in Longbridge in Birmingham used to stop parking near to the school

Bizarre stretch of bollards in Birmingham leaving Brummies baffled

A 70ft deep cavern emerged outside Haden Arch Court in Halesowen, West Mids (Photo - Harri Chadha / SWNS)

Man cheats death by “three seconds” after a 70ft sinkhole appeared

Birmingham New Street PSB Signal Box from platform 1

End of the line for Birmingham New Street’s Brutalist signal box

Floral tributes and members of the public paying their respects at Babbs Mill Lake, Kingshurst, Solihull

‘My brother, my brother’ girl calls out as boys fall in Solihull lake

Wendy and Malcolm Molloy from Finstall, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, have the UK’s ‘craziest Crhistmas lights'

Couple spend £20,000 on UK’s ‘craziest Christmas lights’

. Five men who were arrested at gunpoint in a Birmingham street by National Crime Agency officers and found to be in possession of an array of weapons

Dramatic moment Birmingham gang arrested at gunpoint in quiet street

Emergency services tackle a fire in derelict warehouses in the Lower Horsley Fields area of Wolverhampton on 6 December 2022

Wolverhampton fire: Residents evacuated as fire fighters tackle blaze

(L-R) Ben Corfield & Liberty Charris

Tributes to teens killed at suspected car cruising event in Oldbury

The general scene on the 21st November 2022 where two teenagers were killed when a car ran over pedestrians on the A457 Oldbury Road

Fatal Oldbury collision happened at suspected illegal street race

Businessman Kevin Beresford with his calendar featuring Jack Grealish’s calves released ahead of World Cup

Jack Grealish calendar celebrates his calves ahead of World Cup

Harrowing footage showing a dog being dragged along a Birmingham road by a woman driving a mobility scooter has caused outrage online.

Outrage as dog filmed being dragged along a road in Birmingham

Lenville Waite, 59, wanted in connection with the murder of his brother Clifton Waite

Police search for Small Heath victim’s brother on suspicion of murder

Police and forensics at the scene of the fatal stabbing on Waverley Road, Small Heath, Birmingham

Murder investigation launched as man stabbed

Louis Watkiss

Update into death of Louis Watkiss who died at SnowDome in Tamworth

A house built on a driveway in Vaughton Street, Birmingham, has been ordered for demolition by Birmingham City Council

Homeowner ordered to demolish house built without planning permission

Kevin Beresford pictured at Trinity Street Car Park, Birmingham

Digbeth car park to feature in 2023 calendar & named best in Britain

Frank Bird, 55

Queen Elizabeth Hospital breached duty of care after sepsis death

Celeste Coles (69) with daughters Rachel (stripey top) & Nicola (black top)

Retired Birmingham teacher wins £3.6m on the EuroMillions lottery

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