A West Midlands Police officer has been commended for his quick-thinking that led to the arrest of two teenagers who’d attacked a rival with a machete.

Birmingham City Council has started a public consultation on ambitious plans to transform 73 hectares of the city centre.

Police are investigating a shooting on Belchers Lane at the junction with Cotterills Lane in the Alum Rock area of Birmingham just before 11pm last night (Wednesday 15 May) that left a man with two gunshot wounds.

The family of a man who was found with fatal injuries in Birmingham on Tuesday (7 May) have paid tribute to him today.

A huge 27-foot sculpture, made from 100,000 confiscated knives, was welcomed to Birmingham earlier today (8 May) as the city comes together to tackle knife crime.

Police are currently on St Vincent Street West in Ladywood following a fatal shooting just after 5pm this afternoon (Tuesday 7 May).

A Birmingham man has been jailed for stabbing his colleague and father-of-two, Bile Mohammed Siyad in November last year.

A Birmingham man has been jailed for 15 years following a string of violent offences, including a meat cleaver attack on group of men in a pub beer garden.

Two people have been treated for multiple injuries and taken to hospital after a car crashed into a tree last night (Monday).

An outline planning application for the second phase of the regeneration of Perry Barr was formally submitted to Birmingham City Council today (April 15).