Two more men jailed over Birmingham gun and knife violence on Ward End church car park | I Am Birmingham

Two extra males have been jailed after gun and knife violence flared on a Birmingham church automobile park. One man was stabbed with a machete and one other was shot within the chest as two teams clashed on the automobile park of Christ Church on Burney Lane, Ward Finish. West...

Guns and drugs seized as West Midlands Police major crime unit uncover organised crime gangs | I Am Birmingham

Police in Birmingham and the Black Nation have seized medicine and weapons from properties throughout the area in latest months, they've revealed. “Extra weapons, medicine and suspected severe and organised criminals have been taken off the streets of the West Midlands by our devoted Main Crime Unit Proactive Groups (MCUPT),”...

Streets flooded and roads closed as burst water main causes chaos in Birmingham | I Am Birmingham

This was the scene earlier in the present day as households waded by flooded streets in Birmingham following a serious water leak on Stratford Highway. Severn Trent has confirmed {that a} burst principal water pipe within the Sparkhill space of the town resulted in residents being left with out water...

LIVE UPDATES: General Election 2024 – Birmingham results | I Am Birmingham

Voting has closed throughout the nation for the UK Normal Election and now the method of vote counting and outcomes bulletins begins. We’re on the ICC for the Birmingham depend and can deliver you outcomes as we get them, together with opinion, interviews, galleries and video updates. You too can...

Passenger anger at new mayor as regional bus fares set to rise across West Midlands | I Am Birmingham

Public transport customers have been left raging after bus fare hikes have been introduced solely a month after the brand new West Midlands mayor was elected on pledges to cut back ticket costs. Charges for day and season bus tickets are set to rise by a mean of 6% on the...

PETA stunt displays ‘trapped orca’ in busy shopping street to protest animal abuse in leisure tourism | I Am Birmingham

An activist dressed up as an “orca” was displayed in a ‘tank’ outdoors a leisure tourism retailer in Birmingham in the present day, protesting alleged animal cruelty. The publicity stunt organised by animal rights group PETA concerned a campaigner in a dolphin costume pleading to be freed as they lay “trapped in a cramped...