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Tommy Shelby mural painted in Digbeth for final season of Peaky Blinders
Rangzeb Hussain
February 11, 2022
The finishing touches are being applied to a brand new mural in Digbeth to announce the last ever season of the BBC's Small Heath gangster show Peaky Blinders. The large-scale…
By order of the Peaky Blinders! Ticket ballot to open today for BBC red carpet fan premiere in Birmingham
Staff Reporter
February 11, 2022
More than 300 fans of BBC One’s epic Peaky Blinders are in with a chance of scoring tickets to the premiere of the final series. The red carpet spectacular will…
Police hunt killer after man stabbed to death in Digbeth flat
Abdul Kareem
February 10, 2022
A murder investigation has been launched after a man was stabbed to death in a Birmingham flat last night (9 February). The victim, in his 40s, was found in a…
Tributes paid to prominent Birmingham HIV activist Tom Matthews, who has died age 74
Althia Barnett
February 10, 2022
Tributes have been paid to a prominent Birmingham-based HIV activist and peer mentor who died earlier this month. Tom Matthews, 74, who was one of the founders of the HIV charity…
Man to appear in court charged with murder of Birmingham mother
Abdul Kareem
February 9, 2022
A man is to appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (9 February) charged with the murder of a mother from the Bordesley Green area of Birmingham. Marena Shaban, a mother-of-four,…
Man arrested over brutal murder of Bordesley Green mother
Abdul Kareem
February 8, 2022
A man has been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of a mother-of-four in the Bordesley Green area of Birmingham. Marena Shaban, 41, was tragically stabbed to death in…
Birmingham residents left horrified after racist N-word graffiti daubed in Small Heath
Abdul Kareem
February 8, 2022
Local residents have been left horrified after shocking racist slurs were discovered painted across a public walkway in the Small Heath area of Birmingham. The abhorrent graffiti - which includes the…
“Our streets are a war zone” says resident after shotgun attack in Bordesley Green
Abdul Kareem
February 4, 2022
Local residents have been left terrified after a shocking drive-by shooting involving a shotgun in Bordesley Green Road on Thursday night (3 February). The frightening drive-by shooting happened just after…
Fourth teenager charged over Yahya Sharif murder in Small Heath
Abdul Kareem
February 2, 2022
A fourth young man has been charged with the murder of Yahya Sharif who was stabbed to death in the Small Heah area of Birmingham last year. Teenager Sabir Maow…
Stetchford deaths ruled as “murder suicide” after man kills woman and then hangs himself
Rangzeb Hussain
February 2, 2022
Police have confirmed a young mother of two found dead inside her home in Stetchford last week was killed by a 47-year-old man who later hanged himself at the scene.…