Muhammad Hassam Ali, 17, was killed by stranger after a four-minute conversation in city centreA 15-year-old boy who followed a teenager he did not know through Birmingham city centre and stabbed him to death after a four-minute...
Read MoreAhead of the budget next week, the Guardian’s John Harris is in Birmingham, where the city council in effect declared itself bankrupt in 2023. He spends time with people struggling with the severe spending cuts and asks...
Read MoreExclusive: Police investigate whether spies placed incendiary package that caught alight in BirminghamCounter-terrorism police are investigating whether Russian spies planted an incendiary device on a plane to Britain which...
Read MoreBirmingham was planning £300m in cuts but there are concerns the council’s financial crisis was overstatedPoliticians in Birmingham have called for council cuts, thought to be the biggest in local authority history,...
Read MoreSale of hundreds of empty homes designed, but not used, for Commonwealth Games attacked as ‘absolute scandal’Hundreds of empty homes in Birmingham, originally designed as an athletes’ village for the...
Read MoreAttendance in Birmingham predicted to be worst in living memory with big impact on party’s fundraising effortsBusinesses are expected to cancel their attendance at this year’s Conservative conference in unprecedented...
Read MoreAll four capitalised on dissatisfaction over Labour’s stance on the Gaza war but said they had other priorities tooUK politics live – latest updatesOn a momentous night for Keir Starmer and the Labour party, nothing...
Read MoreIndependent candidate Akhmed Yakoob also said ‘70% of hell will be women’ during guest appearance on Minted Minds YouTube seriesAn independent candidate standing in Birmingham said “70% of hell will be...
Read MoreInstruction to spend more time in battleground areas causes friction with those concerned about voter backlashUK general election live – latest updatesLabour election candidates have been told they are doing too much...
Read MoreInstruction to spend more time in battleground areas causes friction with those concerned about voter backlashUK general election live – latest updatesLabour election candidates have been told they are doing too much...
Read MoreRunning as a ‘pseudo-independent’ in a region in which Labour faced its own hurdles was not enough to keep Tory mayor in officeAfter a nail-biting finale, Andy Street has become the most high-profile victim of...
Read MoreQuestions emerging about whether the figures behind the city council’s bankruptcy stack upBirmingham city council accused of basing drastic cuts on ‘imagined’ dataQuestions are starting to emerge about how...
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