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Residents and businesses complain about busy crowds, loss of trade, repetitive stalls and extortionate prices

Farhat Ajaz, who served 25 years of a life term imposed when he was a teenager, walked free from Birmingham Crown Court with a suspended sentence.

People lining up for recent retail offerings in Birmingham and Hampshire are part of a long tradition, say experts

Driving without insurance guarantees that you will pay the full cost of any accident, receive six to eight points on your licence and be fined up to £300

People with vouchers for Glynn Purnell’s Michelin-starred restaurant, Purnell’s, told they cannot be refunded

Authorities in Minnesota say two women and their sons were killed by the father of the boys before he took his own life in the latest mass killing in the U.S. Duluth Police Chief Mike Ceynowa says officers investigating the deaths of a woman and her son discovered another woman…

Suspected would-be killer flew from US for attack that was foiled when pistol jammed, Birmingham Crown Court told

The Education Secretary made her comments in a speech to hundreds of school and academy trust leaders in Birmingham.

Audience member at the Birmingham gig shared his ecounter with five women who turned up thinking they were going to see the British soul artist

One package ‘containing camouflaged explosives’ arrived in Minworth, West Midlands

Birmingham’s plan to ban bikes from pedestrianised streets ignores the real problem of food couriers’ illegally souped-up cycles, writes Peter Walker, the Guardian’s acting deputy political editor