The Latest Breaking News from Birmingham City Council

Elderly residents are 'prisoners in own tower block' over fear of machete-waving yobs

Elderly and vulnerable tenants of a 10-storey apartment block in Birmingham, have revealed that they're worried to leave their flats due to "machete-yielding" youths

Daily Mirror · Mar 14, 2023

OAPs 'kept prisoner in their homes by machete-waving yobs' in city block of flats

Armed youths are said to have taken over communal areas and left elderly people scared to leave flats

Wales Online · Mar 14, 2023

'Britain's grottiest street' where mountains of fly-tipping can be seen from space

The stinking 7ft tall piles now stretches almost as far as the eye can see in Aston, Birmingham and contains car parts, mattresses, fridges, beds, sofas and other household waste

Daily Mirror · Feb 21, 2023

Bailiffs made man pay £500 and threatened to take car after number plate mix-up

After working through the night, Steven was woken by a knock at his door demanding payment

Wales Online · Jan 31, 2023

Council mocked for painting tiny cycle lane that's barely the length of a bike

Locals have branded it 'bizarre' and a waste of taxpayers' money

Wales Online · Jan 27, 2023

Mum-of-7 racks up £1,000 in Clear Air Zone fines while visiting her son in hospital

One of Carly Caldwell's seven children was sectioned under the Mental Health Act in July 2021 and placed in Parkview Clinic in Moseley. During her trips back and forth to support him she was hit with the fines.

Daily Mirror · Jan 27, 2023

Confusion over 'Britain's shortest cycle lane' that is barely the length of a bike

Baffled locals have branded the tiny markings, that would take around a second to ride along it, as 'stupid' and 'useless'

Daily Mirror · Jan 27, 2023

Council blasted for installing tiny cycle lane barely the length of a bike

Locals brand new cycle lane ‘bizarre’ and ‘a waste of money’

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

Illegal Hobbit-sized basement flat for rent leads to massive £80,000 fine

Two defendents were ordered to pay a huge fine plus costs to Birmingham City Council for renting the basement flat out illegally. In total, the pair will have to pay £83,000 in fines plus costs

Daily Mirror · Jan 21, 2023

Racist death threat graffiti leaves kids asking 'is someone going to hurt us?'

Despicable graffiti, including 'p*** scum out', 'dead', and 'ISIS out' appeared on an outside wall, window, door, back gate and paving slab at the family home in Birmingham on Monday

Daily Mirror · Jan 20, 2023