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The Latest Breaking News from Birmingham City Council

Names of new Birmingham stations revealed

Pair of stations will be built on the Camp Hill line south of Birmingham and better connect suburbs such as Moseley and Kings Heath with the city centre

Birmingham Post

New designs for Birmingham's £1.9bn Smithfield scheme to be revealed

Latest consultation event will showcase the first phase of the project containing a home for the historic Bull Ring Markets, house and commercial space

Birmingham Post

'Maggots fell from ceiling onto customer's table' in filthy restaurant with mice

Birmingham City Council has been successful in its court application to close down China Court Restaurant after a ruling said there was an 'imminent risk of injury to health'

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Family-of-five's 'nightmare' as they sleep on hotel floor with kids bitten by bed bugs

A homeless family-of-five from Birmingham have been left crammed into a hotel room where nails are protruding from beds and towels are used as curtains

Daily Mirror

Fury as bubble bath poured into city fountain hours after £5m repairs

Council says person responsible will be put before the courts for 'vandalism' as thousands of pounds of damage is caused

Wales Online

Stinking pile of rubbish so big it was visible on Google Earth festered in back garden

The rubbish was attracting vermin - until council cleared it up when problem was made public

Wales Online

Pile of rubbish in back garden so big it's visible on Google Earth

Angela and Kevin O'Donnell attempted to discuss the problem with the tenant living at the council house, but have never been able to get someone to answer the door

Daily Mirror

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Inside 'the mouldiest flat in England' from which tenants are finally being relocated

A new video of the Birmingham flat, taken by social media housing campaigner Kwajo Tweneboa inside the house, has helped pressure authorities into taking action

Daily Mirror

Inside the grim flat where mould covers every surface

Reporter Jane Haynes went to see the home for herself

Wales Online

Mum with cancer fears family will 'have to sleep in car' amid eviction nightmare

Shirley McPadden claims she was offered "much higher rent for a ****hole" by Birmingham City Council, and is now desperately trying to find alternative housing.

Daily Record

Bloke fuming after jobsworth council orders him to tear down £16,000 'man shed'

A homeowner from Birmingham has slammed the council for refusing permission for an outbuilding used by fishermen on his land, saying it is "not appropriate" on the Green Belt

Daily Mirror

Horror footage of blind woman's mould-infested flat sparks outrage on social media

Housing activist Kwajo Twenboa has shed light on the horrifying state of the Birmingham property which has damp and mould on "every single wall" as the tenants say the council hasn't helped

Daily Mirror

Driver hit with £540 fine after going through Clean Air Zone without bank card

Clive Harvey destroyed his bank card after falling victim to a scam - and claims this meant he could not pay Birmingham City Council before the penalty fees kicked in.

Daily Mirror

Motorist slapped with £540 fine after driving through Clean Air Zone without bank card

Clive Harvey was left without a bank card after falling victim to a scam in December last year

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Motorist hit with £540 fine after driving through Clean Air Zone without bank card

Clive Harvey was the target of a scam and therefore had to destroy his bank card

Daily Mirror

Railway revolution as 34 new train stations could open across UK - see full list

All over the UK new stations are in the pipeline. From under construction to just a twinkle in city planners' eyes, these projects will transform their local area.

Birmingham Post

List of 35 new train stations and wish list schemes leading the UK railway upgrade

Here is a rundown on the latest rail station developments currently underway with details of schemes that local leaders say will transform the economy if they get built.

Daily Mirror

Family's anguish after dad-of-seven buried in the wrong grave away from family plot

Clive Stephenson's loved ones say they were assured his plot would be next to his mother’s in Handsworth Cemetery, yet he has been buried on the very edge of the vast Birmingham burial ground

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'It's like something out of Kafka' woman in seven-month battle with council over Clean Air Zone payments

Kasia Lambert said her charge payments were refunded to her account

Daily Mirror

Woman refuses to pay council 'cowboys' two clean air fines of £400

Kasia Lambert, 42, who lives in France, was hit with the eye-watering sum last summer despite claiming that she paid the £16 fee to enter the zone in Birmingham

Daily Mirror

Mum-of-four homeless after sewage spillage drove family out of council flat

Mum-of-four Lauren Woodward, 25, who lives with her kids in a council flat in Bartley Green, Birmingham, says she's "at the end of her tether" after a sewage spill forced her to flee her home last year

Birmingham Post

National Apprenticeship Week 2022: Birmingham City Council partners with Ladder campaign

Ladder for Greater Birmingham signs up Europe's largest local authority as its latest employer partner to drive recruitment and train staff

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