The Latest Breaking News from Birmingham

Sale of hundreds of empty homes designed, but not used, for Commonwealth Games attacked as ‘absolute scandal’

Thousands took to the streets to take part in anti-racism protests in London, Brighton, Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, Newcastle and Sheffield

Man punched and kicked in the Clumsy Swan pub’s front garden in Birmingham

Other lives: Educationist who strove to promote sustainable communities in the West Midlands

‘Hospitals should aim to throw a ring of steel’ around sites to protect staff from rioters, says a Birmingham medic

Heads of mosques in West Midlands warn against reactive violence as some communities plan counter-protests to protect streets from rioters

West Midlands Police and local MP Jess Phillips vowed to bring perpetrators to justice on seventh day of disorder on UK’s streets

James Cleverly called for the Home Office minister to ‘think about the consequences’ of her words

From weekly skills-sharing to rewilding streets, communities are working to improve the planet while bolstering the health of people

With an incoming government that is yet to announce how it will address and dramatically improve the current funding landscape for the arts in the UK, as Co-founder and CEO of Restore the Music, I offer up a blueprint for a successful funding model for music education in state schools…

Former captain should have been out early on but then proceeded to switch pressure back on to West Indies