The Latest Breaking News from Birmingham

A Birmingham headteacher has revealed how you can get the most out of parents’ evenings, including advice on how to prepare and whether you should take your child with you

The muralist hits Salford, peasant life comes to Birmingham’s Barber Institute and Somerset House gets with the Halloween ghost theme – all in your weekly dispatch

Terrified teenagers on street corners in downtown Birmingham, forced against brick walls by the painful force of a water cannon or recoiling from biting police dogs. A state trooper beating down a young, kneeling John Lewis on the far side of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge, as mounted officers begin a…

Aston Villa sacked Steven Gerrard as manager on Thursday evening straight after the 3-0 defeat by Fulham, but he still travelled back to Birmingham with the team

Kadees Mohammed was arrested after the death of three-week-old Mohammed Ibrahim in the Sparkill area of Birmingham early on Tuesday.

Kadees Mohammed was due to appear at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on Thursday

The brothers run restaurants in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, London and Edinburgh.

Video game developer and publisher has agreed a lease for the entire eighth floor of the newly opened office tower

Famous Birmingham office block has a new name as landlord launches flexible working hub

Other lives: British stage and film actor who spent a number of years working in theatre in New Zealand

Police say baby found not breathing and two women found injured at address in Sparkhill