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The Latest Breaking News from Handsworth

Handsworth reacts to Robert Jenrick criticism

Tory MP Robert Jenrick recently criticised Handsworth.

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2025

Black, Brummie and proud: a walking tour of the real Handsworth

The Birmingham neighbourhood is hugely significant in the Black British story – a history seemingly unknown to Tory MP Robert Jenrick – as revealed on a guided walk that remembers Nelson Mandela and Benjamin Zephaniah

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2025

The irony of Robert Jenrick’s ‘white face’ remarks about Handsworth

Letters: Shuranjeet Singh points out that it was the Tories who threw his neighbourhood into neglect, while Edward Lindon fears the MP is sowing the seeds for tomorrow’s bumper crop of racial hatred and misery. Plus letters from Warwick Hillman, Janet Walmsley and Darryl Telles

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2025

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I know the real Handsworth – it’s a far better place than Robert Jenrick’s toxic vision of Britain

The shadow justice secretary complained of a lack of integration in an area that has shown, time and time again, that it is for everyone, says Nazia Parveen, an assistant managing editor at the Guardian

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2025

Starmer says Jenrick is ‘hard to take seriously’ after Birmingham comments

PM says Jenrick is ‘still running his leadership campaign’ after he complained about ‘not seeing another white face’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2025

‘Incendiary, inaccurate, careless’: Handsworth locals reject Jenrick’s race claims

Businesspeople and residents say senior Tory’s ‘no white faces’ claim is divisive and plain wrong – and the Birmingham neighbourhood is thriving

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2025

Robert Jenrick accused of fuelling ‘toxic nationalism’ with Birmingham claims

Shadow justice secretary stands by comments made in March amid criticism including from a Tory colleague

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2025

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Defiant Jenrick doubles down on ‘I didn’t see any white faces’ attack as race row deepens

Bishop of Birmingham says shadow justice secretary’s comments ‘entirely wrong’ and ‘deeply unhelpful’

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025

Jenrick’s comments on Handsworth have potential to stir up division, says bishop

Right Reverend Michael Volland said the shadow justice secretary’s views on the area were ‘entirely wrong’.

Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2025

Badenoch defends Jenrick’s ‘no white faces’ comments about Birmingham

Tory leader says ‘nothing wrong with making observations’, after Jenrick said Handsworth was ‘as close as I’ve come to a slum in this country’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2025

Badenoch says there was ‘nothing wrong’ with Jenrick’s ‘didn’t see another white face’ comments

Kemi Badenoch said Robert Jenrick was ‘making an observation’ on his visit to Handsworth in Birmingham

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025

Sean Bean says houses plan for land where he played as a child is a ‘tragedy’

Public hearings are due to start on a plan which includes building 3,500 homes on Sheffield’s green belt.

Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2025

Angela Rayner is right to home in on rogue landlords

Letters: Shuranjeet Singh says that more help is needed in the battle against rogue landlords in Handsworth, Birmingham

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2025

Two teenagers killed in car crash following police chase in Birmingham

Three other teenagers were injured in the Handsworth crash

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2024

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Evening Standard · Jul 20, 2024

Man, 25, jailed for 14 years for punching baby and causing brain damage in Walsall

Jordan Cattell from Handsworth given time after attack on 10 month old tot

Zenger · Aug 17, 2023

Rats Invading Neighborhood Due To Mountains Of Trash

Massive peaks of fly-tipped trash have been thrown in an alleyway obstructing homeowners' lives.

Daily Mirror · Jun 10, 2023

Lamborghini driver's cheeky question to police after they seize £168,000 supercar

Police in Handsworth, Birmingham, took a £168,000 bright orange Lamborghini off the streets after discovering it was untaxed and the owner scrambled to get his story straight to officers

Daily Mirror · Mar 13, 2023

Family forced out by gang wars now driven out of new home by mice infestation

The mum and her three-year-old daughter had previously left their home after being caught in gang wars. Now after starting a new life in Handsworth, the family may face the same fate after a mice infestation has plagued their home

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The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2022

Suspect arrested after three victims found stabbed in Birmingham street - OLD

Police were called to Soho Road in Handsworth at around 3.20am on Thursday.

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022

Child’s body found during search of garden at Birmingham house - old

West Midlands Police began a search of the address on Clarence Road, Handsworth, last week.

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022

Police search garden in Birmingham for child’s remains

Police have made two arrests after receiving information about the death of a child in Handsworth

Irish Mirror · Jun 9, 2022

BBC drama My Name Is Leon sheds light on stark realities of Birmingham riots of 1981

Sir Lenny Henry's BBC drama My Name Is Leon is set during the Handsworth riots in July 1981. We speak to Lenny and others of their memories of that traumatic time

Daily Mirror · Jun 9, 2022

My Name Is Leon sheds light on stark realities of Birmingham riots of 1981

Sir Lenny Henry's BBC drama My Name Is Leon is set during the Handsworth riots in July 1981. We speak to Lenny and others of their memories of that traumatic time

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2022

Dervla Murphy’s insight into Britain’s diverse communities

Letter: Carolyn Sugden recalls meeting the late writer in Handsworth, Birmingham, while working for an anti-racist organisation

Zenger · Apr 12, 2022

Gunman Jailed: 21 Years For Shooting Drug Rival On Birmingham Street In Broad Daylight

The shooting took place in the suburban town of Handsworth in the West Midlands, in the United Kingdom, on August 3, 2021.

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