The Latest Breaking News from Smethwick

Man denies murder of sex worker who was strangled

The body of Shara Millar, 41, was found in Smethwick in the West Midlands on August 11.

Evening Standard · Sep 12, 2025

Malcolm X’s visit to West Midlands to be remembered in mural

Street art will mark 60 years since US civil rights leader’s trip to Smethwick shortly before his assassination

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2025

Man charged over crash which killed boy, 2, in Smethwick

A grey Porsche Cayenne hit a Toyota Auris carrying four adults and a child in Smethwick, near Birmingham

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2024

Four men charged with murder of delivery worker

Aurman Singh, who was 23 and lived in Smethwick, died after he was attacked in Berwick Avenue in Coton Hill, Shrewsbury, on August 21.

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2023

'I made £700 by reporting my neighbour - I'm gobsmacked and overjoyed'

Ayyesha said: "I’m 30 this year, I didn’t have an 18th or a 21st, so this money will definitely go towards a celebration this year"

Daily Mirror · Jun 29, 2023

Avtar Singh Jouhl obituary

Anti-racism campaigner and trade unionist who successfully challenged segregation in 1960s Britain

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2022

The harrowing story of the teenage boy who vanished from life of abuse

It was a hot summer's day on July 28, 1999 when 15-year-old Phillip vanished into thin air, and he hasn't been since as detectives still work to find out what happened

Daily Mirror · Oct 2, 2022

'We were the kids nobody cared about': The haunting story of the boy who vanished from a world of secrets and lies

New clues have emerged about missing schoolboy Phillip Harris who lived in Greater Manchester

Manchester Evening News · Oct 2, 2022

Leicester residents ‘scared to go out’ due to Hindu-Muslim clashes as tensions spread to Birmingham

Community leaders fear religious tensions could spread nationwide after huge crowd of masked men filmed outside Hindu temple

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Homeowner forced to use wheelie bins to save parking space on 'nightmare' road

Helen Barrell, 43, from Smethwick, West Midlands, has used her wheelie bins to reserve parking outside her house as the road is so congested, in part due to a nearby primary school

Daily Mirror · May 15, 2022