The Latest Breaking News from Solihull Council

Furious mum claims son's needs means he's 'prisoner' at school 'babysitting' him

Katie Hattersley claims that her son Joe, 17, who attends Hazel Oak, in Solihull, an all-age special school, is being kept "prisoner" and gets little more than a "babysitting service"

Daily Mirror · Apr 10, 2023

Devastated gran told to get rid of 'Chelsea Flower show' garden she'd nurtured for almost 50 years

The 74-year-old's balcony had been described as 'like the Chelsea Flower show'

Wales Online · Feb 15, 2023

Pensioner ordered to remove hundreds of plants from garden that was 'like Chelsea Flower Show'

The grandmother of five said she was shocked to receive a letter and subsequent visit from a removals team asking her to take down her plant pots from a walkway and balcony behind her house

Wales Online · Feb 14, 2023

Family face 'being homeless by Christmas' after £60k order to tear down own home

Stephanie Rolfe and Stuart Macdonald say they are 'facing financial ruin' after being told they will have to cover the £60,000 cost of bulldozing the building.

Daily Record · Sep 26, 2022

Family face being homeless by Christmas and £60,000 bill after order to demolish home

Following a four year saga, the family have now been given less than two months to "dismantle" the timber structure

Manchester Evening News · Sep 25, 2022

Family face £60,000 bill and being homeless by Christmas after order to demolish home

Stephanie Rolfe and Stuart Macdonald do not know how they will pay the bill to demolish their own home after the council served them with a court order giving them 56 days to raze it

Daily Mirror · Sep 25, 2022