Birmingham City Council is encouraging landlords to act urgently and apply for a relevant licence or face fines of up to £30,000 for each unlicensed property. The council is visiting properties it thinks might not have...

Birmingham City Council tenants can now get extra help with paying their rent because of an app that gives discounts at many big stores across the country. The Housing Perks app offers shopping discounts for tenants...

A landmark initiative aims to close dangerous loopholes in the online sale of knives and strengthen protections for young people. Birmingham City Council welcomes the introduction of Ronan’s Law, a landmark initiative by the UK Government...

Chef Habib Beiranvand (Instagram A/c: chef_beyranvand96 ) hails from Khorramabad and the Lorestan region. He was familiar with cooking and making several kinds of kebabs since he was a child. His interest in food began when his father...

The Alexander Stadium has been named as the new home for West Bromwich Albion Women. The club have signed an agreement for Siobhan Hodgetts-Stills’ team to play league matches at the arena for the upcoming 2025/26...

A man has today been sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for two years, for fly-tipping in Birmingham. Ion Cirpaci, aged 43, of Laundry Road, Smethwick, dumped rubbish including an old toilet, broken wood, tiles,...

Improvements in several areas of Birmingham’s services for children and young people with additional needs and disabilities have been recognised by national inspectors in a report published today. Following a three-week inspection in June 2025 to...

The city council is improving street lighting by upgrading streetlights to energy-efficient LED lighting. This will reduce energy use and carbon emissions, and lower maintenance costs. Work is due to begin imminently, and lamp columns need...

Ed Sheeran has teamed up with legendary Indian artist Arijit Singh for a special version of ‘Sapphire’. The new version adds another dimension to Ed’s vibrant summer track. Recorded in Goa, Ed and Arijit worked on both the original version...

Birmingham City Council’s Trading Standards team, in partnership with West Midlands Police, carried out multiple major enforcement actions under the ongoing Operation Cloud initiative. The initiative targets the sale of illegal and harmful goods across the city....