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Successful overnight tram tests for metro extension
Trams have reached Millennium Point in a successful overnight track test on the first leg of a new tram extension out to Birmingham City FC’s forthcoming 60,000-seater stadium. This first phase of the Eastside extension includes...2025-08-06 6372 0 -
APPLAUSE ENTERTAINMENT ACQUIRES RIGHTS TO 6 ICONIC JEFFREY ARCHER NOVELS IN LANDMARK GLOBAL MOVE
Applause Entertainment, India’s leading content studio, has acquired the exclusive screen rights to 6 of Jeffrey Archer’s most iconic novels — The Clifton Chronicles, Fourth Estate, First Among Equals, The Eleventh Commandment, Sons of Fortune, and Heads You Win. Known for reimagining...2025-08-06 8449 0 -
Flowers and tributes to be passed to Osbourne family
In agreement with the Osbourne family the flowers and tributes that have been left on the Black Sabbath Bridge will be moved. Birmingham City Council is working closely with local partners to respectfully gather and preserve...2025-08-04 1162 0 -
Council Targets Prolific Fly-Tipper in Major Enforcement Operation
Birmingham City Council successfully carried out a major enforcement operation to arrest a prolific fly-tipper who had been under investigation for the past six months. The individual was believed to be responsible for a significant number...2025-07-24 917 0 -
Birmingham signs up to West Midlands Growth Plan
The West Midlands Growth Plan has been launched by the regional mayor alongside local authority leaders. Birmingham City Council leader Cllr John Cotton attended the launch and signed up to the plan that will drive a new...2025-07-23 18298 0 -
Major funding agreed for Smithfield Birmingham
An agreement has been made which brings the delivery of one of the largest and most exciting urban regeneration schemes in Europe a step closer. Birmingham Smithfield will create a new city centre destination, providing a...2025-07-23 14897 0 -
Birmingham City Council tenants make big savings thanks to a new money saving app
Birmingham City Council tenants make big savings thanks to a new money saving app Published: Thursday, 17th July 2025 Birmingham City Council tenants are enjoying discounts at over 100 national retailers, thanks to a new money-saving app...2025-07-18 3315 0 -
Retrofit project that has made council homes warmer and has saved tenants money wins award
Birmingham City Council tenants in more than 2,000 households are now living in greener, warmer council homes thanks to a scheme that won a Retrofit Project of the Year award. Birmingham City Council’s Social Housing Decarbonisation...2025-07-11 2948 0 -
Council visits around 2,000 tenants in an intensive week of activity to offer support
Visiting housing tenants and asking them how they are has been the focus of an intensive week of activity by Birmingham City Council. Housing officers have visited around 2,000 council tenants in just one week to...2025-07-11 1960 0 -
Woman prosecuted for illegally subletting Birmingham council home
A former Birmingham City Council tenant has been fined and lost her council home after pleading guilty to unlawfully subletting. Ms Kitija Strauja, 30, advertised her council home to rent on social media; she told her sub-tenant that...2025-07-10 1112 0




