Birmingham City Council’s plans to tackle unauthorised encampments
The authority has said it wants to introduce a “negotiated stopping” pilot programme, which would involve an unused…
West Midlands HS2 station plans recommended for approval
Those behind the proposals for Curzon Street Station, the city centre terminus of the controversial HS2 line, previously…
Traffic restrictions at three more schools in Birmingham
Birmingham City Council says the car free school streets scheme aims to improve air pollution, reduce congestion and…
Birmingham hospital unit expansion nears completion
Construction on the brand new extension to Good Hope Hospital’s Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) is well under way…
‘Wonder Woman’ thanks medics for life-changing surgery
Tina Rushton, who is a catering assistant based at Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield, had life-changing neurosurgery…
Calls for ‘rat tax’ to be permanently scrapped in Birmingham after ‘welcome’ change during bins strike
The crisis-hit authority’s unprecedented budget last year included plans to introduce new pest control charges for ‘rat in…
New homes approved next to M5 in Oldbury despite pollution ‘cancer risk’
Sandwell Council’s planning committee rejected an application to build a mix of flats and homes on a much-loved…
West Bromwich pub handed licence back after man kicked unconscious
The Old Crown, now called Paradise Bar, in Sandwell Road, West Bromwich, had been closed since March following…
Decision on weekly food waste collections in Black Country Borough due
Under the Environment Act 2021, all local authorities must introduce weekly food waste collections from all households by…
‘Dynamic’ plans for multiple towers in Birmingham could ‘transform’ land
Those behind the proposals want to build a mixed-use development, consisting of apartments, student accommodation and a hotel,…