{"id":159270,"date":"2025-06-05T04:18:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T04:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/159270\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T04:18:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T04:18:19","slug":"birmingham-charity-shop-closes-after-awful-arson-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/159270\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham charity shop closes after &#8216;awful&#8217; arson attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The shop was damaged after a sofa was set on fire outside the building<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_Screenshot-2025-06-04-131659.jpg\" alt=\"Sue Ryder charity shop has 'temporarily closed' after a fire this week\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Sue Ryder charity shop has &#8216;temporarily closed&#8217; after a fire this week(Image: Google Street View)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A Kings Heath charity shop has &#8216;temporarily closed&#8217; after an arson attack on the high street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Sue Ryder is a charity shop which cares for people suffering from bereavement and people with neurological conditions and terminal illnesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The shop, which <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/local-news\/ub40-star-brian-travers-opens-7801\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">opened in 2012,<\/a> sells a mixture of everything, ranging from books and outfits to gadgets and appliances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Read More: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/whats-on-news\/visited-birmingham-area-rich-history-31737592\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/whats-on-news\/visited-birmingham-area-rich-history-31737592\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">I visited Birmingham area with &#8216;rich history&#8217; locals say has &#8216;gone to the dogs&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">West Midlands Fire Service confirmed reports of a fire on the evening of June 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The damage was caused by a sofa set on fire on the high street which spread to the shop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesperson for <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Police<\/a> said: &#8220;We were called after fire spread to premises in High Street, Kings Heath, at around 11.10pm on 2 June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;This is being treated as arson and anyone with information can contact us via 101 and quote 20\/261374\/25.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Despite the incident, it&#8217;s not expected Sue Ryder will remain shut for long.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Sue Ryder <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/kings-heath-and-stirchley\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Kings Heath<\/a> announced the closure on social media and said they expect to re-open within the &#8216;next four weeks&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Eva Worsall posted: &#8220;This is awful, hope you are able to get things sorted soon and hope all staff are okay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">And Emma Stockbridge added: &#8220;When you know more about re-opening, I would love to help you all get back on your feet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I\u2019ll have a good sort-out of clothes too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Sue Ryder is located on 143 High St, King&#8217;s Heath, Birmingham B14 6DG<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The shop was damaged after a sofa was set on fire outside the buildingSue Ryder charity shop has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16821,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-159270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-kings-heath-and-stirchley","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114628834811025224","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}