Families from Pakistani backgrounds found to be affected disproportionately by high level of infant mortality A taskforce is being set up to tackle baby deaths in Birmingham, after a report… »
Exclusive: Other patients transferred to Sheffield and Birmingham as capital’s ICUs overwhelmed Seriously ill Covid patients are being transferred from overstretched London hospitals to intensive care units almost 300 miles… »
Political leaders make case for hospitality businesses to reopen but few believe rules will be relaxed Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Millions of people living under… »
Much of north and Midlands placed in strictest tier of new coronavirus restrictions What tier am I in? Latest Covid rules in England post-lockdown Coronavirus – latest updates See all… »
PM faces doubt and frustration over new three-tier system that splits England into risk zones What does three-tier Covid lockdown system mean for England? Coronavirus – latest updates See all… »
Dozens moved from Birmingham to London despite instructions to self-isolate Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Home Office moved dozens of asylum seekers involved in a… »
Former chief scientific adviser issues warning to government after huge surge in cases Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage New cases of coronavirus are doubling almost weekly… »
Exclusive: Minority ethnic patients twice as likely to live in deprived environments and to be admitted to intensive care Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The severe… »
Chemist shuts 48 opticians and department store group shuts eight of its 50 stores Boots and John Lewis have announced plans to cut 5,300 jobs and close stores on another… »
As the economy grinds back into life, Jonathan Watts goes on the road to find out if there is a lasting appetite for change In a near-deserted plaza near Birmingham’s… »
Loved by their 41 grandchildren, the men died within 17 days of each other. Their loss highlights the virus’s brutal toll on minorities In photographs together and with their families,… »
High court rules that exclusion zone around Anderton Park primary will remain in place A high court judge has permanently banned activists against LGBT equality lessons from demonstrating outside a… »
Officers deploy Tasers and dogs to quell fight at Star City complex in Nechells A film about warring gangs has been pulled from nearly 100 cinemas across the UK after… »
Man allegedly tried to smash windows after Phillips tabled urgent question in the Commons on inflammatory language A man has been arrested on suspicion of a public order offence following… »
Parliament told first phase from London to Birmingham could be pushed back to 2031 Completion of the first phase of HS2, between London Euston and Birmingham, could be delayed by… »
Leadership campaign falters as he refuses to respond to questions at hustings about late-night argument with Carrie Symonds Video reveals Steve Bannon links to Boris Johnson Boris Johnson was struggling… »
Birmingham city council wins injunction to stop demonstrations and social media abuse Demonstrators protesting against primary school children being taught that people of all genders and sexualities should be treated… »
Plea for police to launch fresh criminal investigations and press murder charges Relatives of the 21 people killed in the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings have urged police in Britain and… »
Parents must understand UK is a society ‘with liberal views’, said Sir Michael Wilshaw A Birmingham primary school that suspended lessons about LGBT rights following protests by parents should resume… »
Police data shows knife crime has more than doubled in the region since 2012 Nearly 700 schoolchildren were victims of knife crime in the West Midlands last year, including 41… »
Jess Phillips posts string of tweets to Theresa May and Damian Hinds over early Friday closure The Labour MP Jess Phillips has demanded that Theresa May and the education secretary,… »
England and Wales record 37 deaths so far in 2018 as charity stresses deprivation underlies violence Related: The radical lessons of a year reporting on knife crime This year is… »
Staff and students say new campus lacks safeguards against strict local laws Staff and students at the University of Birmingham have warned that LGBT rights are not adequately protected at… »
City beats Manchester and Birmingham to become broadcaster’s base outside London Leeds has unexpectedly been chosen as the new regional base for Channel 4, beating rival bids from Birmingham and… »
Foreign secretary hints he believes same Russian cell behind Salisbury poisoning and Czech explosion The British foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, said the UK stood in “full support” of the Czech… »
Foreign secretary hints he believes same Russian cell behind Salisbury poisoning and Czech explosion The British foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, said the UK stood in “full support” of the Czech… »
