Most travellers have vacated Swanshurst Park in Billesley, Birmingham. Councillors now discuss extending knee-rails, digging ditches, and raising mounds to prevent future illegal encampments, with funding available for 32 city parks.
With temperatures set to hit 35C, motoring experts advise parking in shade to prevent cars becoming dangerously hot. Interior can reach 40C in 30 minutes.
A Solihull family with a disabled mother and a three-year-old was moved between hotels after their home was condemned due to severe mould, with the council issuing an apology.
A 5p biological washing powder treatment can prevent drain fly infestations, experts warn, as warm weather creates perfect breeding grounds in pipes.
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Thirteen Birmingham wards have over 300 exempt supported accommodation properties each, with 33,904 people living in 12,166 such properties citywide, three times more than in 2018.
Volunteers who spent £30,000 restoring a former RAF ambulance garage and mortuary at Croome Court say the National Trust is pushing them out to install a grab-and-go cafe.
Two Birmingham drug dealers were convicted after police traced their AI chatbot queries about cannabis cultivation, leading to a seizure of plants worth £250,000.
Two Birmingham drug dealers who asked AI how to make strong cannabis were arrested after police found drugs and cash. They pleaded guilty and await sentencing.
Birmingham's exempt supported hostels have tripled since 2018, with 33,904 people in 12,166 properties, driving out families and linked to crime, according to a new probe.
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A High Court ruling confirms parents can be fined if their child kicks a football over a neighbour's fence, after a couple successfully sued a school for nuisance.
British Gas has mixed up energy meters in new-build homes, causing customers to be billed for each other's energy and face a 19% tariff increase, according to a letter to the Guardian.
Birmingham and the West Midlands have £1bn in unclaimed benefits annually, with £435m in Birmingham alone, according to a new report on missing Pension Credit and other support.
From April 2027, children under 16 in England will be banned from buying energy drinks with over 150mg caffeine per litre, including Red Bull and Monster.
Homeowners can legally cut overhanging branches from a neighbour's tree without permission, provided they do not trespass, but must beware of Tree Preservation Orders and potential fines up to £20,000.
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A family who lived in Birmingham's Oscott Gardens homeless hostel for 18 months describes rat and cockroach infestations, overcrowding, and unsafe conditions, raising concerns for current residents.
Households are urged to avoid misinterpreting HMRC's seven-year rule for inheritance tax, as taper relief misconceptions can lead to unexpected tax bills. AJ Bell explains the complexities.
James Moore, 35, threw a kettle of hot water over a fellow inmate at HMP Featherstone in October 2024, causing significant burns. He received an additional 12-year sentence.
Julian Donaldson, 40, stole £100 of laundry products from Farmfoods. He was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay £211.
New PM Andy Burnham's government will provide automatic £25 Cold Weather Payments to Universal Credit, ESA, and Pension Credit claimants this winter, offering breathing room amid the cost of living crisis.
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Six Chinese restaurants at Birmingham's Han Dynasty Food Hall were temporarily closed after mouse droppings were found, posing an imminent public health risk.
Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has ruled out rent controls for England, citing Scotland's experience. The decision is a blow to renters and landlords.
Mohammed Hussain, 27, from Birmingham, has been charged with eight counts of motor vehicle theft and causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a series of thefts in Solihull, Birmingham, and Oldbury since June 8.
A man from Birmingham has been charged with causing injury by dangerous driving and multiple vehicle thefts following an investigation by West Midlands Police.
Birmingham's new council leaders ask PM Andy Burnham for support to build more social housing and regulate exempt accommodation, citing over 10,000 children in temporary housing.
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A six-year-old girl suffered life-changing injuries after a motorbike hit her in Tamworth. Her mother shares a heartbreaking message calling for change.
Five men who kidnapped and tortured a former friend because they disapproved of his relationship have been jailed for a combined 37 years. The victim was dragged from his home in Telford, beaten, and threatened with death.
Four men, including two from Birmingham, were jailed for aggravated burglary after using machetes to terrorise families in two Coventry home invasions in July 2025.
Birmingham City Council's tenancy fraud investigations saved £5m of public money, recovered 36 council homes, and rejected 210 housing applications in a major crackdown.
A jury is deliberating in the trial of Emma Jane Williams, 41, accused of attempting to murder a child by tampering with his medication. Williams denies the charge.
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Two men, aged 20 and 21, have been charged after police discovered a cannabis farm and a firearm at a property on Richmond Avenue in Balsall Heath, Birmingham.
