Bournbrook

One of the fire crews at the scene, from Bournbrook, posted a picture on Twitter showing a fire engine outside the venue. The @Bournbrook fire account tweeted: “Alarms in The Mailbox today attended by red watch crews.” The fire service said the alert ...

Birmingham City Council planning committee Coun Fiona Williams (Lab Hodge Hill) said: "If this carries on Bournbrook is going to become Britain's first favela." Selly Oak MP Steve McCabe said he was pleased with the action taken against Britannia ...

In front of a large group of home supporters at the Bournbrook pitches, the University of Birmingham women's third team capped off what has been an outstanding season by conquering the University of Nottingham second team in a closely contested match ...

Jean Marlow made the claim as she won planning permission to turn her former family home in Bournbrook Road into a home for seven students. She told the city council's planning committee that she and her husband Allen had decided to move out as the ...

With the increase of HMO properties in the Selly Oak and Bournbrook area, the council admits that the area lacks diversity and has said it is 'clearly an imbalanced community'. An HMO is a 'house of multiple occupancy' and consists of a residence with ...

Bournbrook was rated as inadequate in April last year after youngsters were reported to have been frequently playing truant. Now the council's cabinet member for children and family services Brigid Jones has revealed the closures will be made permanent ...