The first civic university with a Royal Charter, it set itself apart from older institutions, forging a strong connection to the city and community.

From slum clearances to orphanages and onion fares - life is very different in Birmingham compared to the 1800s, but there ...

Unite is doing everything to disarm its members, with Birmingham City Council used as a test case to enforce a level of ...

Mohammed Kudus: Nima is a slum area in Accra, the capital of Ghana. We call it “Zongo,” which is like a ghetto. But there’s a ...

Thomas Tuchel has named his first squad as England manager ahead of two 2026 World Cup qualifiers, against Albania and Latvia. Jordan Henderson and Marcus Rashford are recalled to the 26 ...

The upcoming Peaky Blinders movie, The Immortal Man, could bring back one historical character to fix their total misrepresentation during the series.

Rubbish bins are being left uncollected on the streets of Birmingham after hundreds of refuse collectors walked out indefinitely. Nearly 400 council bin workers in the UK's second-largest city ...

A woman walking past rubbish that has been piling up in Sparkhill, Birmingham (Picture: Anita Maric/SWNS) Bin bags piled up high, rats and cockroaches – these are the scenes in Birmingham over ...

Hundreds of bin collectors are set to strike into summer as rats the “size of cats” dig through rubbish bags piling up outside Birmingham’s front doors. Nearly 400 Unite the Union workers ...

In the Vanzara Vas slum in the Narol area of the city, which has more than 2,000 dwellings, most of them airless, one-room homes, residents that are part of the project, such as Nehal Vijaybhai ...

Image: England and Bath centre Ollie Lawrence has been ruled out for the season with an Achilles injury England centre Ollie Lawrence has been ruled out for the rest of the season and will not ...

It’s like I’m living in the Victorian slums era. I have to double pay – I pay for the rent, and then I’m paying for the hotel, because when I get sick, it’s just not safe. “The council ...