Birmingham, England News

Three suspicious scrapyard fires in the Black Country in the past week could have been started by the same people, police say.

About 50,000 people are due to come to Birmingham this weekend for the city's annual two-day Pride festival.

A trans-Atlantic collaboration between institutions in Pittsburgh and England will make available the fragile, handwritten letters and notes of an English cardinal who inspired modernization of the Catholic church.

Kanye West premiered his new track "New Slaves" by projecting visuals on 66 buildings across the globe last week, and he'll be replicating the displays again this weekend in some new locations.

G4S , the controversial private security company, is to run services providing medical examinations and counselling for victims of rape and sexual assault in the West Midlands.

The festival urges people to "take a second look" at buildings like this former bank that has been turned into a pub The Birmingham School of Art will feature as a Victorian building that is still being used for its original purpose "I feel that the architecture of Birmingham is really undervalued, and I just wanted to highlight some of the ... (more)

A suffragette and prominent trade unionist in Birmingham during the 20th Century will be recognised for her campaigning with a blue plaque later.

The woman was driving along Frankley Lane, Northfield just before 10.15am today when her car left the road and crashed outside Bartley Reservoir.

Council lawyers are investigating claims of a 'Big Brother'-style abuse of private employee information - after scores were asked to promote wheelie bins.

Global Vision, the industry leader in the development of automated proofreading solutions, recently announced that Docu-Proof has met compliance requirements as a text comparison software solution by the European Medicines Agency for pharmaceutical companies using parallel distribution methods of medicinal products.

THREE thieves have been locked up for a total of 11 years and four months after stealing Christmas gifts and taking a van from a home in Swadlincote on a high speed police chase.

The kennels can look after up to 120 dogs in kennels on three floors of the building in Digbeth, near Birmingham city centre "You get people telling you it looks like a prison, and it does," admits Darren Calveley about the Birmingham Dogs' Home premises he manages.

A new heritage trail has been launched in Handsworth and Lozells to highlight and promote the history of the areas.

Brian Griffin will talk about his new book The Black Kingdom - an autobiography of his life growing up in the Black Country at the library in St James's Road on Thursday May 23.

The critically acclaimed British rapper/saxophonist, from Hockley, said recently that the theft of the instrument was like losing part of his body The critically acclaimed British rapper/saxophonist, from Hockley, said recently that the theft of the instrument was like losing part of his body.

The case is the latest in a string of unexplained deaths of Britons in the north Indian region which have come to light since the revelations of eight-year-old Gurkiren Kaur Loyal A 10-year old Black Country boy died just minutes after being given a mystery injection when he complained of a stomach ache while on holiday in the Punjab.

They include Birmingham City University students who have designed and created nine front doors which will be displayed on the picnic hill area at the show, taking place on June 12-16 at the NEC A host of green-fingered local groups are set to take part in the BBC Gardeners' World Live 2013 event next month.

Firefighters, police and paramedics were called to the aid of the woman, who was in her 20s, after she had been catapulted from her vehicle.

She is one of the oldest volunteers in Birmingham - and a woman who was forced to flee the Nazis as a child.

Less than two years ago, Laura Mvula was a receptionist honing her phone answering skills at music organization in Birmingham, England.