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On 12 June 2025, Air India Flight AI171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner carrying 242 passengers and crew, including 169 Indians and 53 Britons, crashed into Ahmedabad's Meghani Nagar.

An employment tribunal has awarded a consultant from Birmingham £93,616.74 after her boss fired her with a text that included a jazz hands emoji.

The October 7 Israel-Hamas conflict sparked protests across major cities across the globe, including London, Paris, Rome and New York.

Both Glasgow City Council and Birmingham City Council say that the government fast-tracking the asylum backlog will have a detrimental effect on the current homelessness crisis in the UK.

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has confirmed a comprehensive five-year intervention at Birmingham City Council to address its serious financial and governance challenges.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman is seeking "urgent advice" on banning "lethal" American XL bully dogs following a horrific attack on a young girl in Bordesley Green, Birmingham.

Europe's largest local authority confirmed it had issued the declaration that it cannot balance its books without government intervention.

Four children are in critical condition after they fell through the ice at a lake in Solihull, UK.

Conservative party members have been accused of using homophobic slurs at an event organised to celebrate LGBTQ+ diversity in Birmingham on Tuesday.

A woman was brutally attacked during a night out in Birmingham after she allegedly refused the offer of a threesome with a man and a woman.

A man has received life-threatening injuries in a possible gas explosion.

The woman was told to throw a cup of ice to the guard's face prior to the attack.

A health care worker photographed a group of at least 16 people ignoring lockdown rules by gathering at Babbs Mill Lake.

An expert skier from Birmingham was found dead after crashing into trees off the beginner level slope in the Italian Alps.

Specialist cleaners had to clear trash out of a hoarder's home before the police could remove his entombed body.

The teacher who called a disabled teenager "roadkill" was allowed to retain his position in school, adding to the distress of the student and his parents.

The 14-year-old girl, who was reported missing, is supposedly safe in Birmingham after running away with a boy she met online.

The mother of a 10-year-old boy, who was found dead in a caravan in Birmingham, has been released on bail.

Theresa May arrived on stage at the Conservative Party conference to the strains of ABBA's 'Dancing Queen'.

The cost of failure in Birmingham will be very high for May, the Conservative Party, and the country.

The end of the fast of Ramadan was cause for a massive celebration in Small Heath, Birmingham.

Forecasters warn there is more danger to come from Storm Emma and The Beast from the East as blizzards batter the UK.

EE customers have had their mobile internet restored after the company's service suffered major issues from around 7am to 10am on Tuesday (27 February).

Lee Embley jailed for calmly fired a gun into a crowded Birmingham pub before being arrested by firearms officers in high speed pursuit.

Haroon Rafiq has been jailed for life for "executing" his neighbour Sajad Hussain to avoid paying back a debt. He will serve a minimum of 24 years in prison.

A 54-year-old man has been arrested after an 8-year-old girl died of stab wounds in hospital. The man is expected to be questioned shortly.

West Midlands Police are appealing for information after a 19-year-old man was fatally stabbed in Walsall in the early hours of Sunday morning (14 January).

A prostitute who fell five stories to her death was allegedly midway through "extravagant sex" with a British man.

A group of joggers reportedly tried to save the boy's life after he was stabbed in Friars Wharf, Oxford, close to the River Thames, but he sadly died at the scene.

Reddit users collecting good karma by hiding train tickets and gift vouchers in railway stations for other users to find.