Latest news
Waste management modernisation update - 9 October 2018
Following the finalisation of a collective agreement between the Trade Unions and Birmingham City Council, a new operating model for waste collection services in the city was launched on 24 September
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Birmingham’s new Poet Laureate and Young Poet Laureate announced
Richard O’Brien has been named as the new Birmingham Poet Laureate during a National Poetry Day event held at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire at Birmingham City University this evening (4 October).
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Book celebrating city's female achievers features stunning images by Birmingham artists
A new book celebrating 30 inspirational Birmingham women has been brought to life by a stunning collection of portraits created by an all-female team of illustrators.
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New exhibition remembers Birmingham’s First World War
Birmingham’s role in the First World War and the impact it had on the city and wider West Midlands is the focus of a new exhibition which opens at the Library of Birmingham next month (5 October).
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Driver fined for transporting injured sheep
Birmingham City Council's environment health team successfully prosecuted a Shropshire man for failing to transport an animal that was fit for the journey, at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (27/9)
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Officers seize more than 85,000 illegal cigarettes in raids across Birmingham
Birmingham City Council’s trading standards officers seized illegal cigarettes worth more than £21,000 in a series of planned raids on on 25 and 26 September 2018.
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Waste management modernisation update - 17 Sept 2018
The following is a statement on the latest news relating to the modernisation of Birmingham’s waste management service:
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Court orders kebab shop owner to pay £1,200 for waste offences
The operator of an Acocks Green kebab house was yesterday (Sep 13) ordered to pay £1,200 by Birmingham Magistrates for flytipping and related offences after a case brought by Birmingham City Council.
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Joint local area SEND inspection in Birmingham
Response to Ofsted and CQC local area SEND inspection in Birmingham
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Trader sentenced for counterfeit goods
The owner of a Birmingham-based business has been given a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to a number of offences relating to the possession of counterfeit and unsafe goods.
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Have your say on Langley and Peddimore developments
A six-week public consultation on the Langley Sustainable Urban Extension (SUE) and Peddimore Employment development in Sutton Coldfield will begin on 10 September.
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Vote for your favourite park in the Green Flag People’s Choice Award
The experts had their say and in July, 15 of Birmingham’s parks were awarded the prestigious Green Flag Award.
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Cemetery extension opened at Sutton Coldfield site
12,000 additional burial plots have today (3 September) been officially opened at Sutton New Hall Cemetery.
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Landlord fined £37,111 for multiple housing regulation breaches
On Thursday 30 August, David Greene, 64, of Brooke Lane, Billesley, has been prosecuted for numerous breaches of the House in Multiple Occupation Management Regulations.
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Elections form advisory note – 22 August 2018
A Birmingham City Council spokesperson said: “We have been made aware today some Household Enquiry Forms for the London Borough of Ealing have gone out with return envelopes for Birmingham enclosed."
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Family fun at the Lord Mayor’s Show
This year’s Lord Mayor’s Show returns to Cannon Hill Park on Sunday 19 August with a fun-packed, family friendly event from 11am to 4pm.
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Games Village planning application submitted
Birmingham’s plans to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games stepped up another gear today with the submission of the Planning Application for the residential element of the Games Village.
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Book celebrating city women to be launched at Birmingham Literature Festival
A new book created by and celebrating inspiring Birmingham women and their achievements will be launched at the 2018 Birmingham Literature Festival in October.
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Working together in Birmingham’s neighbourhoods – share your views
Birmingham spans a broad and diverse range of neighbourhoods, which include hundreds of community groups and local organisations.
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Birmingham celebrates four years to go until the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Today (Friday 27 July) marks four years to go until the start of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
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Birmingham shortlisted for Channel 4 headquarters
Channel 4 (C4) has announced that Birmingham has made the final stage of the pitch process to host its new national HQ
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3,000th new home built for Birmingham
Birmingham City Council is celebrating the completion of the 3,000th home built through its award-winning house-building programme, Birmingham Municipal Housing Trust (BMHT).
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Birmingham's Frankfurt Christmas Market 2018
The city’s internationally renowned Frankfurt Christmas Market returns on 15 November 2018.
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Children's rights celebrated across Birmingham schools
Birmingham schools, from nursery through to secondary, are embedding children’s rights into daily school life through the Unicef Rights Respecting School Award.
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Have your say on community cohesion in city
Simplistic analysis of community cohesion in Birmingham fails to recognise the complexity of a super-diverse city according to the Cabinet Member with responsibility for the topic.
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Birmingham 2022 Chair is appointed
The Prime Minister has appointed John Crabtree OBE as the Chair of the 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee.
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Average speed camera plan for Middleway corridor
Plans are being drawn up to install average speed enforcement cameras along a stretch of road in Birmingham where six people lost their lives last year.
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Dartmouth Circus works set to begin
Work to carry out essential maintenance and improvements to one of Birmingham’s busiest road junctions is set to begin next week.
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Helping young people into adulthood
A plan to support and improve the outcomes of young people with additional needs has been approved by the city council’s cabinet
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Birmingham comes in to bloom
Birmingham City Council and the Housing Liaison Board are calling on all green-fingered council tenants and leaseholders, as they launch the annual Birmingham in Bloom competition.
