Local News

• Birmingham tower block fire live - more than 50 firefighters tackling blaze in Grade II building

  A fire has broken out in a historic high-rise building in Constitution Hill leading to a number of fire crews being sent to the scene

• Birmingham opens UK's first rare earth recycling plant creating hundreds of jobs

  University of Birmingham opens new facility at Tyseley Energy Park that brings sintered magnet manufacturing back to the UK for the first time in 25 years

• Thousands of pupils miss school as teachers at Birmingham-based trust strike over planned job cuts

  Teachers and staff who are members of the National Education Union have started the first of nine days of planned strike action

• Birmingham bins strike could cost crisis-hit council at least £19m

  The Birmingham bins strike is now in its second year and continues to inflict a financial cost on the city council

• Transport bosses hint at when new Birmingham railway lines will welcome passengers

  Passengers will finally be able to use new stations in Birmingham and Walsall in the coming weeks

• Fewer travelling by bus in West Midlands as fare hike blamed

  The rise in the bus fare cap is one of the main reasons given for the drop in bus usage

• Dog with stick poking out of stomach rushed to Birmingham hospital and ‘could have died'

  Horror discovery made after Obi played in the garden of his owners' Midland home

• Pothole plan for Birmingham as huge change to 'ensure councils get on with the job' announced

  Every council, including those in Birmingham and the Black Country, have been ranked - with the government warning the rankings could impact funding in the future

CITY

• Birmingham City 'keen on' Bright Osayi-Samuel's Nigeria team-mate

  Birmingham City are trying to tie up a deal for Girona's Jhon Solis but they have also been linked with this Brentford player

• Stansfield, Robinson, Wright: Birmingham City injury latest ahead of Swansea match

  Birmingham City have injuries to contend with ahead of their match with Swansea City on Saturday evening

• Birmingham City and Liverpool hatch new Lewis Koumas plan amid loan recall reveal

  Birmingham City have Lewis Koumas on loan from Premier League champions Liverpool

• Chris Davies addresses Keshi Anderson exit and makes Birmingham City transfer promise

  Keshi Anderson's contract at Birmingham City was terminated by mutual consent earlier this week

VILLA

• Donyell Malen truth as reason behind Aston Villa transfer revealed

  Why Aston Villa have sold Donyell Malen despite him scoring the second-most goals for the club this season

• Donyell Malen transfer confirmed as Aston Villa send parting message

  Donyell Malen's transfer to AS Roma from Aston Villa has been confirmed

• Aston Villa turn Tammy Abraham's head with contract detail as £30m swap deal 'on the table'

  Aston Villa are interested in bringing Tammy Abraham back to Villa Park on a permanent basis, after the English striker impressed during a loan spell between 2018 and 2019

• Aston Villa confirm another January transfer as fee and huge sell-on clause revealed

  Villa have completed more January transfer window business