Local News

• Birmingham police search led to criminal find as subject addmitted 'it's mine'

  Tyrese Wright, 24, was handed a 12-month community order after admitting to possessing a folding pocket knife during a police search in Birmingham city centre

• Birmingham City Council's Oracle IT system goes live after £144m overhaul

  Four years after a botched digital upgrade contributed to Birmingham City Council's financial crisis and a Section 114 notice, the revamped Oracle system — now named Brindley — has gone live

• Refugee who fled war-torn Syria punched woman in Birmingham city centre 'for no reason'

  A man who fled war-torn Syria for a new life in Birmingham has been sentenced after launching an unprovoked attack on a woman in the city centre, leaving her terrified and too scared to leave her home

• Reform politician brands Perry Barr athletes village 'a dump' predicting 'gang culture'

  Tamnworth's Mark Abley took aim at the Perry Barr scheme during local plan discussions

• Swish Birmingham apartment for sale from £9k – but you won't be able to live in it

  A city centre flat is on the market for a price from just £9,000 and it could prove a good investment

CITY

• Mike Rigg to leave Birmingham City in behind the scenes reshuffle

  Birmingham City's academy will no longer be headed up by Mike Rigg

• 'I know I've got it' Chris Davies dishes out Birmingham City order for Wrexham

  Chris Davies' Birmingham City head to Wrexham on Friday night (8pm) looking to right the wrongs of their beating by Brentford

• Chris Davies should make Paik Seung-ho decision he has refused before

  Birmingham City travel to Wrexham on Friday looking for their first victory in the Championship

• Birmingham City receive 'significant' warning over Adrian Segecic transfer

  Portsmouth attacker Adrian Segecic has been linked with a transfer to Birmingham City

VILLA

• Ollie Watkins 'must feel betrayed and cheesed off' with £108m double Aston Villa deal nearer

  Aston Villa forward Ollie Watkins looks set to leave the club this summer and a former Villan understands why the England international may have grown frustrated

• Champions League draw LIVE as Aston Villa drawn against PSG and Barcelona

  Aston Villa are set to discover which eight teams they will face in the Champions League league phase

• Aston Villa complete Leon Goretzka transfer after Bayern Munich exit

  Leon Goretzka has joined Aston Villa on a free transfer following his departure from Bayern Munich

• Aston Villa and Nicolas Jackson latest as medical claim emerges ahead of £65m transfer

  Aston Villa are closing in on the signing of Chelsea's Nicolas Jackson