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Guns and ammunition seized at separate Birmingham addresses in police raids
Guns and ammunition were recovered following unconnected raids at two Birmingham addresses. The first raid took place in Woodman Walk, near Witton Lakes, in Erdington on Friday, July 11. Officers searched a home and found a live firearm and several rounds of ammunition. READ MORE: Birmingham station hit by delays as Network Rail confirms cause Police also found suspected Class A drugs, a large amount of cannabis and 'other drug-related material'. The next day a second unconnected raid was carried out in St Benedict's Road in Small Heath. There officers from West Midlands Police 's Major Crime Team searched a home and found another live firearm, ammunition, a lock knife and suspected Class B drugs. The gun was said to have been a converted blank firearm with three rounds of live ammunition 'ready to be fired'. Across the two addresses three men were arrested. A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said: 'We have taken several firearms off the streets and made significant arrests as we keep up our work against serious and organised crime in the West Midlands. 'Officers from our Major Crime Team carried out searches at an address in St Benedict's Road on July 12, where they found a live firearm and suspected class B drugs, as well as a locking knife. 'The gun was a converted blank-firer with three rounds of live ammunition ready to be fired. 'A man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of possession of a prohibited firearm. 'He remains in custody today while our enquiries continue.' Get breaking news on BirminghamLive WhatsApp, click the link to join The statement continued: 'Elsewhere, a warrant was carried out July 11 in Woodman Walk and two men were arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs. 'Officers searched the property and found suspected Class A drugs as well as a live firearm and several rounds of ammunition. 'A large amount of cannabis and other drug-related material was also found and is being examined. 'The two men arrested have been bailed while our enquiries continue. Get the latest BirminghamLive news direct to your inbox In addition the police spokesperson added: 'Across the West Midlands, our teams are carrying out regular operations to disrupt serious and organised crime. 'Under Operation Target, we have seized hundreds of firearms as well as significant quantities of drugs and money from organised crime gangs. 'The work of our teams often relies on information from the public to tell us where and when this criminal activity is taking place. 'This helps us plan our operations and helps our investigations. 'Contact us via 101 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously via 0800 555 111 if you see anything suspicious happening where you live. Always call 999 in an emergency.'
BBC News
30-06-2025
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Sixty firefighters tackle major Birmingham blaze
About 60 firefighters are tackling a large fire in Birmingham which is close to the Midlands Fire and Rescue Service said people living on and near Tyburn Road, Erdington, should keep their doors and windows closed after they were called at about 16:55 fire was in a building belonging to an office furniture company and was close to junction six of the M6, Spaghetti Junction, the brigade Midlands Police said it was helping the fire service and several roads in the area were closed. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- General
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'Gut-wrenching' smell from dead rats in overflowing rubbish 'not collected for four weeks'
A concerned resident says he's regularly finding dead rats in a mountain of rubbish outside his home which he claims hasn't been collected for 'four weeks'. The resident, who lives in a block of flats on Turfpits Lane, Erdington, said the smell is "gut-wrenching". He said his neighbour can see the stinking pile of overflowing bins from her kitchen window. READ MORE: Stratford Road shop chief fumes as rats destroy clothes worth £1k "One resident lives next to to this," the Emery House resident told BirminghamLive. "Less than 20 feet from this mountain. Her kitchen looks out onto it." Get breaking news on BirminghamLive WhatsApp He added: "We're now seeing rats regularly amongst the black bin bags - dead rats. "The smell is gut-wrenching." The resident, who lives in a block of around 40 flats, has called on the council to clear out the rubbish. We have contacted Birmingham City Council asking when the bin bags will be collected. Don't miss the biggest and breaking stories by signing up to the BirminghamLive newsletter here Birmingham's bin workers walked out indefinitely in March. The dispute was initially triggered by Birmingham City Council's plans to scrap a Waste Recycling and Collection Officer (WRCO) role. Unite, the union representing the city's striking bin workers, claimed scrapping the role would force 'dedicated workers onto pay levels barely above the minimum wage'. The council has since claimed that 'fair and reasonable offer' has been made - but both parties are yet to come to an agreement.
BBC News
22-05-2025
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Mum campaigns for Erdington speeding action after daughter's hit-and-run injuries
"The things we saw that day will stay with me forever. They haunt me."When Sarah answered her front door on a sunny spring day in May 2023 and someone told her that her daughter had been hit by a car, she said she went into shock and closed the door in their face."It was like I shut down and didn't think it was real," she said, recalling how she then raced to find daughter, then aged 13, was walking home in Erdington, Birmingham, when she was hit by a car travelling at more than twice the 30mph speed limit. She was so badly hurt that she had to relearn how to walk and talk and lost the sight in one eye. WARNING: This story contains a photo showing the aftermath of hospital surgerySarah said she felt there was still speeding every day on Holly Lane and she has launched a petition calling for the city council to put in more safety measures."You feel like something is going to happen any minute and I just don't want it to happen to anybody else," she added.A spokesperson for Birmingham City Council said the Holly Lane crash was a "horrifying incident" and it was committed to making its roads safer. The day she was hit by the car, Caitlin was wearing her favourite football shirt and hanging out with friends who were excited about the start of the May half was knocked down while walking home at about 17:20 BST and one of her friends ran to her family's house to get help."There was just a sea of police cars, ambulances," Sarah had several fractures to her skull and a serious brain injury that caused her brain to swell. She also had several fractures to her pelvis and two broken to the brain injury, her left eye began to swell and surgery to try to tackle it was unsuccessful, leaving her unable to see with that eye.A man was jailed for three years this month over Caitlin's Midlands Police said the driver was travelling at speeds of 64-67 mph at the time. Nineteen people were killed and 417 people seriously injured in crashes on Birmingham's roads in 2023, according to the latest figures from Agilysis, a road safety consultancy that provides police data to city council said its Road Harm Reduction Strategy, adopted in March, aimed "to eliminate deaths and serious injury as quickly as possible" and £10m was put towards delivering an action plan on the issue.A spokesperson added that Sarah's petition would be presented to the authority and would get a formal response. Sarah is campaigning for speed bumps on Holly Lane, which she said currently had speed cushions that she felt were less effective, and a zebra crossing near Orphanage added her nine-year-old son "winces" when he hears speeding cars outside and the whole family is on "tenterhooks" fearing another spent two months in hospital and came home needing to use a wheelchair. She spent months learning again how to walk, talk and eat."Caitlin is the most resilient and determined girl I've ever met," said Sarah, 38, who left her job as a lunchtime supervisor at a primary school to be her daughter's 15-year-old has returned to school and is studying for her GCSEs but cannot walk for more than 20 minutes without discomfort and is likely to suffer from fatigue for the rest of her life due to her brain injury."She'll go to school and then she comes home and just sleeps," her mum is also now dropped off and picked up whenever she goes out."I don't trust our streets she feels the same," Sarah added. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
06-05-2025
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Man jailed for Erdington hit and run that injured girl, 13
Man jailed for hit and run that injured girl, 13 15 minutes ago Share Save Shyamantha Asokan BBC News, West Midlands Share Save West Midlands Police Police said forensic examinations showed Mervyn Boreland had been driving at over twice the 30mph speed limit A man has been jailed for a hit-and-run that left a 13-year-old girl with such serious injuries that her family said she had to relearn how to walk, talk and eat. Mervyn Boreland, of Icknield Street in Birmingham, was sentenced to three years in jail at Birmingham Crown Court on 1 May. West Midlands Police said the teenager was hit by a speeding car while crossing Holly Lane, in the Erdington area of Birmingham, at 17:20 BST on 27 May 2023. The police added that forensic examinations showed Boreland had been driving at speeds of 64-67mph, despite Holly Lane having a 30mph speed limit. Boreland pleaded guilty to one charge of causing serious injury by dangerous driving on 20 March at Birmingham Magistrates' Court. In a statement released by police, the girl's relatives said that "our perfect family life changed forever" on the day of the crash. They added that the teenager had "to learn how to talk, walk, eat, drink, swallow, sleep" in the months afterwards. "Watching your child struggle every single day, just to do the bare minimum that we take for granted, is heart-breaking," the family said. West Midlands Police said they had appealed for witnesses and carried out CCTV enquiries after the crash, which led them to identify a black Volkswagen Golf as the vehicle involved. The force later identified Boreland as the driver and he was charged in March this year. The police said the girl's injuries were "life-changing" and her life would never be the same due to their impacts. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
