BBC Local news

• 'I created art to get fly-tip of urine bottles cleared'

  Sunday, 4th October 2026

  Mary Courtney said it took weeks for fly-tipped rubbish near her house to be removed.

• Your photos: Pumpkin patches, Canada geese and cows grazing

  Sunday, 4th October 2026

  Take a look at these great weather photos of the West Midlands we have been sent this week.

• Grooming gangs inquiry will 'shine a light' on Birmingham

  Sunday, 4th October 2026

  Birmingham Children's Trust chief says exploitation "doesn't always get the attention it should".

• Teen's lost city archive found after six decades in attic

  Saturday, 3rd October 2026

  Photographer Elizabeth Tyler rediscovered the images, now donated to City Archives, in her attic.

• Hundreds sign MP's emergency care upgrade letter

  Saturday, 3rd October 2026

  John Slinger MP is calling for residents to back a doctor-led Urgent Treatment Centre at St Cross.