BBC Local news

• 'Typing poems for strangers has turned them into friends'

  Saturday, 27th June 2026

  Fraser Logan hopes to travel the world typing three minute poems for strangers.

• Stories to make you smile from across the West Midlands

  Saturday, 27th June 2026

  From a huge cake of Buzz Lightyear to volunteers getting stuck in to clear a riverbank.

• Council leader cleared of code of conduct breach

  Friday, 26th June 2026

  A conduct hearing, excluded from the public, found that Finch did not breach confidentiality.

• Attempted murder charge after two men shot

  Friday, 26th June 2026

  Abdul Omari, 26, is remanded to appear before magistrates in Birmingham on Friday.

• Record temperatures drives up home air conditioning sales

  Friday, 26th June 2026

  Companies see inquiries surge during heatwaves as UK households look to cool down their homes.