Firefighters are currently tackling a blaze involving around 20 tons of scrap metal in Smethwick. 

Firefighters tackling blaze in Smethwick involving 20 tons of scrap metal

It comes after around 70 people attended a barbecue at the pub on Sunday, 2 August.

Appeal for customers to self-isolate after coronavirus linked to Smethwick pub

Thousands sign petition calling for elderly Sikh woman to be allowed to stay in the UK

More than thirty thousand people have signed a petiton calling for a 75-year-old woman who fears being deported, to be allowed to stay indefinitely.

The rate of coronavirus cases in Smethwick is more than ten times higher than the rate in recent weeks.

Karl Gallagher died from a single stab wound to the chest at West Cross Shopping Centre at around 4.40pm on Sunday (April 26).


Birnham Roberts, 82, passed away at Birmingham's City Hospital on March 18.

Work to build the hospital in Smethwick stopped last year when construction company Carillion collapsed.

A memorial dedicated to South Asian soldiers who fought in the Great War has been vandalised - just a week after it was unveiled.

The first ever statue of a Sikh soldier to be built in the UK has been unveiled.

Fire crews are currently tackling the 30x50m blaze on Rolfe Street.

Jannatul Bakya was walking across a road with her father when she was hit by a vehicle.

The statue will honour the sacrifices made by the millions of South Asian service personnel who fought for Britain in the two world wars. 


Eyewitnesses have captured the moment a police officer tried to stop an armed robbery at a jewellers in Smethwick.

The Two Sisters firm will close their sites in Wolverhampton and Smethwick but plan to open a new site in West Bromwich.

The actress from Smethwick has been nominated for two oscars in her illustrious career, spanning more than four decades. 