A bid by five Labour Party members to stop a former Lord Mayor of Birmingham standing for election amid question marks over his selection was withdrawn three days into a County Court hearing.Read
Labour Party chiefs have stepped in to select a candidate for Lozells and East Handsworth in the local elections due to an alleged feud between MP Khalid Mahmood and current ward councillor Mahmood Hussain.Read
An Asian man accused of murdering a black IT worker during a race riot in Birmingham confessed to friends shortly after the killing, a court has heard.Read
25 years ago Handsworth and Lozells erupted in death, destruction, fire and looting. Anuji Varma looks at what sparked the violence and how the area has transformed since.
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Kassamali, 38, and Amirali Moledina, 44, desperately tried to protect their Post Office in Lozells Road, but their pleas for help were never acted upon.
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A quarter of a century after the riots, the suburb has undergone extensive regeneration, with community groups and organisations working together to make it a pleasant place to live.
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