"You walk down the streets here and it's disgusting," said Joe Thompson, who lives on Rookery Road in the student neighbourhood of Selly Oak, where some streets were lined with overstuffed bins.

A police cordon was put in place in Heeley Road, Selly Oak, shortly after midnight this morning, Tuesday, January 28. It came after a man, aged in his 30s, was rushed to hospital. Police said he ...