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1 week ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
A fire damaged house in Worcester is up for auction with a brew house in the back garden (Image: John Goodwin)It's a beer lover's dream - a house with its own brew house in the back garden. The fire-damaged home in Southfield Street, Worcester, is going under the hammer tomorrow night, Thursday, June 19, with a guide price of £135,000. The agents said: "Perhaps the most significant point of interest is the presence of a large two-storey brick outbuilding in the rear garden.
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1 week ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
Black Sabbath played their first gig in the pub 1968 (Image: Graham Young)Black Sabbath have stepped in to help save the Crown pub on Station Street - but it is going to need some work. The iconic pub is known as being the place where Black Sabbath played their first live gig and has sat empty since its closure in June 2014.
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1 week ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
A fire damaged pub is up for sale in Fillongley (Image: Savills)A once much-loved pub damaged in a fire has come onto the market. The Cottage Inn in Fillongley is up for sale after a fire damaged the building in May 2024. A large fire tore through the pub back in May 2024. The cosy country pub, known for its hearty lunches and home cooked food, was severely damaged in the blaze.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
A wood planted for timber stocks for Harris paint bushes is for sale (Image: Carter Jonas)The ancient woodland of Brockhill Woods in Redditch is up for sale with no public rights of way crossing over it. Originally planted for timber stock for Harris Brush Works, a local maker of paint brushes and still is located nearby in Bromsgrove. The wood is on the market with a guide price of £350,000 with Carter Jonas Rural Oxford.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
We take a look back the the year of 1978 in BirminghamBirmingham Central Library pictured in 1978. (Image: Birmingham Post and Mail)We take a look back to 1978 in Birmingham, back to a time when the city centre looked very different to today. The Bull Ring Shopping Centre was looking very different back in 1978 with the roadway raised high above the markets.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
A Midland pub inside a former bank is up for sale - and you won't need to hire new staff. On the market with Matthew Phillips Surveyors the £375,000 property is described as 'highly attractive'. The agents say: "It is of two-storey brick construction with stone-faced elevations beneath a pitched slate roof and also includes a single-storey extension.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
Some of the best show gardens from the show at the NEC (Image: BPM)Some of the greenest fingers in the UK are heading to the West Midlands for a gardening extravaganza. We all enjoy watching Gardeners' World on a Friday night and from 12 June till the 15 June the show is on at the NEC. With all the favourites from the show with Monty Don in the live theatre on Thursday, Friday and Saturday along with all the other presenters on the show in the Live Theatre.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
A London-bound Air India plane carrying 244 people has crashed shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, western India (Image: AP)An Air India plane which has crashed near Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, in the Meghani Nagar area reportedly had 53 Brits onboard. The plane crashed at around 2pm IST today, according to Air India. Two-hundred-and-forty-two people were believed to be onboard when the plane crashed while taking off from the airport.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
Land next door to the West Midlands Safari Park is up for saleThe location of plot 5 next door to the West Midlands Safari Park and the Severn Valley Railway. (Image: Savills)A number of plots of land right next door to the tigers and elephants at West Midlands Safari Park are up for sale. They are also right on the line of the Severn Valley Railway.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
Ismere Hall in Kidderminster is on the market (Image: Grove Properties Group, Land & New Homes)The historic Ismere Hall is up for sale - offering a fairly unique opportunity for a massive home. A seven bedroom and five bathroom manor house near Kidderminster is on the market with a guide price of £1,500,000 with Grove Properties Group, Land & New Homes. The agents say, "We are delighted to offer this opportunity to purchase a local Landmark property of Grade II listed heritage - Ismere Hall.
