Ashley Preece, Birmingham Mail

Ashley Preece

Birmingham Mail

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Villa Park police incident as cordon erected outside ground

Pictures captured by Birmingham Live showed a section of Station Road cordoned off - the nature of the incident is currently unknown → Read More

Tyrone Mings and John McGinn 'feel pain' as Aston Villa pair reach out to Babbs Mill Lake families

Tyrone Mings and his Aston Villa teammate John McGinn spoke from the scene at Babbs Mill Lake as the pair paid their own respects to the victims and their families following Sunday's awful tragedy → Read More

Aston Villa hero John Carew jailed for 14 months and fined £45k

The Aston Villa favourite will spend more than a year behind bars after pleading guilty to tax fraud in Norway → Read More

Aston Villa 2-0 Manchester United live updates: Leon Bailey and Lucas Digne put hosts in dreamland

We’re live in B6 as Unai Emery takes charge of Aston Villa for the first time as he hopes to get off to a flying start against Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United (2pm) → Read More

Aston Villa transfer deadline day LIVE Q&A with Ashley Preece

We’re live on transfer deadline day as Aston Villa look to complete a number of deals to help bolster Steven Gerrard’s squad ahead of Man City this weekend → Read More

Breaking: Aston Villa release statement as Diego Carlos set for surgery after devastating injury

Breaking Aston Villa news as the club confirm the worst as Diego Carlos is set for surgery on his Achilles tendon after Saturday’s 2-1 win over Everton → Read More

Fringe players facing axe, squad vs Rennes, Johan Lange transfer remit

It’s Q&A day at BirminghamLive as Aston Villa correspondent Ashley Preece chews the fat following on from the tour of Australia and into France this weekend ahead of the Premier League opener at Bournemouth on August 6 → Read More

Boxing, marriage, house hunting - what Aston Villa players have been up to this summer

Latest Aston Villa news via BirminghamLive checks in with Steven Gerrard’s first-team group and how they’ve been spending their respective summers → Read More

Aston Villa fans flock to UK-first Indian grill inside Villa Park

Aston Villa supporters have been lapping up chicken tikka wrapped in naan bread and seekh kebabs in the Holte End → Read More

Heartbroken community to give Kingstanding legend 'DJ Pat Tong' a brilliant send off

Hundreds of tributes have been paid to Birmingham City fan Patrick Farrell, a legendary DJ from Kingstanding who worked tirelessly in his community → Read More

Watch as hit-and-run driver hurtles down Great Barr street before ploughing into car

Speeding driver smashed into a parked vehicle in Park Farm Road, before 'teens' fled the area → Read More

Breaking: Sevilla cancel Aston Villa friendly at Villa Park

Latest from Villa Park as the Spanish side confirm they will not be travelling to Birmingham due to COVID-19 issues → Read More

England vs Italy Euro 2020 final LIVE

Live updates from Birmingham city centre and Wembley as England aim to beat Italy in the final of Euro 2020 → Read More

Christian Eriksen collapse 'brought back dark memories' of heart scare blackout

The front-facing fall on to the turf took Aston Villa writer Ashley Preece back in time to almost a decade ago when he collapsed while working in a distribution centre → Read More

Horrific Christian Eriksen collapse shook me after Aston blackout

The Denmark midfielder, 29, was given CPR on the pitch in Copenhagen at Euro 2020 as Aston Villa writer Ashley Preece shares his experience after surviving a freak, heart-related collapse → Read More

Inside the new Aston Inn as Villa fans prepare for emotional return

Jack Grealish spent many hours at the previous Aston Social pre and post-Aston Villa matches during his time as a season-ticket holder. Now, the all-new Aston Inn has been completely transformed ahead of supporters returning to Villa Park → Read More

Inside Aston Villa's vaccination centre as Christian Purslow praises 14,000 weekly jabs

The Holte End opened its doors to the public for the first time since February 16, 2020 as the all-new NHS centre welcomed 7,000 patients for their Covid vaccines in B6 → Read More

Tributes paid to Birmingham City fan Barry Austin known as 'Britain's fattest man' after tragic death

The 52-year-old was a much-loved character at St Andrew's with the club putting out a heartfelt tribute following his sudden death on New Year's Day → Read More

Dean Smith explains what it's really like to manage Aston Villa

Dean Smith has been speaking about how he deals with the pressure of Premier League management → Read More

Aston Villa player ratings as Martinez pulls off wonder save

Aston Villa 1 Sheffield United 0 - Ezri Konsa's header just after the hour won it for Villa but Dean Smith's men had new signing Emi Martinez to thank → Read More