Shocking photos of fly-tipped waste and abandoned cars show the 'true reality' of living in an area once heralded 'Britain's coolest neighbourhood', residents say.
Digbeth in Birmingham was previously named as one of the best places to live in the UK by The Sunday Times after becoming a magnet for creative and arty types.
The trendy suburb will also be home to the BBC's new flagship HQ, called The Tea Factory, as part of a £69.3 million development.
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is opening a film studio complex in the area where Channel 4 already film the Joe Lycett comedy chat show Late Night Lycett.
But some locals say the 'glitz and glamour' hide the reality of living in Digbeth - which has become a 'no-go zone' after dark.
Depressing photographs have emerged showing the streets lined with dumped rubbish and a smashed up car covered in graffiti by the roadside.
