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Police are appealing for information following a fatal collision in Birmingham on Friday (12 April).
Officers were called to Middlemore Road, Handsworth at 8.43am after a 59-year-old man had been struck by a car.
Dangerous drivers who risk lives by using their mobile phone at the wheel are being targeted by West Midlands Police.
The force will crackdown on distracted drivers as part of a two-week operation starting today (Monday 15 April) to tackle irresponsible motorists.
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“I was born in Punjab and arrived in Blighty when I was just four months old. I regard myself as a Black Country lad and grew up in Walsall.
A factory has been shut down and 15 suspected victims of exploitation identified in a major swoop in Sandwell.
A drink-driver who knocked down and killed an 82-year-old woman has been jailed for more than seven years, as his victim’s family warned of the devastating consequences of getting behind the wheel when over the limit.
Officers investigating a stabbing in the Park Village area of Wolverhampton are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
The ambulance service called police to Cannock Road on Sunday (7 April) just after 6.20pm. A 16-year-old boy had suffered stab wounds to his back, arm, leg and face.
Officers investigating an assault outside the Fox and Goose on Friday 5 April are appealing for a man who may have vital information to come forward.
Police are appealing for information following a fatal collision in Sandwell last night (Wednesday 10 April).
Officers were called to Wolverhampton Road at 8.35pm, where a 70-year-old woman was found with serious injuries under a bridge.
A rookie West Midlands Police dog is already proving the scourge of criminals after sniffing out a burglary suspect hiding in gardens…on only his third shift as a canine crime fighter!
We’ve had numerous reports of a scam operating in the West Midlands area involving a man pretending to be deaf.
A man has been entering businesses such as hotels and funeral homes and presenting staff with a sponsorship form and asking for cash donations.
Three people have been arrested and parts from a dozen stolen cars have been recovered following raids on suspected chop shops in Birmingham.
Detectives investigating the death of Steven Day, who died following a hit-and-run in Solihull in July last year, have arrested a man on suspicion of murder.
The 38-year-old man was arrested this morning and is currently in custody for questioning.
Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a man injured in a collision in Solihull died.
John Sassons Taylor was driving a white Peugeot 206 which was in collision with a blue BMW at the junction of Warwick Road and New Road around 9.55pm last Wednesday (3 April).
Five members of a County Lines drugs gang have been jailed for running a network pushing crack cocaine and heroin from the Black Country into market and spa towns.
West Midlands Police is rolling out the latest Taser technology as part of its drive to further protect the public and officers.
More cops from across a range of departments are being trained to use the more modern X2 device.
Two teenagers from Dudley are taking a stand against knife crime with their new 'Sharpen Minds Not Knives' campaign.
Detectives investigating the murder of Keelan Wilson in Wolverhampton have arrested two more teenagers this morning (09 April).
The pair, aged 17 and 18, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder and will be questioned later today.
A programme designed to steer children away from crime and anti-social behaviour in south Birmingham is celebrating its second birthday as it goes from strength to strength.
Detectives investigating the death of Keelan Wilson in Wolverhampton have today (Monday 8 April) arrested another teenager on suspicion of murder.
The 16-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder and will be questioned later today.
Police are appealing for information following a shooting at the White Hart Pub in Gressel Lane, Kitts Green, Birmingham on Sunday 28 October 2018.
West Midlands Police has issued an appeal to trace a man suspected of attacking a woman with a knife – and ramming a police car last night (6 April) in a bid to evade capture.
West Midlands Police has launched an investigation after a man discharged a shotgun inside a Coventry pub yesterday (6 April).