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March 23, 2025

Terrifying moment West Midlands great grandad brandishes pistol in the street during heated family argument

Two men in hospital after shots fired on Birmingham street

Netflix series Adolescence: Shropshire schools leader on the crime show everyone is talking about, including banning phones and Andrew Tate

Seedy Sandwell pensioner jailed after arranging to meet 12-year-old for sex

'If I do not get out of there alive I will haunt the bosses": Tragic Dudley worker predicted his fate the night before death

March 22, 2025

Shocking CCTV footage of a knifeman attacking a victim sparks condemnation from Walsall bishop

Birmingham man with combat knife walks through city centre in broad daylight

Police cordon off two parts of Kingstanding after two people stabbed

Black Country company ordered to pay £120,000 over death of employee Maciej Rozanski

Councillors call for Brierley Hill police base to be saved

March 21, 2025

Appeal launched to find person responsible for car theft in Walsall

County Lines day of action sees arrests and thousands of pounds of drugs seized across West Midlands

Man charged with robbery after woman has cash stolen at Smethwick cashpoint

Man charged with multiple shop thefts in Walsall

Stafford dealer sentenced after drugs found in Range Rover

West Midlands Police launch appeal over 'disorder' which saw three men stabbed

Man who sexually assaulted two girls outside court jailed

Staffordshire|Mar 21

Man jailed after shots fired in Perry Barr

'We must punish the dumpers' - Disgrace of litter bugs in the West Midlands as the Great British Spring Clean is launched

Black Country firm found guilty of health and safety breaches after death of worker on their premises

'We were just going to scare him' - Murder accused admits to going armed with a hockey stick but denies killing DPD driver

Prime Minister on calls for more police officers to tackle knife crime in West Midlands

March 20, 2025

Watch: Moment officers seize six guns in dramatic raid of Birmingham flat

Teenager, 14, arrested after 16-year-old boy robbed at knife point in Dudley

£40,000 in cash seized and six arrested following national fraud crackdown

Man, 26, charged after cocaine found in sock in Rugeley

Police and Crime Commissioner talks of ‘deep and inexcusable unfairness’ in offer numbers after applying for 150 new police officers in West Midlands

West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner calls for 150 extra officers to tackle 'inexcusable unfairness'

Army's explosives disposal team called after 'suspicious items' found at property in Birmingham

Oldbury woman jailed after defrauding thousands of pounds out of vulnerable people she was supposed to be looking after

CCTV shows 'car cannibal' strip VW Golf GTI for parts to sell on 'black market' outside Sutton Coldfield home

Five men appear in court charged with murder of man in Walsall

Police recover knuckle-duster and drugs in stop-and-search in Smethwick

Man arrested after woman 'grabbed' and robbed at Smethwick cashpoint

Five charged with Walsall murder as victim, 22, named by police

Pedestrian killed in collision involving police car in Birmingham

Kabaddi tournament violence was behind fatal DPD worker ambush, court heard

Smethwick couple admit running international prostitution ring from the Black Country for over five years

Calls for more stop and search powers following daylight attack in Walsall

Sawn-off shotgun used to kill Connor Brookes was found in Staffordshire hedgerow a month after killing

Less than half shoplifting offences in West Midlands are reported to police, report states

Walsall Uber Eats driver who battered father-in-law with a hammer outside McDonalds avoids jail

March 19, 2025

'Large amount' of cannabis seized by police in Wolverhampton

Police arrest 200 people in just 24 hours, with more than 70 for domestic abuse offences

Man arrested after police find sock stuffed with cocaine in car in Rugeley

Three charged with drug offences after caravan searched near Stafford

'My commitment has solidified': West Mercia Police's new chief intends to see out his term for 'stability'

Woman pleads guilty to wounding over Smethwick stabbing after attempted murder charges dropped

'This is a fast-moving investigation' - Six men arrested over murder of man in Walsall

Major action on County Lines drug dealers targets Walsall, Sandwell, Wolverhampton and Dudley

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