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February 26, 2025

Seventh man arrested in connection with delivery driver robbery in Birmingham

Missiles thrown in fight outside Sandwell College as two arrested

Jailed: Teenager who killed pedestrian in Quarry Bank hit and run

International human trafficking and drugs gang who forced migrants to work in Tipton cannabis farm found guilty

Jailed: Fraudster who sat theory tests for learner driver in Wolverhampton and others around UK

Walsall police launch crackdown on shoplifters and knife carriers

Watch: See the shocking moment gang re-enacts the brutal killing of a father in Birmingham

Review of Black Country car cruising ban to be held at High Court today

Lambs to the slaughter - 'Frustrated' farmer sold lost flock to Walsall abattoir for £2,000 after they ate his crops

Nervous car driver arrested in Black Country for having no licence

Two Black Country men among trio jailed after police chase led to revolver and ammunition discovery

New 'victims' of convicted rapist actor Alexander Westwood demand justice after 'sexual predator' jailed

West Bromwich man jailed for strangling partner after she told him to do more housework

'Lucky' Wolverhampton drug dealers get 'last chance' as judge hands down suspended sentences

February 25, 2025

Man suffers 'serious injuries' to face in assault at Stourport pub

'I can't come to terms with what has happened': Residents' shock at second tragedy in sleepy Staffordshire village

Six people found guilty of murdering 'beloved' dad whose body was discovered by dog walker two days after attack

Men from Stafford and Birmingham convicted of sexually exploiting children

Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman dies in Staffordshire village

Man arrested after shop worker threatened on West Bromwich High Street

Watch: Dangerous Smethwick driver who hit 100mph at illegal car meet given road ban

Applause in court as rapist actor Alexander Westwood jailed for 15-and-a-half years for 'decade of sordid sexual criminality'

Walsall drug dealer jailed after around £26k in cash and crack cocaine found at his home

Bilston man appears in court charged with possessing a machine gun

Brave victims of rapist actor Alexander Westwood tell court how he 'ruined their lives'

23 cars seized from uninsured drivers in the West Midlands

Staffordshire: Four taken to hospital and three arrests after police pursuit results in crash

Victims, survivors and supporters will watch justice finally catch up with rapist actor Alexander Westwood today

West Bromwich man denies stabbing three people in popular Birmingham Wetherspoons pub

Telford woman denies lying to thwart investigation into Wolverhampton attempted murder case

Woman charged with being in possession of a banned dog in Wolverhampton

Sex offender jailed for abusing girl in Great Barr in the 1980s and 1990s

Rapist actor Alex Westwood 'offered himself roles in Facebook acting group with fake account'

Police investigating after pensioner was kicked during row over dogs in popular Black Country park

Serial sex offender Alex Westwood's criminality started before 10-years-old - but how often does this behaviour show in children?

February 24, 2025

'Vile and manipulative' rapist actor Alexander Westwood will be sentenced for 26 sex crimes tomorrow

Man charged after weapons and drugs seized in Wolverhampton

Watch: NCA surveillance officers film West Midlands people smuggler Pistiwan Jameel with an Albanian client in Perry Barr in Birmingham

West Midlands people smuggler ran a £1.5 million boat crossing operation

Man assaulted in Birmingham remains in 'serious condition' as police continue to investigate

Birmingham|Feb 24

Man charged with string of offences after knife and drugs recovered and police officer 'injured' in Birmingham

Wolverhampton man, 18, due in court charged with drug crimes

More than 170 arrests and hundreds of vehicles seized in dangerous driving crackdown in the West Midlands

February 23, 2025

Stafford Police seize car following stop to check 'excessive window tints & tinted plates'

Walsall man who 'took advantage of vulnerable woman' has died just months into 15-year prison sentence

Suspected drug dealer threw cash out car window during police chase

Unlicensed driver caught in Stafford 'wanted for immigration offences'

'We’ve made great progress' - West Midlands Police have saved 2,300 people more from becoming victims of Burglary

Road ban for drink driver, 52, who was nearly twice the limit in Bridgnorth

February 22, 2025

This is the face of the great grandfather filmed live with pistol in Black Country pub brawl

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