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April 4, 2025

Police probe three sex assault reports at the Bullring in Birmingham and issue CCTV image of man they want to speak with

'Dancing' pick pocket jailed after stealing phones and wallets in Birmingham city centre

Jury finds boy defendant guilty of murdering Oldbury schoolboy Jahziah Coke

'Career criminal' from Birmingham is jailed for drugs offences again

Appeal launched after more than 2,000 oxygen cannisters stolen from Cannock

'Justice has been done' - Kidderminster mum of girl, 17, killed in Shropshire crash after boyfriend's dangerous driving tells of 'absolute hell'

Former TV doctor undressed and sat naked during a consultation with shocked patient, court hears

April 3, 2025

Birmingham man found dead in garden after being mauled by dogs including XL bullies

Man given court date to enter plea after being charged with murder of Oldbury woman Paramjit Kaur

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Staffordshire Police issue CCTV images of two people wanted in connection with motorbike theft

Driver caught for second offence after officers stop car in Brierley Hill

Police launch appeal after man found dead in Sutton Coldfield

Former TV doctor on trial for indecently assaulting child patient at Black Country hospital

Money lender jailed after threatening to murder victim's mum whilst demanding 25 times the original amount

April 2, 2025

Knife seized after seven people brawl in Codsall

Stanley knife found in Burntwood after police respond to concerns involving youths

Man, 20, charged after knife seized in Wolverhampton

Knife found after fight involving seven youngsters in Codsall

Staffordshire Police detain terror suspect over alleged race hate offence

Man appears in court charged with murder after woman found dead in Oldbury

Jury sent out to deliberate in Oldbury schoolboy Jahziah Coke murder trial

‘I will never drive again’: A451 baby death crash driver admits causing death of three week old

Man jailed following stand off at derelict Kidderminster building from where he threw items at the public

Burglary suspect arrested within a minute of being reported to Birmingham police

Man jailed for role in summer disorder in Birmingham street

Racist jailed for headbutting and racially abusing stranger in Wolverhampton shop

'Mature men' who attacked families playing cricket over water pistol argument likened to a 'Western film posse'

Council approves plans for Willenhall Police Station to become flats

April 1, 2025

Man charged with murder after woman found dead in Oldbury

Five more people from Black Country jailed for part in £4m pharmaceutical drug operation

Watch: The moment Austrian police catches up with Tipton wanted killers on the run from justice after murdering man in Shrewsbury

Man guilty of Bloxwich travel agents robbery as accomplice remains free

Quick work as police arrest a man in Birmingham within a minute of call

Dudley man wanted on recall to prison

Dudley man wanted for suspected false imprisonment

Teen, 17, charged with carrying a knife in Wolverhampton after foot chase

'We think we made a mistake buying a house here' - Residents 'shock' after suspected murder of woman in Oldbury

Birmingham man charged in connection with child abduction

Detectives granted more time to question Oldbury murder suspect

'Their courage is remarkable' - Prime Minister praises family of murdered Wolverhampton teenager Ronan Kanda

Birmingham man and wife attempted to murder step-mum while wearing giraffe animal masks

Police seize uninsured cars after crackdown in Cannock

Jury goes out in case of man accused of raiding Walsall travel agent

Jahziah Coke: Prosecution and defence in Oldbury school boy murder trial make final submissions to jury

March 31, 2025

Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman found dead in Oldbury

West Mercia Police unveils amount of money it has paid to informers - but declines information on how many help the force

Watch: Faces revealed of Tipton pair set for life sentences over murder of DPD worker in Shrewsbury

Man, 19, charged after taxi driver 'threatened with gun' in West Bromwich

Jury delivers verdict in trial of Tipton men accused of murdering DPD worker in Shrewsbury

Final defendant in Connor Brookes murder trial tells jury he was kept in the dark about drive-by-shooting plan

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