POLICE hunting a “lowlife” who assaulted an vulnerable grandmother and left her for dead are today hoping a change in loyalties will see an informer step forward.Read
TWO Birmingham men and a Black Country care worker have been put behind bars for a total of 28 years after they tried to extort £100,000 in a blackmail plot.Read
A SUCCESSFUL Solihull businessman who recruited a “shady individual” to put pressure on a former employee to get back money he felt he was owed has been spared a prison sentence.Read
WALSALL’S new children’s services boss has hit out at the Ministry of Justice for its “unacceptable” approach to a borough hostel where an inmate groped a local eight-year-old girl.Read
WEST Brom striker Roman Bednar has been suspended by his club over allegations he bought cocaine just days before today’s crunch league match against Liverpool.Read
A “LOWLIFE” who assaulted an 87-year-old and left her for dead after ignoring her pleas for an ambulance was probably responsible for her death, a coroner ruled.Read
THIS is an exciting vision of West Bromwich’s future if plans for a huge town centre revamp, which is tied up with hopes for a massive jobs boost, win approval.Read
A DUDLEY sailor has taken part in a historic Royal Navy celebration in the heart of London to mark 100 years of Naval Aviation, known as Fly Navy 100.Read
A SERIAL Birmingham thief who started stealing again just seven days after he had been given the chance by a court to keep his freedom has been put behind bars for 16 months.Read
A BIRMINGHAM teenager who drove a getaway car for two masked accomplices who robbed three Streetly youths of their mobile phones in just 40 minutes has been sent into custody for 15 months.Read
THE parents of Rosie Ross, the schoolgirl stabbed to death in Birmingham’s Centenary Square, will today mark the eighth anniversary of the tragedy by planting a rosebush at City Hospital.Read
THE parents of Rosie Ross, the schoolgirl stabbed to death in Birmingham’s Centenary Square, will today mark the eighth anniversary of the tragedy by planting a rosebush at City Hospital.Read
WALSALL’S new council-employed traffic enforcement officers have taken just a month to dish out nearly half as many parking tickets as police wardens managed in a whole year.Read
A MIDLAND company has been fined £8,000 after a worker smashed onto a concrete floor fracturing his skull having fallen around six metres from an overhead crane.Read
Chris is a general news reporter covering Kings Norton and Brandwood. His journalism training was carried out near his home town of Carmarthen, in South Wales, where he worked on the Llanelli Star and South Wales Evening Post newspapers.
