A UNIQUE DNA marker is being applied to manhole covers to deter metal thieves who have swiped 900 grates from Birmingham streets in just six months.Read
BIRMINGHAM has reacted with anger after a United Nations report bracketed the city with the drug-ridden streets of the US, Brazil and Mexico with claims the city has “no-go zones” ruled by narcotics overlords.
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DRUG pushers who swallow their small street deals to avoid the long arm of the law have been warned they will be arrested and held until the evidence passes through them.Read
A HEARTLESS thief jailed for stealing a sat-nav from an ambulance on a 999 call to a seriously ill child is back behind bars – this time for stealing Poppy Appeal collection tins.Read
MORE than 100 public sector workers in Birmingham have been granted a reprieve after city chiefs withdrew the threat of redundancy, a union has claimed.Read
POLICE have drawn up a new plan to drive drug lords out of Birmingham communities after dealers were seen peddling narcotics like ice cream sellers.Read
POLICE are preparing to wind up the operation to identify rioters who went on the rampage in Birmingham – even though almost 150 suspects are still to be named.Read
POLICE chiefs have identified all of the cuts needed to meet the budget cuts imposed by the Government’s austerity drive, the region’s top cop has said.Read
UP TO 2,000 protestors were expected to descend on Birmingham city centre this morning as part of the latest demonstration over elections in the Congo.Read
“IT’S a dirty job – but someone’s got to do it.” And West Midlands Police’s pioneering Cannabis Disposal Team is proving a big hit across the country after developing new ways of dismantling drugs farms.Read
