Mark Cowan

Birmingham Mail clue in 40 year riddle of missing Maria

A MYSTERY personal ad in the Birmingham Mail more than 40 years ago could solve the riddle of what happened to a student nurse who vanished without trace, it was revealed today.Read

Focus on last wife killer to be hanged in Britain following Aston hammer attack

WHEN Corbett Roberts walked into a Birmingham police station and confessed to murdering his wife in a moment of madness little did he realise he would become a gruesome footnote in history.Read

Robbers pounce on woman driver in Selly Oak

TWO thugs attacked a lone woman after following her driving through Birmingham.Read

Police appeal for information about missing Birmingham teenager Hafeez Safi

A TEENAGE Birmingham boy has been missing from home for five weeks, police revealed today.Read

Police training takes its toll on West Midlands officers

DOZENS of West Midlands bobbies are being injured each year while practising making arrests.Read

Birmingham lawyers say cautions for criminals are not 'real punishment'

LAWYERS in Birmingham have called for a review over the way police cautions are dished out amid claims that too many criminals are escaping with a slap on the wrist.Read

West Midlands Chief Constable names four officers to lead Birmingham as part of police shake-up

WEST Midlands Chief Constable Chris Sims has named the four officers to lead Birmingham as part of a shake-up.Read

Man dies after being hit by train at Sutton Coldfield station

A MAN died from multiple injuries after becoming trapped under a train at a Birmingham station.Read

West Midlands Chief Constable names four officers to lead Birmingham as part of police shake-up

WEST Midlands Chief Constable Chris Sims has named the four officers to lead Birmingham as part of a shake-up.Read

West Midlands Chief Constable names four officers to lead Birmingham as part of police shake-up

WEST Midlands Chief Constable Chris Sims has named the four officers to lead Birmingham as part of a shake-up.Read

West Midlands to pilot fraud centre to help victims report crime and get advice on preventing it again

THE West Midlands is to pilot a fraud centre to help victims report crime and get advice on preventing it again.Read

Police's health and safety campaign advice on slippery leaves is ‘absurd’

WEST Midlands Police have been accused of ‘nannying’ after launching an ‘absurd’ health and safety campaign warning officers to be on their guard for slippery leaves in Autumn.Read