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Birmingham Riots: Police admit West Midlands became 'very dark place'

Chris Sims said there was “a real sense” that they had not been able to protect the public “in a way that we would have wanted”.Read

Birmingham riots: Police investigation biggest in city since pub bombings

THE investigation into the widespread looting and violence that ravaged parts of the West Midlands is the biggest by the force since the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974.Read

Man trapped in car after Erdington crash

A WOMAN was taken to hospital after becoming trapped in her smashed car following a road crash in Birmingham.Read

Police to destroy DNA samples from Mohammed Arshad murder case

POLICE have announced plans to destroy the DNA samples of taken during a mass screening of a Birmingham estate following the brutal murder of taxi driver Mohammed Arshad.Read

23 Birmingham police officers taken off streets for a year - to man call centres

MORE than 20 bobbies are being dragged off the streets for at least A YEAR as police chiefs try to fix the staffing crisis in their call rooms, it has been claimed.Read

Man due in court charged with hit and run death of Solihull barman Adam Collard

A man is due in court charged with hit and run death of Solihull man Adam Collard.Read

Police put the brakes on boy racer menaces in Sutton Coldfield

POLICE are going to the homes of boy racers in a bid to put the brakes on their ‘Fast and Furious’-style lawbreaking.Read

Man jailed on gun charges after drug gang police swoop in Birmingham

A MAN who tossed a loaded revolver from a bedroom window as police raided his flat has been jailed for five years.Read

Police on Birmingham buses to look after new school starters

POLICE are out in force on the buses around Birmingham to help ensure the city’s school starters are safe and well on their first few days of travelling alone on public transport.Read

Frontline West Midlands Police officers asked to man call centres

FRONTLINE cops are being dragged off the street to man police call centres left short of staff because of Government cuts.Read

New appeal in hunt for Northfield murder suspect

THE manhunt was continuing for a suspect wanted over the murder of a Birmingham man killed in a ‘‘ferocious assault’’ at his Birmingham home.Read

Police plan to put pressure on Clegg at Lib Dem conference

POLICE chiefs are to pile the pressure on deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg over sweeping cuts to the service ahead of his party’s conference in Birmingham.Read

Birmingham riots: Fresh CCTV images released as more than 600 arrested

MORE than 600 suspects have been arrested over the rioting that swept through Birmingham and the Black Country last month.Read

Special police officer Lizzie tackled rioters after working at Solihull travel agent

A VOLUNTEER police officer has been praised after she swapped her day job selling luxury breaks to far flung exotic holiday destinations for the front lines as rioters rampaged through Birmingham.Read

Police reveal number of officers injured in West Midlands riots

MORE than two dozen police were injured during rioting in the West Midlands.Read

Police hunt Romanian after murder of Northfield man

A ROMANIAN national was last night being hunted by detectives investigating the murder of a man killed in a “sustained and ferocious assault” at his Birmingham home.Read

CCTV video: Unarmed Birmingham shopkeeper fended off gun-toting robbers

A HAVE-a-go hero shopkeeper sent a gang of gun-toting robbers packing – by stubbornly refusing to hand over his takings.Read

Tracie Andrews's brother in child porn conviction

THE brother of notorious ‘road rage’ killer Tracie Andrews has been convicted of possessing child pornography.Read

Police set to launch murder inquiry after suspicious death of man in Bournville

DETECTIVES were last night preparing to launch a murder inquiry as they continued to probe the “suspicious” death of a man in an upmarket suburb.Read

Man found dead in suspicious circumstances at Northfield home

FORENSICS experts were last night carrying out a fingerprint search at a home in Birmingham in the hunt for crucial evidence after a man was found dead.Read