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Honour for Birmingham Detective Inspector Sam Ridding

A BIRMINGHAM crimefighter has been honoured for her leadership skills.Read

Police wish to trace this man in connection with Mr Arshad's death.

New image released of taxi driver Mohammed Arshad's murder suspect

MURDER squad detectives hunting the killer of taxi driver Mohammed Arshad have released fresh images of a man they wish to trace over the incident.Read

Bailed Birmingham drugs dealer caught in the act

A MAJOR street level drug dealer was finally behind bars today after being caught preparing to peddle heroin and crack – weeks after being freed on bail on identical charges.Read

West Midlands Police to enjoy tweet success

TWITTER-MAD comedian Stephen Fry had better watch out – police are set to use a new social networking site to chirp about their success.Read

Birmingham lawyers rap police cautions as 'soft option'

LAWYERS in Birmingham have criticised government plans to look at the controversial use of police cautions for not going far enough.Read

Policeman honoured for helping transform Waterworks estate in Edgbaston

A BOBBY has been honoured for a decade’s worth of help in transforming a Birmingham community once blighted by drugs, crime and prostitution.Read

Masked hugs raid house in Hagley

A MIDLAND resident was terrorised in their own home by three masked thugs who had burst in demanding cash and jewellery.Read

Passenger ‘hurt’ in Birmingham rail staff row

POLICE are investigating claims that a passenger was injured while being detained by rail staff during a row with a train guard.Read

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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

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

Police training takes its toll on West Midlands officers

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