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Police crackdown on abandoned cars

CLAPPED out cars dumped at the side of the road are being targeted in a new move to clean up the streets and slam the brakes on anti-social behaviour. Read

Cops cleared of beating up football fans

POLICE have been cleared of any wrongdoing following an inquiry into claims that baton-wielding riot cops assaulted fans when Birmingham's Euro 2004 soccer party exploded in violence. Read

Top of the league - as crime goes up

POLICE chiefs in Staffordshire are expecting to be named one of the country's top forces - despite a rise in violent crime. Read

Female bobbies win wage battle

TWO female bobbies from Birmingham have won a landmark equal pay battle against the police that could affect thousands of women officers across the UK. Read

Man held after armed siege drama

A MAN who kept police at bay with an axe in a five-hour armed siege was arrested after being hit with a stun gun. Read

Armed officers arrest teen on bus

A TEENAGER was arrested by armed police in a dramatic swoop on a packed commuter bus in Birmingham. Read

Sex attacker's victim tells of ordeal

A VICTIM of a serial sex attacker now facing life behind bars over a string of horrifying rapes today told how she feared he could have killed her. Read

Police cells to ease prison crisis

THREE dozen police cells are to be made available to house inmates in Birmingham to help ease the prisons' overcrowding crisis. Read

Thugs beat man with spanner

A PETROL station worker was today still recovering in hospital after being battered over the head with a spanner by bungling robbers. Read

Axe attack captured on camera

THIS was the moment an axewielding thug brought terror to a fast food restaurant in Birmingham. Read

Mobile CCTV joins fight against crime

FIGHTING crime never stands still and Birmingham has introduced mobile CCTV cameras to its arsenal of crook-nabbing weapons. Read

Three held over doorstep 'execution'

THREE men were today being quizzed over the "execution" of a Birmingham father of five on his doorstep a year ago. Read

Mystery over death of mum and sons

DETECTIVES were today trying to discover what drove a mother to hang herself along with her two sons at their home in Birmingham. Read

Mum's blast at 'mugger's paradise'

AN angry mum today accused council chiefs of wasting more than £130,000 of taxpayers' money on building a "muggers paradise". Read

Mum and sons found dead at house

A MOTHER and her two toddlers have been found hanged at their Birmingham home. Read

ASBO for yobs after lewd abuse

A GANG of yobs who targeted women with a campaign of lewd and disgusting abuse have finally been silenced. Read

Diamond thief's not a sparkling intellect

A DIM-WITTED diamond bandit was caught red-handed - when he tried to sell a stolen £8,000 sparkler back to the same jeweller. Read

Driver on triple death charge

A MAN was today charged with the manslaughter of a mum and her unborn baby after she was hit by a car on a Birmingham pelican crossing. Read

Rush hour car crash kills two

TWO people died and three others were seriously injured in Birmingham today. Read

Row over police policy on stab proof vests

WEST Midland Police have rejected the clear advice of its own health and safety experts over whether or not to issue stab proof vests to front-line community support officers. Read

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Mark Cowan is crime reporter for the Birmingham Mail.

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