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Caught on camera: Police step up hunt for Winson Green church lamp thieves

POLICE in Birmingham have released a photograph of an antique church lamp as they stepped up the hunt for the “despicable” thieves behind its disappearance.Read

Aston Villa launch probe after Barry Bannan quizzed on suspicion of drink-driving

ASTON Villa will hold an internal inquiry into football ace Barry Bannan who was quizzed on suspicion of drink driving after a car crashed into the central reservation of a Midland motorway.Read

Cake clue to to finding owner of stolen camera in Sutton Coldfield

A photo of a cake has been found on a camera that officers recovered after arresting a burglary suspect.Read

Robbery at store on Tamworth industrial estate

STAFF at a DIY store were terrorised into emptying the tills by two robbers.Read

Watch: The deadly weapons seized at Birmingham Airport

A CHILLING cache of more than 200 weapons have been seized from Birmingham Airport passengers – some of them teenagers – in just four months. Read

West Midlands cops drafted in to Dale Farm

A TEAM of West Midlands Police officers has been drafted in to help keep the peace during the eviction of Dale Farm.Read

Caught on Camera: CCTV footage of woman police want to talk to over shoplifting trick

West Midlands Police said CCTV footage (above) showed a woman in Shirley’s One Stop shop, in Stratford Road, on October 1 placing groceries into a bag.Read

People fight back by dishing dirt on drug pushers in Yardley, Stechford and Sheldon

PEOPLE are fighting back against drug pushers blighting their estates by peddling their deadly merchandise.Read

Parents of Solihull tragic pier death woman Claire Perkins praise RNLI crew

THE heartbroken parents of a young Midland woman who died when her wheelchair plunged off a pier in to the sea have personally thanked the lifeboat crew for their “bravery” and for not giving up their efforts to save her.Read

Police hunt Saltley man Michael Stephens who targeted the elderly

POLICE hunting a man who befriended pensioners before swiping their savings have issued a photograph of a man they want to trace in connection with the incidents.Read

Four members of Billesley family issued with bans

FOUR members of the same family have been slapped with banning orders as part of a crackdown on yobs trading on fear and intimidation to rule over a community.Read

Birmingham Airport-based police officer helps save the life of a tourist

A POLICEMAN helped save the life of an air passenger who collapsed minutes after arriving back home from the sun.Read

Great Barr takeaway robber is jailed

A FOOD fiend who ordered takeaways so he could terrorise delivery drivers at knifepoint has been locked up.Read

Teenager arrested over riots helicopter shots

A TEENAGE boy was last night being quizzed by detectives hunting armed thugs who fired at police and the force helicopter during the city’s riots.Read

US 'supercop' Bill Bratton in gangs meeting with West Midlands Police

US ‘SUPERCOP’ Bill Bratton met police officers tackling Birmingham’s gang culture as part of a nationwide fact-finding mission.Read

Family of Solihull woman who drowned in Lyme Regis harbour thank those who tried to rescue her

THE heartbroken family of young Midland woman who died when her wheelchair plunged off a pier in to the sea have personally thanked those who tried to save her.Read

Police release CCTV of Kingstanding thieves who prey on bus passengers

POLICE hunting thieves who targeted three young women in Birmingham have released CCTV of two people they want to trace.Read

Adam Rose, killed in Bartley Green car crash, was a talented footballer, friends reveal

A YOUNG man fatally injured when a car he was travelling in careered off the road and ploughed into a tree was a talented and popular amateur footballer.Read

Solihull woman who died when her wheelchair plunged into the sea in Dorset named as Claire Perkins

A YOUNG woman who died when her wheelchair plunged off a pier in to the sea was suffering from a rare neurological disease and had been given only months to live.Read

Birmingham Makela Patterson relives moment friend Denise Beckford tried to kill her

A YOUNG woman has told how her sister saved her life when her ex-friend plunged a knife into her jugular – an injury which nearly killed her twice.Read