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Mark Cowan

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Police quiz pair over Birmingham riots chopper gun attack

TWO men were last night being quizzed by detectives hunting armed thugs who fired at police and the force helicopter during the Birmingham riots.Read

Birmingham student: Car full of robbers ploughed into me on the pavement

A MEDICAL student has told how he was mown down by a car full of robbers who left him with a shattered knee and in fear that his university work is in jeopardy.Read

Motorcyclist dies after Edgbaston crash

A MOTORCYCLIST has died after being fatally injured in a early morning smash with a car at a busy Birmingham junction.Read

Heroin and cash recovered from dawn drugs raid in Birmingham

POLICE recovered drugs and thousands of pounds in cash in a dawn swoop on a house in Birmingham.Read

Motorcyclist dies after road smash in Edgbaston

A MOTORCYCLIST has died after being fatally injured in an early morning collision with a car in Birmingham.Read

Birmingham riots: Three boys among 43 people to face fresh charges

A BOY of 12 was among more than 40 people to be hauled before the court for offences connected to the riots and looting in Birmingham.Read

Back office roles to bear the brunt of next round of police cuts

MILLIONS of pounds have been stripped out of the cost of running West Midlands Police to help protect frontline services from Government cuts, top officers said.Read

Smiths Wood burglar snared by digital snap

Officers found the camera after searching the Smiths Wood home of prolific thief Marc Jones.Read

Chief constable Chris Sims joins swoops on riot suspects

CHIEF Constable Chris Sims was back on the frontline as police swooped on the homes of suspected looters wanted over the Birmingham riots.Read

Chris Sims insists the public will be protected despite West Midlands Police cuts

CHIEF Constable Chris Sims said he remained confident that West Midlands Police could continue to protect the public despite the cuts to the force’s budget.Read

Watch: Nine Birmingham riots suspects arrested in police raids

CHIEF Constable Chris Sims was back on the frontline as police swooped on the homes of suspected looters wanted over the riots in Birmingham.Read

Special Report: Birmingham Mail gets first look inside the Birmingham Riots incident room

A BANK of laptop screens flicker with a multitude of shocking slow-motion scenes showing looters rampaging through shops.Read

Top cop's still out to nail Birmingham rioters

THE cop leading the charge to identify the louts behind the looting and rioting in Birmingham city centre vowed that scores of suspects would be rounded up by Christmas.Read

West Midlands Police 'Spy' cameras sold off for £1 each

CONTROVERSIAL spy cameras removed after being secretly put up by counter-terrorism officials in two predominantly Muslim areas of Birmingham are being recycled for Olympics security – for £1 each.Read

Student mowed down by callous robbers in Harborne

A STUDENT was left with a broken leg after robbers mowed him down with their car, beat him up and then stole his wallet and mobile phone.Read

Residents in Billesley hit back at yob families

POLICE said they had reclaimed the streets of a Birmingham community blighted by yobs.Read

Northfield crime slashed

A CRIMEFIGHTING scheme that has brought shop managers together has been praised for helping to slash crime.Read

2,000 turn up for Sutton Coldfield police station open day

SCORES of visitors passed through Sutton Coldfield police station cell block – but managed to leave without charge.Read

Balsall Heath couple find intruder hiding from police - in their bathroom

A TERRIFIED couple were confronted in their own home by an intruder trying to hide from pursuing police officers – in their bathroom.Read

Birmingham Riots: Erdington Labour MP hits out at use of rent-a-cops

BIRMINGHAM MP Jack Dromey has called the use of private rent-a-cops by police in the Midlands as the “economics of the mad house”.Read

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Mark Cowan is crime reporter for the Birmingham Mail.