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Police DNA screening in city estate for murdered taxi driver 'progressing well'

MURDER detectives hunting the killer of a Birmingham taxi driver today said the mass DNA screening of a Birmingham estate was “progressing well”.Read

Louts spark 400 complaints a day to West Midlands Poice

FED-UP families facing a daily blight of anti-social behaviour are reporting a whopping 400 incidents to police every day across the West Midlands.Read

False car plate theft man gets £80 fine

A BIRMINGHAM man has been slapped with an on-the-spot fine after making a false claim that his car number plate had been stolen to beat a speeding fine.Read

Birmingham is driving test fraud 'hot spot'

POLICE today revealed they were regularly being called in to challenge the identity of people sitting driving tests in a bid to put the brakes on bogus pupils.Read

Kings Heath man stabbed by burglar tells of ordeal

A FATHER who was stabbed in the back after confronting burglars in his Birmingham home today declared: “I feel lucky to be alive”.Read

Vietnamese migrants found hiding in lorry bound for Birmingham

MORE than a dozen illegal migrants were found being trafficked into the UK hidden in a delivery lorry bound for a Vietnamese restaurant in Birmingham.Read

Robber used machete in attack on NatWest bank in Sheldon

A CASH truck guard was hit with a machete as he grappled with an armed robber who attacked him as he made a delivery to a bank in Birmingham.Read

Kings Heath homeowner stabbed in back by burglar

A BRAVE homeowner was stabbed in the back after confronting burglars who were sneaking around his Birmingham home.Read

Bandits drag Birmingham travel agents worker by her hair

ROBBERS dragged a woman to the floor by her hair and slapped her in the face during a violent raid on a Birmingham travel agents.Read

A BRAVE homeowner was stabbed in the back after confronting burglars who were sneaking around his Birmingham home.

The victim was woken and went to investigate noises in the ground floor of his house in Station Road, Kings Heath, when he came face-to-face with two men. Police said he was stabbed as he grappled with one of the offenders. The weapon narrowly missed his kidney.Read

A BRAVE homeowner was stabbed in the back after confronting burglars who were sneaking around his Birmingham home.

The victim was woken and went to investigate noises in the ground floor of his house in Station Road, Kings Heath, when he came face-to-face with two men. Police said he was stabbed as he grappled with one of the offenders. The weapon narrowly missed his kidney.Read

West Midlands police breakthrough on CCTV images

IT’S an age-old problem faced by detectives – criminals have been caught on security cameras but the footage is so grainy it is useless in identifying offenders.Read

Image released in hunt for Small Heath jewellery raiders

THIS is the man police are hunting in connection with a violent armed raid on a Birmingham jewellers’ which left one of the raiders seriously injured.Read

Birmingham special constable clocks up 10,000 hours on the beat

BOY in Blue Clive Buckley has proved himself to be somewhat “special”.Read

Midland warning on PIN thieves

POLICE today urged shoppers to be their guard for ‘shoulder-surfers’ spying on them entering PINs at the checkouts.Read

Birmingham special constable clocks up 10,000 hours on the beat

BOY in Blue Clive Buckley has proved himself to be somewhat “special”.Read

Taxi driver murder hunt DNA ‘will be destroyed’

POLICE mounting the mass DNA screening of men on a Birmingham estate as part of the hunt for the killer of a taxi driver today reassured people their samples would not be kept.Read

Loft find gives insight into policing in Birmingham 100 years ago

A CHANCE discovery in a dusty loft has revealed a lost slice of life in the policing of Birmingham.Read

Massive increase in violent attacks on West Midland cabbies

TAXI drivers in the West Midlands are running the gauntlet of violent thugs with a five-fold increase in violent attacks in the nine years, the Birmingham Mail can reveal today.Read

Loft find gives insight into policing in Birmingham 100 years ago

A CHANCE discovery in a dusty loft has revealed a lost slice of life in the policing of Birmingham.Read