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'Lucrative' role of police interpreters - source claims

INTERPRETERS called in to help police communicate with foreign suspects have been raking in more than £100,000 of taxpayers’ cash in a pay and perks bonanza, it can be revealed.Read

Former Aston Villa player charged with handling stolen goods

A MIDLANDS football star has been charged with handling stolen goods.Read

Watch: Birmingham riot police reveal powerful and honest testimonies

BRAVE police officers have opened their hearts for a new book documenting their experiences as they faced looters and rioters who rampaged through the West Midlands.Read

Mohammed Arshad taxi driver murder cops to destroy DNA samples are destroyed

HUNDREDS of DNA samples taken during a mass screening of men on a Birmingham estate during a major murder hunt have finally gone up in smoke.Read

Birmingham Riots: One in four arrested for violence had more than 11 convictions

ONE in four of those arrested during the rioting that swept through Birmingham and the Black Country had more than 11 previous convictions.Read

Teenage girl in rush-hour collision with car in Kingstanding

A TEENAGE girl was taken to hospital after being involved in a collision with a car in a rush-hour incident. Read

Willie Thorne snookered by cops in Acocks Green

FORMER snooker ace Willie Thorne found himself ‘potted’ when he was arrested and slung into a police cell.Read

Erdington bookie raider is jailed

A ROBBER who terrorised staff at a Birmingham bookmakers when he claimed to have a gun hidden in a carrier bag has been jailed.Read

Woman attacked outside her home in Lea Hall

A WOMAN was last night recovering in hospital after being slashed across the face in an attack outside her home.Read

Watch: West Midlands Police use video cameras to snare Hockley burglar

TEENAGE burglar Bubba Ambala thought he had done everything he could to hide his identity when he broke into a flat in a Birmingham towerblock.Read

Police name Birmingham man they wish to speak to over metal thefts

POLICE investigating the theft of metal worth almost £250,000 had taken the unusual step of naming a Birmingham man they want to question.Read

West Midlands Police blitz uninsured drivers

AN uninsured car is being taken off the roads every 57 minutes as police fightback against the drivers flouting the law in the West Midlands.Read

Two burglars jailed for breaking into Birmingham homes while on bail

TWO young burglars were today behind bars for breaking into homes while they were on bail after being arrested for an earlier theft.Read

Northfield knifepoint robber jailed for four years

THE streets of Birmingham are a “safer place” after a robber who stripped people of their valuables while threatening them at knifepoint has been jailed, police said.Read

Birmingham Riots: Private contractors hired to help investigate riots

ONE in ten investigators working on the riots that ravaged parts of the West Midlands is a civilian on a temporary contract, the Birmingham Mail can reveal.Read

Birmingham Riots: Police admit West Midlands became 'very dark place'

Chris Sims said there was “a real sense” that they had not been able to protect the public “in a way that we would have wanted”.Read

Birmingham riots: Police investigation biggest in city since pub bombings

THE investigation into the widespread looting and violence that ravaged parts of the West Midlands is the biggest by the force since the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974.Read

Man trapped in car after Erdington crash

A WOMAN was taken to hospital after becoming trapped in her smashed car following a road crash in Birmingham.Read

Police to destroy DNA samples from Mohammed Arshad murder case

POLICE have announced plans to destroy the DNA samples of taken during a mass screening of a Birmingham estate following the brutal murder of taxi driver Mohammed Arshad.Read

23 Birmingham police officers taken off streets for a year - to man call centres

MORE than 20 bobbies are being dragged off the streets for at least A YEAR as police chiefs try to fix the staffing crisis in their call rooms, it has been claimed.Read