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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

By Mark Cowan

CRIME CORRESPONDENTRead

Garry Mann

Birmingham City fan faces extradition to Portugal

A BLUES fan convicted of involvement in a riot five years ago during the Euro 2004 tournament is facing extradition to Portugal to serve a two-year prison term.Read

Birmingham brothel boss told to pay back £2m

THE boss of a Birmingham brothel has been ordered to cough up a massive £2 million – or go back to jail.Read

West Midlands Police destroy 1.5million images of child abuse

POLICE on the frontline of the war against paedophiles have delivered a searing blow to offenders – by incinerating hundreds of thousands of sick images of child sex abuse.Read

Rapping granny set to cop some more fame in Birmingham contest

THE rapping granny from Birmingham who stunned audiences and Simon Cowell on Britain’s Got Talent is in the running for another talent gong.Read

Drug factory fertiliser helps Sparkbrook residents’ gardens

POLICE have hit upon a blooming marvellous idea – after smashing down the doors on a Birmingham cannabis factory.Read

American man turned back at Birmingham Airport

AN AMERICAN man was sent packing after telling immigration officers at Birmingham International Airport he wanted to come here for “some fresh air”.Read

HUNDREDS of men and teenagers on a Birmingham estate are to be asked for a DNA sample by police hunting the brutal killer of a city taxi driver.

Detectives are to mount the mass DNA screening on the Hawkesley Estate, in Kings Norton, in the hope it will help to flush out the man who murdered father-of-three Mohammed Arshad.Read

A fifth of West Midlands PCs earn more than £40,000 with overtime

BOBBIES are topping up their salaries with thousands of pounds in overtime payments.Read

Maria Bernadette Aldridge

Birmingham detectives re-open 40-year-old case of the missing nurse

DETECTIVES have re-opened the investigation into the 40-year-old mystery of what happened to a student nurse who vanished from Birmingham without trace.Read

Police arrest 35 in Birmingham city centre riots

Plea for footage of Birmingham city centre disorder

DETECTIVES hunting yobs behind chaotic scenes of violence in Birmingham city centre last weekend today appealed for help to identify offenders.Read

World Cup warning to likely fans

MIDLAND football fans have been issued with a World Cup warning: misbehave or you’ll miss the tournament.Read

Police seize 10 more dogs at Smethwick home

POLICE have seized a further ten animals from the home of a man convicted of keeping a rare illegal Japanese fighting dog and two banned pitbull terriers.Read

Police seize 10 more dogs at Smethwick home

POLICE have seized a further ten animals from the home of a man convicted of keeping a rare illegal Japanese fighting dog and two banned pitbull terriers.Read

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Woman jailed after Birmingham airport staff spot fake passport

A NIGERIAN woman has been jailed for 12 months for using a fake passport.Read

Birmingham families help catch speeding motorists

FED-up families have helped put the brakes on drivers speeding along their streets.Read

Vanishing car-jacker sparks police manhunt\n

A NOTORIOUS carjacker has vanished from a Birmingham hostel he was ordered to stay in – sparking a police manhunt just days after he was released from prison.Read

Birmingham car thief was hero lifesaver

A MAN who saved the life of a woman by pulling her out of a burning building has been jailed for his part in stealing around £350,000 of high-performance cars in a Midland-wide crime spree.Read

Birmingham car thief was hero lifesaver

A MAN who saved the life of a woman by pulling her out of a burning building has been jailed for his part in stealing around £350,000 of high-performance cars in a Midland-wide crime spree.Read