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A man has been arrested after allegedly stealing a 24-tonne earthmover and driving it through Wolverhampton city centre, causing significant damage to roads and street furniture. Police were alerted on Saturday (8 November) following reports that the heavy construction vehicle had been stolen from an address in Staffordshire. Officers tracked the earthmover as […]
Aston Villa will look to return to winning ways in the UEFA Europa League tonight as they face Maccabi Tel Aviv at Villa Park. Unai Emery’s side began their European campaign strongly with two wins, but their momentum was halted after a 2-1 defeat to Go Ahead Eagles in the Netherlands. Villa currently sit tenth […]
West Midlands Police have put Section 60 powers in place today (7 November) across parts of Birmingham to keep people safe during the Aston Villa vs Maccabi Tel Aviv match at Villa Park. More than 700 officers will be on duty as part of a major policing operation. Officers will be stopping and searching people […]
The mother of one of Cody Fisher’s killers has been handed a suspended prison sentence for helping her son attempt to flee the country after the 23-year-old was stabbed to death at the Crane nightclub in Digbeth, Birmingham, on Boxing Day 2022. Jahzeen Carpenter, 40, from Peak Drive, Lower Gornal, drove to London a day […]
Barrister Ayoub Khan, MP for Birmingham Perry Barr, has welcomed the decision by the Safety Advisory Group (SAG) to advise that Maccabi Tel Aviv fans should not attend the Europa League match against Aston Villa on 6 November. In a statement, Mr Khan said it was clear from the start that there were “latent safety […]
No Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters will be allowed to attend the Europa League match against Aston Villa at Villa Park on Thursday, 6 November, due to safety concerns. The decision follows advice from the Safety Advisory Group (SAG), which issues safety certificates for matches at Villa Park. West Midlands Police raised concerns about managing potential […]
Two men are facing jail after a drive-by shooting on West Bromwich High Street left a man seriously injured. The attack happened at the junction of West Bromwich High Street and Trinity Way when the driver of a black Vauxhall Mokka fired two shots towards a white VW Golf waiting to turn right. The first […]
Three men have been sentenced after conning victims out of more than £100,000 through the fraudulent purchase of mobile phones and luxury watches. Between June 2020 and February 2021, Ghazanfar Khan, Kulwarn Chagger and Rajvinder Kandola carried out a series of scams in which they used fake cheques to pay for high-value goods advertised on […]
OLDBURY — Police are appealing for witnesses and offering a £20,000 reward for information after a woman in her 20s was raped in the Tame Road area of Oldbury on Tuesday, 9 September, at around 8.30am. Chief Superintendent Kim Madill of Sandwell Police confirmed that officers have been working tirelessly on the investigation, reviewing CCTV, […]
A suspected brothel in Sutton Coldfield has been closed down following a police investigation. Officers from the West Midlands Police’s Serious Organised Crime and Exploitation Team (SOCEX) applied for a closure order on **Shangri-La**, a massage parlour on Bishops Way in Four Oaks. While the premises was advertised as a massage parlour, police believe it […]
