Poor parts of London by far the worst hit – as death rates in the capital found to be ‘statistically significantly higher’ than other parts of the country independent
A former scout leader has been jailed after admitting a string of historical child sexual abuse offences dating back to the 70s. Stuart May, aged 79, was a scout leader in Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield when the offences occurred in the 1970s. Police launched an investigation when a victim contacted us in 2021 telling us […]
Police are investigating after a woman in her 20s has died following a collision in Sparkbrook. Officers were called to Highgate Road near to the junction with Woodfield Road shortly before 2am this morning (10 Dec) to a collision involving a black BMW and a taxi. Sadly, the driver of the BMW was pronounced dead […]
A murder investigation has been launched after a man was found dead at a house in the Bartley Green area of Birmingham last night (16 October). Police were called by ambulance colleagues to an address in Dover Close at around 6.20pm where a man was in cardiac arrest. The 36-year-old was sadly pronounced dead at […]
At 12.10pm on Tuesday 24 May WMFS were called to help free a fox cub from a car wheel. The animal had been found in the back garden of a house in Woolacombe Lodge Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham. Firefighters from Bournbrook fire station responded and, using small tools, worked with the RSPCA to release the […]
Birmingham City Council is seeking a High Court order to ban street cruising from all city roads, with an interim application to be heard in the Royal Courts of Justice in London next week (20 Dec) If successful this interim injunction will prohibit people from participating in, which includes spectating, at a street cruise in […]
A Walsall man has today (8 April) been convicted of causing the death of a baby by dangerous driving last year. Two-week-old Ciaran Leigh Morris was in his pram being pushed along Brownhills High Street on 4 April by his proud parents and friends when the tragedy happened. James Davis was driving a BMW which […]
Police are appealing for information following a fatal collision in Nechells last night (31 October). Officers were called to Duddeston Manor Road just after 6pm following reports a pedestrian was struck by a car. The man, aged 54, suffered serious injuries and sadly died at the scene. His next of kin have been informed and […]
A gunman’s been found guilty of murdering a young man outside his home in an ‘horrendous case’ of mistaken identity. Jervais Boyaram shot dead Muhammed Sohail, known as Sohail, because he wrongly thought he’d been involved in a row with him earlier on the same night – February 18, last year. Boyaram had been filling […]
Police have launched an investigation into shocking video footage showing a large firework being used to launch rockets at people in a “drive-by shooting”. The clip has emerged on social media showing up to 40 flares being fired from a display-size firework as a car is driven along Coventry Road, Birmingham. People are seen ducking […]