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A former Birmingham University academic has been jailed for 32 years after admitting to more than 130 sex offences over an 8 year period. Matthew Falder, 29, was described as “warped” and “sadistic” at Birmingham Crown Court...

It is estimated that nearly three-quarters of a million West Midlands residents (731,525) go to A&E each year who could have been helped by NHS 111. West Midlands residents are being urged to avoid unnecessary trips...

A blast of cold weather heading in from the east saw UK temperatures plunge as low as -15°C and heavy snow to fall over the Midlands and UK in late February. A static area of high pressure from...

11-year-old girl, Jasmine Forrester, died after being stabbed multiple times in her grandmother’s Wolverhampton home on 9th February. Officers were called to the scene on Kent Road shortly before 1 am on Friday following a neighbour’s...

The UK-wide innovative LawBid.co.uk legal matchmaking service has caught the imagination of another awards panel, this time in Birmingham. LawBid.co.uk, the online service that seamlessly matches clients with a panel of solicitors, has been shortlisted for...

New reports show that there have been 352 knife-related crimes occur in school across the Birmingham and Black Country, with West Midlands Police saying that there have been 260 incidents where children were caught in possession...

Half a dozen armed police officers have detained five men and recovered a large quantity of drugs and a knife after halting a car in Washwood Heath. Officers utilized unmarked cars to hem in the Vauxhall...

Amir Khan signed a three-fight deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing Barry Hearn, father of Eddie Hearn, who was the founder of Matchroom Sport. Eddie Hearn, as a managing director of Matchroom Sport, is looking forward...

Adnan Nazir, 21, dies in a car crash. Adnan was driving a Skoda Octavia when it came of Whalley Road and crashed into woodland, heading into Clitheroe. The 21-year-old or was a former pupil at the...

According to West Midlands Police, thirteen people have been arrested on suspicion of modern slavery in Birmingham. Officers in Birmingham carried out raids in Handsworth as part of an investigation into the exploitation of Eastern European...