Latest in: Local News

Detectives are keen to trace a group of men suspected of blackmailing a Birmingham restaurant owner as part of a ‘protection racket’. The five men are believed to have demanded money − in the region of...

Residents in the Handsworth and Lozells areas of Birmingham are advised to make sure they are correctly licensed to watch live TV ahead of forthcoming TV Licensing visits across the area. Over the coming weeks, TV...

Birmingham Police have released CCTV footage of the attempted theft of a piece of wall art commemorating World War I from a city centre gallery in a bid to identify the culprit. A young man is...

If Scotland votes for independence later this week, its Government could face an uphill challenge in persuading the Scottish people that fracking is necessary, research has revealed. The University of Nottingham Shale Gas Survey has been...

Tonight’s edition of Channel 4’s Cops and Robbers documentary series will not be broadcast until later in the year after one of the individuals who was due to feature in this week’s programme was arrested for...

A man accused of murdering Smethwick woman Glynis Bensley will appear before Wolverhampton Crown Court this morning (15 Sept). Unemployed Zoheb Majib of Cheshire Road, Smethwick was arrested by detectives in the Highgate area of Birmingham...

A man accused of murdering Smethwick woman Glynis Bensley has been remanded into custody. Unemployed Zoheb Majib of Cheshire Road, Smethwick was arrested by detectives in the Highgate area of Birmingham on Thursday night (11 September)....

A man is due to appear before Wolverhampton Magistrates Court later today (Saturday 13 September) charged with the murder of Glynis Bensley. Unemployed Zoheb Majib of Cheshire Road, Smethwick was arrested by detectives in the Highgate...

Work has started on the new West Midlands Police custody suite in Perry Barr. Builders have started to lay the foundations for the development of the new facility expected to be operational by April 2016. Building...

Police investigating the death of Glynis Bensley in Smethwick have arrested a 20 year-old-man on suspicion of her murder. The man, who lives locally, was arrested on Thursday 11 September and will be questioned by officers...