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Wash and no-go as windscreen washer women given ASBOs Two women have been banned from washing car windows in England and Wales for the next two years. Ardelianca Ion, 21, of Ludlow Road and Anisoara Radu,...

China’s budget management is lagging behind countries which spend similar amounts on research and development (R&D), and recent reform has not gone far enough. That is the view of The University of Nottingham’s Dr Cong Cao,...

Detectives are appealing for help to trace a beanie-hat wearing attacker who sexually assaulted a woman as she walked through Ward End Park. The 51-year-old was grabbed by an unknown man as she was walking towards...

Two West Midlands Police Spaniels are swapping Solihull for Seoul as they help protect South Korea’s buildings from the threat of troublesome termites. While their four legged colleagues may be more accustomed to helping officers sniff...

A Birmingham man has been jailed for more than seven years after car-jacking an Audi with a toddler inside − and then dropping the boy through a window on realising he was still strapped in his...

Two men have handed themselves in to police after detectives issued a CCTV appeal yesterday (Wednesday 26 August) in relation to a sexual assault in Rednal. The images were released after a woman was attacked in...

Three men will appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (Wednesday) charged in connection with disorder in Sparkbrook in early July. Fazal Khan, 34, and Pierzada Khan, 32, both from Sparkbrook and security guard Asif Iqbal, 27,...

A man has been arrested in Birmingham after he was discovered hiding behind the air spoiler of a lorry that had travelled on motorways from the south coast, yesterday evening (26 August). Motorway cops were alerted...

In a first for the London Mela, an Asian Non-Governmental Organisation will be the official partner for the festival, CARE Pakistan. The Mela has traditionally been the biggest event for the South-Asian community in England, attracting...

Come down to Victoria Square on Saturday 30th August where you can have a go at pitching, just like Madhur Mittal and Suraj Sharma in the film! Try your hand at the pitching rig and let...