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Two members of a gang who carried out a four month crime spree across the Black Country were jailed for a total of 22 years at Wolverhampton Crown Court yesterday (29 August). Gavin Reilly, from Tipton...

Wriggling around on their bellies, their eyes not even open yet, but never venturing far from their mother, the earliest moments of West Midlands Police’s first Sprocker litter have been captured. Born last week, the two-day...

A Birmingham man has been jailed for four years after leaving a woman on a mobility scooter with critical injuries in a collision after driving off from a Coventry Road petrol station without paying for fuel...

Four Birmingham drug dealers have been jailed for a total of 46 years after a West Midlands Police investigation uncovered a plot to supply Class A drugs worth £1.5m. Detectives from the force’s Serious and Organised...

Postgraduate students from Coventry University’s School of Art and Design will be showcasing their work to the public at a free exhibition taking place in the city this month. The MA Show 2014, which takes place...

Man jailed after injuring woman on a mobility scooter in collision A Birmingham man has been jailed for four years after leaving a woman on a mobility scooter with critical injuries in a collision after driving...

Four Birmingham drug dealers have been jailed for a total of 46 years after a West Midlands Police investigation uncovered a plot to supply Class A drugs worth £1.5m. Detectives from the force’s Serious and Organised...

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...