4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (252+ words) A drug dealer who tried to escape police has been put behind bars after pleading guilty to possession of class A drugs with intent. Theo Henry, from Birmingham, was caught with drugs after making a failed attempt to flee from…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (579+ words) The parents of two students who were stabbed to death by paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane have branded Nottinghamshire Police’s decision not to disclose information about the killer “shameful”. Calocane killed first-year students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, before fatally…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1257+ words) On September 27, 1888, Kate Eddowes handed her last tuppence to the superintendent of Mile End boarding house in East London, in exchange for lodgings for the night. A former regular guest, the superintendent noted that she had been absent for some…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (309+ words) A former Staffordshire Police officer has been handed a suspended prison sentence after admitting four sexual assaults. Alex Trusler, 36, of Burntwood, was sentenced to 42 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months, at Northampton Crown Court on Tuesday, September 8. He was also…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (156+ words) in assault Express and Star A 35-year-old man is due to stand trial today for the manslaughter of a Halesowen father who was left brain damaged and blind when he was headbutted Daniel Sedgley attacked his victim outside the Lighthouse…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (529+ words) Rodent infestations, a live mouse found in a trap and alcohol sold to teenagers saw a number of Birmingham businesses hit with huge fines or short-term closures in August. Birmingham Magistrates Court heard a number of cases brought against businesses…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (217+ words) Police are investigating the “unexplained” death of a child in woodland near a Staffordshire village this morning. Staffordshire Police said it was called to Great Wyrley on Saturday morning (September 5) after reports of a child in cardiac arrest. West Midlands…...

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1+ week, 1+ day ago   (56+ words) Police want to speak to this person after bank card was stolen from elderly woman's handbag and used in shop Express and Star West Midlands Police said the card was taken from the 82-year-old woman’s handbag then used to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (142+ words) Police have released an image of a person they want to speak to after a vulnerable man was targeted in a courier fraud in Sutton Coldfield. The victim was targeted by fraudsters earlier this month, with his bank cards subsequently…...