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Huge mountain of fly-tipped rubbish attracts 'rats the size of cats'

Residents of a 'Walking Dead-style' estate say they are furious, as council refuse to clean up the mountains of rubbish dumped by fly-tippers.

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The house in Greenvale Avenue in Birmingham which was struck by lightning

Roof gets struck by lightning and bursts into flames

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Watch: Man 'taunts' police after stealing 12 tonne lorry by knifepoint

The CCTV was released by West Midlands Police

Watch: Shooting caught on cctv

The missing pups were picked up by a heat-seeking drone (Photo: SWNS)

Heat-seeking drone finds lost puppies huddled under tree

The teenagers have been jailed for murder

Killers filmed boy's murder & played it at party

Baby southern white rhino Malaika with 15-year-old mum, Keyah, at West Midlands Safari Park

Watch: Adorable baby rhino takes first steps

Lance Corporal Harold Jones (100), army veteran has walked hundreds of miles around his home in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham

Brummie great grandad, 100, walks 660 miles round garden for charity

Violent masked raiders strike gaming arcades in Birmingham and West Bromwich

Terrifying moment violent robbers raid arcade

CCTV capturing the dramatic moment a mum managed to pull her two-year-old daughter to safety seconds before her pram was crushed underneath a car in a heart-stopping crash (SWNS)

Mum and toddler narrowly avoid being killed in heart-stopping crash

Baby born with heart failure needs a transplant or he could die before Christmas. Picture: Newcastle Hospitals / SWNS

Baby George could die before Christmas if heart donor isn't found

The dramatic moment a Birmingham gun gang who hid bullets in Patak's curry jar are arrested by armed police

Gun gang hid bullets in curry jar

Gang leader Tony Graham supplied weapons and ammunition to criminals across Birmngham

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Motorbike rider John Castleton's left leg is 4cm shorter than his right leg after a horror road crash in Birmingham

‘My leg is 4cm shorter than the other after horror motorbike crash’

£1.1m drugs gang idolised Al Pacino’s Scarface

Daniel Cuthbert, 42, drained his dad’s life savings over a 14-month period between 2017 and 2018. Credit: SWNS

Lowlife son posed as his dead mum to con £56k from his grieving father

This is the dramatic moment a brave off-duty special constable disarmed a suspected gunman moments after a gunshot was fired in Birmingham city centre

Moment off-duty special constable disarms gunman in a coffee shop

Eddo Aziz and Kelsey Harrison have been jailed after their daughter Elaina, pictured, died after she was left alone in the bath. Credit: SWNS

Drugged-up parents jailed for leaving baby to die alone in a bath

Little Sharlotte Naglis, six, was killed when a driver who was drunk and high swerved off the road and hit her while speeding. Credit: Staffordshire Police / SWNS.COM

Drunk and high driver jailed for just six years for killing girl, 6

Police at the scene at Queen Mary's Road in Coventry after a 52-year-old man was stabbed to death during a mass knife brawl outside a mosque.

2 arrested after man stabbed to death outside a mosque

A manhunt has been launched to catch convicted murderer Lee Nevins who has absconded from prison for the second time.

Manhunt for murderer as he absconds from prison for the second time

Police negotiators tried to end the 25 hour stand-off with the armed man - by delivering him a McDonald's breakfast.

Dramatic ‘crossbow siege’ ends after almost a week

Benjamin Flatters has been sentenced to 34 months in prison for non-fatal strangulation.

Man who throttled woman he met on Tinder jailed under new law

Halefom Weldeyohannes, 26, repeatedly knifed 19-year-old Yordanos Brhane (left) at her home in in Unett Street, Birmingham, last July.

Man jailed for life over murder of teen after she rejected him

Halefom Weldeyohannes, 26, murdered 19-year-old Yordanos Brhane at her home and then tried to burn her body

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(L-R) Diago Anderson and Zidann Edwards

Gang members shot 13-year-old boy with homemade gun in murder bid

Jennifer Woodhouse, 18, and Lara Meldrum, 19, were killed in a horror car crash.

Tributes paid to 2 ‘beautiful’ teens killed in horror car crash

Caroline Guy was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer, but is now in remission.

Mum given 3 months to live after cancer misdiagnosis now in remission

Former PCSO James Land was jailed for 27 months.

Former PCSO who downloaded child abuse images is jailed

Police have released CCTV of the moment an elderly woman was knocked over in a hit-and-run.

Elderly woman knocked down by hit-and-run driver outside theatre

Lisa Kilkenny (L) told of her heartbreaking decision to turn off her son Joseph Whitchurch’s (R) life support machine after he was stabbed.

Mum of murdered teen makes plea to people to stop carrying knives

Three men have been found guilty of beating dad-of-five Carl Woodall (left) to death. Pictured top right, Simmion Goldbourne, Mark Campbell. Bottom right James McGhee.

Men jailed for at least 87 years after killing dad in brutal attack

Peter Cairns, 26, was found seriously injured after being jumped by a gang of youths on June 11 last year. Picture: West Mercia Police / SWNS

Teen gang murdered autistic man by stabbing him with a Samurai sword

Robert Wieczorkowski, 33, thrust the jagged glass beer bottle three inches (7.5cm) into the neck of Dawid Kurdziel. He has now been jailed for life over his murder.

Man jailed for at least 18 years over murder of charity worker

Diana Kirk, who is unable to feel pain, was left bloodied with her face and neck both covered in claw and bite marks (SWNS)

Pensioner left with ‘horrific injuries’ after rat attacked her

Annabelle Lovell, 18, died alongside Benjamin Teague, 26, when his BMW crashed with another vehicle.

Driver was 46 times over drug limit when he died in horror crash

A reward of £20,000 has been offered to catch a killer who stabbed Jinming Zhang, 41, (right) to death in a botched robbery.

Reward offered to help catch killer who stabbed man to death

Frank Adozi used dating sites to con women out of cash.

Conman used dating sites to dupe women out of cash

Earl Haye, 48, almost caused the double-decker to crash when he tried to take control of the bus.

Man grabbed bus wheel from driver before cop wrestled him to ground

Reuben Branford, 26, was spotted by an officer running a red light and driving dangerously at 11.25pm on December 31 last year (SWNS / Derbyshire Police)

Drink-driver deliberately crashed into police car following NYE chase

Lucy Powell, who was discovered dead at her home, was smothered to death by her boyfriend who then took his own life (SWNS)

Mum-of-two, 21, murdered by boyfriend, 47, who then took his own life

David-Mario Lazar, known to his family and friends as Mario, was stabbed to death in his home (SWNS)

Parents’ tribute to ‘beautiful’ boy, 5, stabbed to death in his home

A murder inquiry was launched after 86-year-old Freda Walker was found dead at her home in Station Road at just after 9am on Saturday 15 January. Her 88-year-old husband Kenneth, who is a serving Shirebrook Town Councillor, was found with serious injuries and remains in hospital (Derbyshire Police / SWNS)

Murder of woman, 86, could be linked to violent crimes from years ago