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Shropshire: Two dead and two injured after crash involving police vehicle

Breaking Two die in fatal collision with police car in Shropshire

Benjamin Zephaniah - 1958 - 2023 (Credit: Getty Images)

Benjamin Zephaniah: who did the late poet play in “Peaky Blinders?”

Acclaimed writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah has died at the age of 65 weeks after he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. (Credit: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)

Poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah dies aged 65

Leeds Bradford Airport. Picture Tony Johnson.

Every cancelled and delayed flight today from airports across the UK

Kirstin Smith, 29, of the Shetland Islands noticed her son, Cian, had a "cloudy spot" in his eye as he was playing in front of the TV.

Mum spotted son's eye cancer when he glanced up at the television

Police have charged 46 men after serious disorder erupted outside Villa Park leaving four police officers injured. (Photo: David Davies/PA Wire)

46 charged after 'violent' disorder before European football match

Parent Power 2024: The Times releases its list of Best UK schools & league table

The Sunday Times releases Parent Power 2024 UK guide

Lloyds, Halifax & Bank of Scotland branches to shut as NatWest confirm more closures - list of locations

More banks to shut in high-street erasure - list of branches closing

A man was found with serious injuries in a 'quiet' Birmingham cul-de-sac and pronounced dead a short time later

Police launch probe in 'unexplained' death after man found dead

A serial pickpocket Melania Urmuz has been jailed.

Serial pickpocket who steals purses 'within minutes' jailed

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

More than 2,000 cubic metres of concrete have been poured to create the first two 90m (295ft) flat deck structures
(Image: HS2)

New images show HS2 Birmingham's Curzon Street Station's process

Watch: Tony Graham is arrested at gunpoint

Watch: Armed officers arrest underworld gun dealer

Muhammad Haleem Khan

Birmingham brothers plotted to join ISIS from their bedroom

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’

50 Cent's coolest fan 'Moma Jane' at his Resorts World Arena Birmingham concert

‘I'm proud’ - 50 Cent’s coolest fan in Birmingham reacts to viral clip

Police and forensic officers at the home in Dovey Road, Moseley, Birmingham, after the newborn baby died

Dad 'murdered' his baby son after 'struggling with sexuality'

Jayden Beckford found dead near a canal in Ladywood, Birmingham

'Always a joy’: Tributes to teen found dead amid Ladywood murder probe

A group of masked youths with faces covered on Dawson Street at a derelict property - Blakenall Heath in Walsall, West Midlands.

UK estate branded 'Britain's roughest'

Winchester Christmas Market will soon open for 2023

Christmas markets 2023: when do major UK markets open and close?

Tickets are on sale for Northern Ballet’s acclaimed production of The Nutcracker. Photo by Kyle Baines

The Nutcracker ballet: where can you see it in 2023?

A rare Mickey Mouse gas mask case designed to make children less scared of respirators during WW2 has been discovered (SWNS)

Rare Mickey Mouse WWII gas mask case unearthed during house clearance

A teenage boy is fighting for his life after he was shot in a Bonfire Night attack in Birmingham. (Credit: Anita Maric / SWNS)

Teenage boy fighting for his life after Bonfire Night shooting

Mohammed Abbkr, 29, prayed with the congregation before waiting for his victims, Hashi Odowa, 82 and Mohammed Rayaz, 70, outside before setting them alight using a lighter. Picture: West Midlands Police

Man guilty of setting fire to worshippers walking home from mosques

Priory Hospital Woodbourne is a mental health facility in Woodbourne Road, Birmingham. (Picture: Google Street View)

London man died after escaping mental health hospital, inquest hears

West Midlands Police appeal

Murder investigation launched after man in his 20s found stabbed

Fuel prices: UK supermarkets maintain profit margin despite October price drop

UK supermarkets short-changing drivers despite October price drop

The well known bar has thrived for 20 years but has now reached the end of the road

Famous Birmingham bar and live music venue is closing after 20 years

My sister and I went to see JLS ‘The Hits Tour’ at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena - and now I am a reborn fan. (Photo: Isabella Boneham)

Seeing my childhood boy band was the night out I didn’t know I needed Isabella Boneham

S Club will pay tribute to their late bandmate in their first single in 20 years

S Club tour door times: what time do UK concerts start and end?

The Queen's Range Rover up for sale for £60k (Getty/ SWNS)

The Queen's customised Range Rover is up for sale

Local sports groups suffering - due to the current economic climate

Chloe Taylor-Roberts taking part in 'play' classes run by disability charity Sense. Credit: Laura Roberts

Girl, 5, who doctors said would never talk says first words

Gregg Wallace on set at 3 Mills Studios for MasterChef: The Professionals

MasterChef: The Professionals 2023: filming location for season 16

Fort Dunlop, Birmingham (David Dixon)

Nostalgic British factories from the past that are no longer around

Dobroslav Gabor and Marek Balog, two of Britain's most prolific burglars, have been jailed for more than 30 years after committing 68 burglaries across the West Midlands. (Credit: SWNS)

UK's 'most wanted' burglars jailed for more than 30 years

An officer has been referred to a police watchdog after shocking mobile phone footage of a 14-year-old boy being tasered to the ground in a Birmingham suburb.

Police officer tasers 14-year-old boy in school uniform

Jamie Vardy’s Leicester City Football Club and Wayne Rooney’s Birmingham City Football Club will play against each other four years after their wives fell out in what has now been called the infamous 'Wagatha Christie' row. Rebekah and Jamie Vardy and Coleen and Wayne Rooney are pictured. Photos by Getty Images.

Wagatha Derby: Jamie Vardy's Leicester play Wayne Rooney's Birmingham

A member of the public was given a shock after discovering a snake dumped inside a Marks & Spencer bag at a bus stop near a Premier League football ground.The RSPCA were called after the corn snake was found inside the large insulated food bag on Witton Road, in Birmingham, next to Aston Villa's stadium Villa Park.

Snake found abandoned in M&S bag near football stadium

A man wanted on suspicion of burglary has been dubbed 'Britain's happiest suspect' after police released his mug shot showing him broadly smiling.Officers are hunting Abdul Holden, 19, after a break-in in Hall Green, Birmingham in August

Police hunt 'Britain's happiest criminal' after burglary

Blink 182 tour door times: what time UK tour shows start and end

Rishi Sunak has announced that the HS2 leg to Manchester will be scrapped during his speech at the Tory Party Conference. (Credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)

Rishi Sunak axes HS2 to Manchester in Tory conference speech

University student reveals money saving plan and clever ‘pay-packet’ hack to stop overspending

Student shares clever ‘pay-packet’ hack to divide loan payments

Man who shot innocent motorist in mistaken identity case jailed

An early representation of what the new HS2 trains could look like

HS2 northern leg to be scrapped - reports

Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he's axing the HS2 route from Birmingham to Manchester. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Northern leader hits out at PM’s ‘lies’ over rail projects and HS2

Busted have three shows coming up at Nottingham Motorpoint Arena (Photo by Ray Burmiston)

How long is Busted's concert at Nottingham's Motorpoint Arena- time?

Just give us an answer Rishi. Credit: Mark Hall

Sunak needs to come clean on HS2 at the Tory conference in Manchester Ralph Blackburn

Jervais Boyaram, 37, blasted Muhammed Sohail, 25, as he sat in his car on a residential street in Saltley, Birmingham on February 18 last year.

Footage shows moment gunman shot dead innocent man in Birmingham

An aerial view of the groundworks construction of the HS2 high speed rail network progresses around the A38 dual-carriageway near Streethay on January 27, 2023 in Lichfield (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

£280 million spent on HS2 consultants in the past seven years

This is what Edinburgh is expected to look like in 2050 - according to A

AI predicts what major UK cities will look like in 2050

Dominic Fike at Coachella. Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella

Dominic Fike London door times: what time doors open for show

Dominic Fike will finally make his way to UK venues later this year

Dominic Fike in London: potential setlist, start time and tickets?

An early representation of what the new HS2 trains could look like. PIC: HS2/PA Wire

How HS2 started as speculation suggests extension could be scrapped

Steven Walters and Anthony Ritchie

Ex-police officers jailed for having sex with women they met on duty

CCTV capturing the moment two dogs enter a family home in Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, and savage two cats to death.

Moment Rottweilers run into family home and maul pet cats to death