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Peter Kay announce all his arena shows for 2026 will donate profits to 12 cancer charities

Peter Kay evacuation: Teen appears in court over alleged bomb hoax

Peter Kay’s Birmingham show was halted over fears of a 'suspicious bag'

Peter Kay show halted over 'suspicious bag' - teenager charged

Prison service dog in training

Prison service dogs set to make history at Crufts this year

Birmingham Stabbing: A 32-year old man has been arrested after a man was stabbed and a woman was injured. An aerial view of Birmingham City centre on September 04, 2024 in Birmingham, England. Photo: Getty Images

Man stabbed and woman injured in Birmingham, police issue statement

Police are looking for a suspect who is a dead ringer for Steven Gerrard

Steven Gerrard lookalike wanted by police on suspicion of burglary

Smestow Academy, Wolverhampton, where pupils discovered the body of a man in the grounds

School closed after body of man discovered by pupil ahead of PE lesson

Car trader Shaun Fitzgerald was just visiting friends at the Coventry home when armed officers burst in, his friends said

Family of “fun-loving” ex-squaddie speak out after tragic death

West Midlands Police headquarters - a man has been murdered in Wolverhampton

Two arrested after 30-year-old man stabbed to death in Wolverhampton

The deserted M54 in Shropshire, which has been closed by police

Motorway closed by police

A man has been left with “potentially life-threatening injuries” after a “serious assault” outside a pub in Coventry. (Photo: The Four Provinces/Facebook)

Man seriously injured after 'assault' outside pub

96 football fans lost their lives as a result of the Hillsborough disaster, and years later a 97th death was also attributed to the crush

12 police officers 'would have faced Hillsborough misconduct cases'

GV of the scene where a woman was stabbed in the neck in an "unprovoked attack” at a bus stop on Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham

Man appears in court charged with murder after woman dies

A bulldozer ploughing through a Royal Mail lorry. // This is the moment a bulldozer ploughed through a Royal Mail lorry as stunned onlookers watched in shock. Footage, taken in Wolverhampton, West Mids., shows the huge lorry parked across Willenhall Road - moments before the crash. Crowds gathered on the pavement, filming as a helicopter hovered overhead and officers ran along the road at around 7pm last night (November 8). Moments later, members of the public could be heard shouting about a "stolen bulldozer" approaching.

Watch: Bulldozer smashes into Royal Mail lorry in city centre rampage

Hundreds of police drafted in for flashpoint football match

The UK Government is “deeply saddened” that Maccabi Tel Aviv has decided to decline any tickets offered to its fans for the Europa League match at Villa Park. (Photo: ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli club to decline tickets for Europa League match in UK

Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters have been barred from attending next month’s match against Aston Villa in Birmingham. (Photo: Getty Images)

CEO of Tel Aviv club says Aston Villa ban 'difficult to understand'

A mum claims doctors 'don't know' how her son survived being stabbed in the chest by a giant 'ZOMBIE KNIFE' in an 'unprovoked attack' - weeks before his 16th birthday.

Boy, 15, almost dies in 'random, unprovoked' stabbing in chest by masked man wit...
A mum claims doctors 'don't know' how her son survived being stabbed in the chest by a giant 'ZOMBIE KNIFE' in an 'unprovoked attack' - weeks before his 16th birthday.
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Birmingham Road in Wolverhampton

Police release car reg to find hit-and-run driver who killed woman

The body of Chereiss Bailey was found in the Walsall Canal in West Bromwich on Tuesday, October 7

Family's grief for 'beautiful, loving' woman found dead in canal

Shangri-La in Bishops Way, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands, which has been shut down for three months as police believe it was being used as a brothel

Massage parlour suspected of being a brothel is shut down by police

Three people have been arrested following a shooting a Mango nightclub in Birmingham that left four people injured.

Three arrested after shooting at nightclub leaves four people injured

‘You were one in a million Tasha ’: Family pay tribute to Natasha Thorp who has tragically died at 21. Photo: West Midlands Police

Family pay tribute to Natasha Thorp who has tragically died at 21

A roundabout on the junction of Priory Road, Trittiford Road and Highfield Road which has been painted with a St George's Flag

Mini-roundabouts painted in colours of St George's Cross

Drivers are facing huge traffic queues on the M6 in the West Midlands after a major crash between J10A and J10 southbound

Is the M6 open? Major crash in West Midlands causes tailbacks

“Talented” teenager Daniel Drewitt was reported missing in the water at Powell’s Pool in Sutton Coldfield

Family pays tribute to “talented” teenager with a “beautiful spirit”

A teenage boy has been found dead in a lake in a park in Birmingham. (Photo: Getty)

Teenage boy dies in lake after going missing in water

Birmingham Airport has shared a number of posts on X confirming that the M42 is now open after West Midlands Police arrested a man. (Photo: Getty Images)

Major motorway near UK airport re-opens after police arrest man

A major motorway has closed both ways this morning (Thursday 10 July) due to an “incident” with “miles of congestion” building. (Photo: Getty)

Major motorway closes due to 'incident'
A major motorway has closed both ways this morning (Thursday 10 July) due to an “incident” with “miles of congestion” building.
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Reanne Coulson, 34, whose body was found in Binley Woods in Coventry after she was missing for a month

Body of missing mum found in woodland after police search

A school in Birmingham has been evacuated over a “bomb threat”. (Photo: Getty)

UK school evacuated over 'bomb threat'

Police have launched an investigation after a woman in her 70s was kicked to the ground by a gang of girls in Sutton Coldfield

Elderly woman left bleeding after alleged attack by 'gang of girls'

Man falls to death from landmark city building

A bull on the loose in Birmingham city centre

Bull on the loose brings city centre traffic to a halt

Olivia Kolek was killed crossing the road on New Year's Eve

14-year-old Olivia Kolek died crossing road on New Year's Eve

Two teenagers have been arrested by police investigating a suspected arson attack at a derelict college in Coventry. (Photo: West Midlands Fire Service)

Teenage boys arrested after huge fire at college in UK city

Man rams police vehicles.

Watch: Man rams police vehicles - injuring three officers

Noah Sibanda died after the incident at Fairytales Nursery in Bourne Street, Dudley on December 9, 2022.

Two women charged over little boy's death at nursery

The men would gain access to the properties by snapping the locks of the front and back doors.

Watch: Moment brazen men break into homes during £250k car theft spree

An infographic explaining how few people claimed compensation for arson injuries.

Over 95% of UK arsonists evade charges as more than two thirds go unidentified e...

Man with combat knife walks through city centre.

Watch: Man with combat knife walks through city centre

A police car leaves Acocks Green police station and heads out onto the Yardley Road in Acocks Green, Birmingham, on March 20, 2025, near to where a pedestrian was knocked down and killed by a police car responding to reports of a knifeman yesterday (March 19).

Pedestrian killed after being hit by police car

Police tasered a vicious XL Bully after it mauled a man and left him seriously injured in his back garden.

Man seriously injured after mauled by dog in back garden

Have you seen Archie?

Police issue urgent appeal after boy, 10, goes missing

Gang re-enacts killing of father.

Watch: Gang re-enacts the moment they beat a father to death in a park

The Navigation Inn, Wharf Road, Birmingham

Three arrested after stabbing at Wetherspoons pub

Flowers are taken to the scene where a 12-year-old boy was fatally stabbed in Hall Green, Birmingham on Tuesday

Suspect in fatal 12-year-old stabbing also held for attack on woman

Police believe two attacks on women taking place just streets apart - including a rape outside a One Stop shop - could be linked.

Woman raped outside One Stop shop before second victim attacked nearby

Police used a chainsaw to raid a drug house where they arrested a 13-year-old boy on suspicion of having a zombie knife.

Cops break into 'drug den' with chainsaw and make zombie knife arrest

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Man arrested for trying to kidnap three-year-old girl

Sheila Fox, who was 16 years old when she disappeared in 1972 from Coventry, is now living in another part of the country.

Woman who went missing for 52 years found 'alive and well'

Mridhul Kombara was thrown into the air when a car mounted the pavement and hit him.

Watch: Driver ploughs into pedestrian after mounting pavement

A man has tragically fallen to his death from a balcony in Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre as horrified shoppers looked on. (Photo: Bullring)

Man plunges to death at popular shopping centre

Police are appealing to the driver of a stolen Porsche to "do the right thing" after a two-year-old boy was killed in a shocking hit-and-run in Smethwick.

Boy, 2, killed and others seriously injured in shocking hit-and-run

Storm Darragh brought trees down across the UK

Disruption expected as strong winds continue in wake of Storm Darragh

The four-year-old boy did not survive his injuries.

Four-year-old boy dies after being hit by a bus

A dozen people have been jailed for over 100 years after one of Britain's biggest county lines drugs gangs which made £1.2 million a year was smashed by police.

Drugs gang gets smashed: Moment cops bust county lines criminals

Chilling moment thug fires shotgun inside computer shop

Jailed: axe-wielding thug fires shotgun inside computer shop

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