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March 31, 2025

Final defendant in Connor Brookes murder trial tells jury he was kept in the dark about drive-by-shooting plan

News|17 hours ago

March 29, 2025

Alleged murderer who 'fired fatal shot at Connor Brookes' declines to give evidence at murder trial

March 28, 2025

Connor Brookes murder trial set to overrun due to contested evidence of defendants on the witness stand

West Midlands Police chief constable Craig Guildford. Photo: West Midlands Police

West Midlands top cop tells Walsall residents an influx of new officers will ensure Section 60 powers will curb violent disorder

March 27, 2025

West Midlands top cop addresses concerns over gun crime after fatal shooting in Wolverhampton

Katie Harlow, Kyle Smith, Lee Lloyd, Brian Pitts

Sentencing of ten Black Country international drug kingpins gets underway in Wolverhampton

March 26, 2025

West Midlands Police chief constable Craig Guildford. Photo: West Midlands Police

Arrests increase after West Midlands Police focus on apprehending more young knife crime offenders

Co-op Travel on Bloxwich High Street

Birmingham man stands trial alone for Bloxwich travel agents raid as partner in crime 'remains a mystery'

Wolverhampton Crown Court

Murder trial over killing of Oldbury schoolboy Jahziah Coke entering final days

'I'm not obsessed with guns', man accused of drive-by shooting of Connor Brookes tells jury

March 25, 2025

McCauley Doran died at HMP Brinsford

Prison service confirms inmate died at Wolverhampton's HMP Brinsford just weeks ahead of release

Wolverhampton Crown Court

Neighbour of boy accused of murdering Jahziah Coke describes him as 'a lovely caring boy always acting as peacemaker'

Wolverhampton Crown Court

Wolverhampton thief who stole £482k from friend avoids sentencing due to ill health weeks after judge stopped her flying to India

March 24, 2025

'I couldn't believe what I saw, I'd have been home with my daughter if shooting was planned' murder accused tells jury

Walsall Police at the scene of a murder on Bloxwich Road/Norfolk Place where a 22-year-old was stabbed.

Five men appear at Wolverhampton Crown Court charged with Walsall murder of Mohammad Khan

Carl Williams

Hardened criminal claimed West Bromwich robbery was result of being spiked with mamba

March 23, 2025

Gary Jeffris

Seedy Sandwell pensioner jailed after arranging to meet 12-year-old for sex

Headteacher Mrs Fellows and Councillor Adam Davies with pupils at Brook Primary School

Land Ahoy! Pirate ship sails into Wordsley primary school delighting pupils

Surface Technik

'If I do not get out of there alive I will haunt the bosses": Tragic Dudley worker predicted his fate the night before death

March 22, 2025

The police on Hawthorn Road

Shocking CCTV footage of a knifeman attacking a victim sparks condemnation from Walsall bishop

Fire engine on Alma Street

Fire fighters dampen down huge Wolverhampton Heath Town waste centre blaze

Heath Town|Mar 22

Knife crime

Police cordon off two parts of Kingstanding after two people stabbed

Surface Technik in Lower Gornal where a man fell to his death

Black Country company ordered to pay £120,000 over death of employee Maciej Rozanski

March 20, 2025

A general view of Wolverhampton Crown Court in Wolverhampton

Smethwick couple admit running international prostitution ring from the Black Country for over five years

Sawn-off shotgun used to kill Connor Brookes was found in Staffordshire hedgerow a month after killing

Yosser (Jay Johnson) gets more than his collar felt

With perfect timing The Boys from the Black Stuff march into Birmingham on a red letter day for the dispossessed

Entertainment|Mar 20

Willenhall McDonalds

Walsall Uber Eats driver who battered father-in-law with a hammer outside McDonalds avoids jail

March 19, 2025

Jessica Jury's victim was found with stab wounds on South Road, Smethwick

Woman pleads guilty to wounding over Smethwick stabbing after attempted murder charges dropped

Wolverhampton Crown Court

'It does not feel real' boy accused of murdering Jahziah Coke 'traumatised' by killing

A general view of Wolverhampton Crown Court in Wolverhampton

Two yobs who punched, kicked and stamped on man whose house they were arguing outside jailed

Former PCSO and now convicted paedophile Duane O'Kelly

This is the face of the Wolverhampton PCSO now serving 11 and half years as a convicted paedophile

March 18, 2025

Turnberry Park, Great Barr

Call to sign petition for CCTV at Great Barr park where boy, 15, was stabbed

Councillor Parbinder Kaur with dancers at Smethwich Hola Mohalla

Thousands descend on Smethwick for Hola Mohalla Sikh festival

March 17, 2025

Officers searching the Caddick Crescent home after Harleen's death

Woman denies murdering two-month-old baby in West Bromwich in 2020

Trial of man accused of murdering Rhiannon Skye Whyte at Walsall's Bescot railway station unable to start

The shooting incident on Frederick Street left three people injured. Photo: Google Street Map

Bilston man will stand trial after denying injuring three women in Wolverhampton drive-by shooting

Joshua Smith

'I can never forgive you for stealing my childhood' - victim of depraved Dudley paedophile tells court

Mark Whitehouse from Stone Cross with a picture of Harold White

Campaign launched to recognise West Bromwich Albion player whose Second World War SAS exploits have come to light

March 16, 2025

A jerk chicken wing

A great afternoon enjoying a value for money menu at Staffordshire sports bar

Staffordshire restaurant reviews|Mar 16

March 15, 2025

A general view of Wolverhampton Crown Court in Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton PCSO jailed for string of sexual crimes including raping a boy

March 14, 2025

Jury hears how shotgun pellets peppered Connor Brookes van and riddled the surrounding area

Munir Bros, Long Lane, Halesowen

Black Country slaughterhouse charged with 20 counts of animal cruelty after chickens 'kicked and thrown' across the floor

One of Jack Moody's recycling plants in Telford. (Picture Environment Agency)

Wolverhampton business to stand trial over industrial accident which left employee with life changing injuries

March 13, 2025

Irish sisters Heed are performing at Pitchers this weekend

Staffordshire live music scene given boost as Pitchers announces Saturday night gigs until July

Entertainment|Mar 13

Dudley Magistrates Court

Warrant issued for man arrested in Wednesbury with machetes and bolt cutters after he fails to attend court hearing

Connor Brookes 'was not involved in any gang or had anything to do with Bailey Atkinson's murder' court hears

March 12, 2025

First responding police officer 'found Conor Brookes slumped in the driver's seat covered in blood', court told

Les Winwood who was found dead at a flat in Bilston in July 2022

West Midlands Conservative councillor suffocated to death after placing plastic bag over his head in sex game, inquest hears

Neo Graham

Five men charged in connection with Neo Graham told they have until April to admit or deny charges

Satellite expert tells jury car used in Connor Brookes drive-by shooting was equipped with GPS which left proof of journeys