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March 1, 2025

Grinning knifeman who went on the run after stabbing Dudley drinker with a hunting knife is jailed for five years

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Jury finds Walsall man guilty of attempted murder, stalking and rape after three-week trial

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'We are all empowered today and he is in jail' - Brave victims of rapist actor Alexander Westwood celebrate sordid tormentor's comeuppance

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February 28, 2025

See no evil, hear no evil, after midnight as Cheeky Monkey creates earlier Wolverhampton club night

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Major investigation launched after man and woman shot near Molineux

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Racist YouTuber who stormed Walsall migrant hotel before racially abusing staff given five year restraining order

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Teenage Wolverhampton drug dealer placed under curfew until court decides whether he was 'acting under direction'

West Midlands Police admit losing interview of another potential victim of rapist actor Alexander Westwood

Driver caught after manhunt finally pleads guilty to injuring pedestrian in 2022 Walsall hit and run

February 27, 2025

'His attackers sentences are a joke': Mother of West Midlands Samurai sword victim speaks out

Nine stunning new West Midlands buildings shortlisted for prestigious architecture award

Teenager 'smashed up' Wolverhampton Crown Court cells while awaiting sentencing for a wounding offence

February 26, 2025

Albrighton pub The Summerhouse celebrates winning prestigious customer service award

£25,000 worth of dodgy cigarettes and dangerous vapes seized from back street Black Country shop

Teenagers turned a West Midlands shopping centre into blood-splattered 'warzone' during Samurai sword attack

BB guns and cash found by Walsall police raiding house in knife crime operation

Seventh man arrested in connection with delivery driver robbery in Birmingham

Jailed: Teenager who killed pedestrian in Quarry Bank hit and run

International human trafficking and drugs gang who forced migrants to work in Tipton cannabis farm found guilty

New 'victims' of convicted rapist actor Alexander Westwood demand justice after 'sexual predator' jailed

West Bromwich man jailed for strangling partner after she told him to do more housework

February 25, 2025

Applause in court as rapist actor Alexander Westwood jailed for 15-and-a-half years for 'decade of sordid sexual criminality'

Bilston man appears in court charged with possessing a machine gun

Brave victims of rapist actor Alexander Westwood tell court how he 'ruined their lives'

Corruption-busting former Labour councillor joins Green Party with stinging rebuke of Sir Keir Starmer

Victims, survivors and supporters will watch justice finally catch up with rapist actor Alexander Westwood today

West Bromwich man denies stabbing three people in popular Birmingham Wetherspoons pub

Telford woman denies lying to thwart investigation into Wolverhampton attempted murder case

February 24, 2025

'Vile and manipulative' rapist actor Alexander Westwood will be sentenced for 26 sex crimes tomorrow

February 23, 2025

Black Country MP set to demand clampdown on ghost number plates in Parliament

Stafford Borough Council offering chance to sell refreshments in two of its public parks

Plans submitted to change Kinver's Dunsley Hall from a hotel to a special educational needs school

February 22, 2025

Wolverhampton woman guilty of stealing £482,000 told she cannot jet off on holiday before sentencing

February 21, 2025

Sentencing guidelines help Walsall teenager avoid jail after attempted robbery in Stafford McDonald's

Woman who went on crime spree stealing mini diggers in Staffordshire avoids jail

Drunken woman who smashed up a bike with an axe on Cannock estate avoids jail

Man held up Sandwell shop with hypodermic needle for £20 to pay loan shark

February 20, 2025

Trial of man accused of killing Wolverhampton man Ryan Griffiths adjourned until October

Rapist actor Alexander Westwood locked up for breaking bail conditions ahead of sentencing for 26 sex crimes

February 19, 2025

Birmingham pub hits the high notes by putting faith in live music

Entertainment|Feb 19

Man accused of murdering Dudley father Mohammed Osman Khan walks free from court

February 18, 2025

Man attacked ex-partner with broken furniture and bit police officer given 'chance for a fresh start'

Black Country man faces trial accused of blackmailing, stalking, assaulting and sharing intimate pictures online

February 17, 2025

Dangerous driver who repeatedly rammed police car after Streetly chase told officers he wanted 'some compensation'

Ten Wolverhampton sports stars set to star in the Kabaddi World Cup in their home city

Walsall sickle cell disease charity Plasma of Hope's creative workshop deluged with talented children

'We feared for our lives during a horrifying machete attack outside our Stourbridge home by a father and his two children'

Cocaine addict battered a woman he met on Tinder after a drunken date in Wolverhampton

February 16, 2025

Pedestrian in his 50s dies after being hit by car in Wolverhampton

Man charged with attempted murder in connection with Wolverhampton drive-by shooting which injured three women