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March 23, 2025

Great grandad brandishes pistol during heated family argument.

Terrifying moment West Midlands great grandad brandishes pistol in the street during heated family argument

March 22, 2025

Peter McLean, from Birmingham, walks through the city centre with a knife.

Birmingham man with combat knife walks through city centre in broad daylight

March 21, 2025

Heathrow Airport in darkness after nearby blaze.

Fire London Heathrow Airport: Eerie video shows Heathrow Airport in darkness after electrical substation fire

March 19, 2025

Chloe Francis, an entrepreneur and owner of Retro Chlo's Shop, in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

West Midlands woman who sold her clothes on Depop is now a full-time reseller - making £2k a month

UK weather: Met Office forecasts highs of 20°C in the West Midlands as spring begins - When do clocks change?

March 12, 2025

Snow falls in the West Midlands.

UK weather: Footage shows snow falling in the West Midlands

The five West Midlands areas with the biggest house price surges in the last 10 years

March 9, 2025

91-year-old West Midlands RAF veteran Mike Fisher still plays cricket every week.

Cricket: I’m a 91-year-old RAF veteran from Walsall - I play cricket for my local team every week

March 8, 2025

Footage released by Warwickshire Rural Crime Team shows the moment a lorry driver crashed into a 5ft-tall William Gladstone memorial cross in Lea Marston, Warwickshire, in August 2024.

Shocking moment Birmingham trucker smashes into 5ft-tall 1905 Grade II-listed memorial causing £40k damage

March 5, 2025

Electric Cinema, Birmingham.

Campaign to save UK's oldest cinema in Birmingham backed by Ozzy Osbourne dealt devastating blow

March 4, 2025

Maurice Haynes walks his daughter down the aisle at St Giles Hospice in Whittington, Shropshire.

Watch: Bride planned Staffordshire wedding in under 24 hours so dad who has terminal cancer could walk her down aisle

March 3, 2025

Monster rats the size of cats plague Birmingham neighbourhood.

Monster rats the size of cats plague our Birmingham neighbourhood - they’ll be catching the bus soon

March 1, 2025

New bag of M&Ms costs same price as old bag but weighs 13g less.

I saw a new bag of M&Ms in Tesco costing same price as old bag but weighing 13g less

February 26, 2025

The five West Midlands Dark Sky Discovery Sites to view rare seven-planet parade not visible again until 2040

February 25, 2025

Digbeth street art.

Vibrant and unique West Midlands neighbourhood with thriving music scene named coolest place to live in UK

February 23, 2025

'We surprised our wedding guests with a 00.13am WhatsApp invite on the day'

February 2, 2025

Ivan Pedley at Great Wyrley Table Tennis Club. Photo: Anita Maric/SWNS

Meet Britain's oldest ping pong player who plays 14 games a week aged 92

Harrowing CCTV shows moment gunman opened fire on mourners at wake - leaving four including girl, 14, injured

January 29, 2025

Unidentified flying object - UFO

Watch: What I found behind the unassuming doors of a West Midlands UFO group

January 28, 2025

Warrant issued after £3m Viking hoard thief fails to appear in court.

Warrant issued after £3m Viking hoard thief fails to appear at Birmingham court

January 20, 2025

Groom in tears as he sees his grandparents walk down the aisle instead of flower girls in heart-warming video

Groom in tears as he sees his grandparents walk down the aisle instead of flower girls in heart-warming video

Blue Monday 2025

Blue Monday: What is Blue Monday? When is Blue Monday? Along with three key ways to combat Blue Monday

January 19, 2025

Melvin Eley cutting hair at his barbershop in Stechford, Birmingham.

Meet the West Midlands great-grandad-of-six who has been cutting hair for 65 years - and still charges old-fashioned prices

US President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. | Brandon Bell / Getty Images

Donald Trump: How to watch Donald Trump’s inauguration in the UK as last minute change to ceremony announced

Politics|Jan 19

January 17, 2025

A Northamptonshire student stayed in a Boeing 747 hotel, where she had access to the former first class cabin and could walk out onto the wing to watch planes taxi by.

'I stayed in a Boeing 747 hotel and got to sleep in the cockpit with sole access to the first class cabin'

David Brudenell was jailed for four years and four month after harassing seven women

Terrifying moment serial stalker follows woman as she walks to work caught on CCTV

January 15, 2025

North American black bears playing on the ice at Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire. | Woburn Safari Park / SWNS

Watch: Bears appear confused at frozen lake before excitedly sliding around on the ice in adorable footage

January 14, 2025

Mo was left severely underweight with her ribs poking out

WATCH: Dog who lost more than half her body weight and had to be put down after owner left her starving

Some students in Birmingham believe AI made completing assignments harder

Birmingham graduates share how AI affects their lives as PM outlines AI Opportunities Action Plan

Politics|Jan 14

Man tries to take swig of his lager while being arrested for drink driving.

Watch: Man tries to swig lager while being arrested for drink driving