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May 9, 2025

Simon Foster said the Animal Welfare Volunteer Team provided the highest standards of care and welfare for police dogs

New scheme launched by West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner to care for police dogs

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West Midlands Police have released this image of a man it said it wants to speak to. Photo: West Midlands Police

Police launch appeal after designer coat and bank card stolen from car in Dudley

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West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster with officers from Operation Prosper in Walsall. PIC: Gurdip Thandi LDR

Home Office remains silent over West Midlands Police force being ‘short changed’ and ‘ripped off’

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Paramedics tell murder trial they saw no marks on neck of man alleged to have hanged himself

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The case was heard at Telford Magistrates Court

'Primal Instincts? You acted like wild animals' judge tells Wolverhampton thugs who smashed up home and cars with hammer

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May 8, 2025

The car was taken off the road after the driver was found to be in possession of cannabis and the car having numerous dangerous faults. Photo: Staffordshire Police Road Crime Team

Car taken off road in Staffordshire after driver found in possession of cannabis

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West Midlands Police is asking for public help with finding Shane Wellington. Photo: West Midlands Police

Police launch appeal to trace wanted man with links to Walsall

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Mohammed Ibrahim has pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving. Photo: West Midlands Police

Man admits killing mother and daughter in collision in Birmingham

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Two arrests after drugs, cash and imitation firearm recovered in Dudley

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Police are trying to trace the owner of suspected stolen property found in a van in Stafford

Man arrested on suspicion of murder in Birmingham as police continue search for other suspects

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Man arrested and woman taken to hospital following stabbing incident on Wolverhampton road

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Wolverhampton Crown Court (PA)

Perverted Walsall teaching assistant who used disabled boys for depraved sexual games 'could have abused 81 more children'

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West Midlands Police.

Teenagers arrested in Dudley as part of car key burglary investigation

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Man arrested over series of burglaries across Black Country

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Damien Gloster

Dangerous and callous sex offender assaulted victims on Birmingham train network

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Ghulam Haider

Dudley man admits to killing HGV driver as he was broken down on M6

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The driver being arrested after police found drugs and a stolen car key on him as well as a balaclava and blade.

Police arrest man near Sandwell over car key burglary and find wraps of Class A drugs

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A Morrisons sign

Police appeal after attempted robbery on Morrisons cash machine in Staffordshire

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Morrisons Rubery

Woman charged after pensioner is robbed outside Morrisons in Birmingham

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Photo: Councillor Les Trumpeter

Man taken to hospital with stab wounds after incident in Great Barr

Emergency services at Plascom Road in Wolverhampton after the fatal house fire

Jury presented data intelligence evidence in Wolverhampton family arson trial

Kyle Pugh

'He's a f****** idiot' - Murder accused wife told police while paramedics worked to save husband

Wolverhampton Crown Court (PA)

Identity of perverted Walsall teacher guilty of sexually abusing six young boys could be revealed in court today

Wolverhampton Crown Court (PA)

Dangerous Halesowen driver finally behind bars after forging doctors' notes to get out of community service

West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster with officers from Operation Prosper in Walsall. PIC: Gurdip Thandi LDR

20 arrests made in three-week crime crackdown in Walsall town centre

May 7, 2025

Photo: Councillor Les Trumpeter

Armed police spotted outside Great Barr pub amid 'reports of a stabbing' in bus stop

Great Barr|May 7

A woman with dark hair and a black top with lacy shoulders and a woman with cropped dark hair and a pink top

Man admits killing mum and daughter and injuring three in Boxing Day crash

Carlyle Grove, Wolverhampton

Investigation launched after shooting at Scotlands estate in Wolverhampton which left one man injured

Arthur Road, Tipton

Two men charged after gun, ammo and drugs found during stolen car chase in Sandwell

TikTok bully who threatened to disfigure and kill his ex-partner jailed after kicking her whilst breastfeeding

Walsall Police have arrested four people and seized a number of bikes following an operation to tackle anti-social behaviour

Four arrests and bikes seized as police target Walsall anti-social behaviour

May's Most Wanted: Ten local criminals still on the run from police as of month

Kyle Pugh

'My husband's dead, he's f***ing dead' - Frantic ambulance call of Wolverhampton woman accused of murdering her husband

May 6, 2025

West Midlands Police.

23-year-old paedophile jailed for rape of teenage boy

Man and woman in court charged with murder of baby and causing or allowing death

Police want to speak to this man.

The man in a hat Walsall police want to speak to amid sexual assault probe

James Tranter

Drug dealer cracked after drugs found hidden in underwear by Cannock police

Reece Growcott

Tamworth drug dealer sentenced after being caught in stop-and-search

Stafford Crown Court

Wolverhampton man charged after causing serious injury to another man's neck in Cannock

Staffordshire|May 6

Boy, 15, killed in West Midlands crash involving car and motorbike carrying three people

Sandwell Council House in Oldbury. Photo: LDRS. Permission for reuse for all LDRS partners.

Warning to Sandwell shops after thousands of pounds of illicit and illegal tobacco and vapes seized

Isaac Brown who died from a single stab wound after a confrontation in West Bromwich's New Square on April 7 last year

Manslaughter sentencing of West Bromwich teenager is delayed again

Shropshire woman accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter appears in court

Wolverhampton resident spotted arsonists outside house 20 minutes after fatal fire was set, court hears

The suspects

CCTV images released after cash stolen from teenager at Wednesbury bus station

May 5, 2025

Dudley Council House. Picture: Dudley MBC free for LDRS use

'We will enforce to the letter of the law' - Dudley council leader issues zero tolerance crackdown warning

Police are appealing for information after the 'unlawful killing' of two nesting swans in Newport. Picture: Telford & Wrekin Police.

Fundraiser launched for 'reward' to catch killer of Newport swans

The bike seized by Stourbridge Police

Curiosity of two illegal bike riders in Stourbridge led to their arrests after being spotted police seize abandoned bike

Mervyn Boreland was sentenced to three years in prison. Photo: West Midlands Police

Man jailed for hit and run collision in Erdington which left girl with life-changing injuries

Matthew Smith was handed a 10 week jail sentence for targeting a convenience store in Willenhall. Photo: West Midlands Police

Prolific shop thief jailed for targeting Willenhall store