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February 28, 2025

Woman seriously injured in Staffordshire double dog attack - police launch investigation

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

'Effective' Black Country street racing ban continuing after seven people punished for breaches

Wolverhampton pharmacist handed suspended sentence for submitting false information to secure Covid-19 funding

Walsall farm shop butchers prosecuted over discovery of mouse droppings

CCTV appeal launched following B&M shop theft in Cannock

Revealed: Face of death by dangerous driving man convicted of hit and run incident in Dudley

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

Staffordshire man jailed for harassment and fraud offences

Woman found dead in Staffordshire village named by police as investigation continues

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

West Midlands woman contesting XL Bully destruction order case

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Wolverhampton man who had crowbar and hammer admits smashing up cars and windows in Telford

February 26, 2025

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

'The world has been robbed of a lovely lad': Parents of boy who died at birthday party speak after SnowDome sentenced

Suspect in Stonnall murder probe still in custody as investigation continues

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

Plans to tackle 'ghost' number unveiled in Parliament amid car racer crackdown by a Black Country MP

Man pleads guilty to raping woman in Perry Barr as police thank victim for reporting the crime

Police are looking for this man after a safe was stolen from a Staffordshire business

SnowDome activity centre sentenced for failings in toboggan death of 12-year-old boy at birthday party

Police issue update after shooting near fish shop in Walsall

Man accused of threatening youths in Wolverhampton street with knife due in court

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

Missiles thrown in fight outside Sandwell College as two arrested

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

Jailed: Fraudster who sat theory tests for learner driver in Wolverhampton and others around UK

Walsall police launch crackdown on shoplifters and knife carriers

Watch: See the shocking moment gang re-enacts the brutal killing of a father in Birmingham

Review of Black Country car cruising ban to be held at High Court today

Lambs to the slaughter - 'Frustrated' farmer sold lost flock to Walsall abattoir for £2,000 after they ate his crops

Nervous car driver arrested in Black Country for having no licence

Two Black Country men among trio jailed after police chase led to revolver and ammunition discovery

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

'Lucky' Wolverhampton drug dealers get 'last chance' as judge hands down suspended sentences

February 25, 2025

Man suffers 'serious injuries' to face in assault at Stourport pub

'I can't come to terms with what has happened': Residents' shock at second tragedy in sleepy Staffordshire village

Six people found guilty of murdering 'beloved' dad whose body was discovered by dog walker two days after attack

Men from Stafford and Birmingham convicted of sexually exploiting children

Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman dies in Staffordshire village

Man arrested after shop worker threatened on West Bromwich High Street

Watch: Dangerous Smethwick driver who hit 100mph at illegal car meet given road ban

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

Walsall drug dealer jailed after around £26k in cash and crack cocaine found at his home

Bilston man appears in court charged with possessing a machine gun

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