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January 13, 2025

Watch: Police shout 'bingo' after uncovering £750,000 worth of cocaine in woman's car in Cannock

Poundland invests in new security technology after millions lost to shoplifting

Man charged after knife recovered by police in Darlaston

Trading standards team praised over jailing of Dudley builder who left gardens and homes is shoddy state

'Mo was in extremely poor condition' - Willenhall woman banned from owning pets after leaving starving dog to 'suffer'

Willenhall|Jan 13

Second man charged with assisting ex-Staffordshire soldier Daniel Khalife after prison escape

Do you know this man? Appeal after bus driver robbed of phone

Police get more time to quiz Dudley murder suspect - here’s the new deadline

West Bromwich man carrying loaded pistol in bag tried to 'gouge' police officer's eyes with key in struggle

'A barrage of bricks were coming every second': Wolverhampton chip shop tells of shock attack by vandals

88,000 illegal vapes seized across the West Midlands as a Dudley shop owner escapes jail

January 12, 2025

Police looking for Walsall man with links to Wolverhampton

Teen danger driver from Staffordshire led police on chase around Telford in high-powered Jaguar he planned on living in with girlfriend

Stolen car stopped and recovered by traffic police after theft in Halesowen

Police dog Zade teams up with firearms officers to arrest three suspects after serious assault in Walsall

Man charged after attempted abduction of girl, 3, in Wolverhampton

Woman driven at and assaulted in Birmingham city centre

January 11, 2025

'It's absolutely terrifying': Residents speak of shock after man is found dead in 'quiet' estate and 36-year-old arrested on suspicion of murder

Police arrest Wolverhampton man wanted in connection with attempted abduction of three-year-old child

Three men charged after police swoop on £1.3m cannabis factory in Birmingham

Watch: Man, 36, arrested on suspicion of murder after man in his 40s dies in Dudley

Wolverhampton man jailed for leading Welsh police on booze-fuelled 100mph chase

Father who was caught with £3m cocaine and heroin haul at M6 Toll service station is jailed

Sentencing adjourned on West Bromwich man

Date set for High Court street racing injunction review hearing

Wolverhampton|Jan 11

Man wanted by Walsall police was found hiding in house attic after appeal

'Sadistic bully' who 'forced children to eat family pet' is jailed

Editor's choice — News|Jan 11

Man jailed for historic burglary offences at Brierley Hill cannabis farm

January 10, 2025

Police want to speak to this person over attempted abduction of three-year-old girl in Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton man charged with grooming boy

Birmingham siblings who used charity donations to pay off personal loans, debts and family expenses sentenced

'He will always be in our hearts' - Heartbroken family pay tribute to dad who died after being struck by car

Police seek to identify two men after items taken from shop and security guards 'threatened'

Wolverhampton woman denies murdering father of three after police called to Newport address

Woman killed in Wolverhampton was 'kicked repeatedly' - but alleged attacker denies being with her

January 9, 2025

Police want to speak to this woman about theft of a purse in Cannock town centre

Two vehicles seized by Sandwell police in crime crackdown

Willenhall man jailed after tool theft worth over £2,000

Police arrest three people for burglary and driving offences following Halesowen crash

Section 60 powers lifted in Walsall following days of disorder

Men arrested in Bilston on suspicion of stealing a Mercedes in Tipton

Man escapes jail after stealing a coat from Frasers in the Mander Centre in Wolverhampton

Staffordshire Police deal with immigration absconder from 2021 discovered in a faulty van

Jury in Helen Kempster murder trial are played audio of struggle

Parents of man accused of rape and murder 'tried to stop him' visiting 'city's red light district'

Forever home search for Comet - the dog found stabbed and tied to a lamppost in Bilston

January 8, 2025

Police extend stop and search rules across Walsall after five men arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

Police appeal after two men attacked by group armed with 'baseball bats'

Police appeal after cyclist hit by car in Birmingham dies of injuries

West Midlands Coronation Street star wins praise for powerful zombie knife crime message

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