West Midlands Police have formally objected to the Prince of Wales pub in West Bromwich reopening after its licence was revoked following a horrifying baton attack last year. The police and fire services raised serious safety concerns.
Joseph McCalmon, 31, from Birmingham, has been charged with murder after a man was found injured on Icknield Port Road and later died in hospital. The incident occurred on Wednesday evening.
West Midlands Police are appealing for information after a wallet theft in Solihull led to bank cards being used at a Morrisons cashpoint. No arrests have been made.
Kian Moulton, 15, stabbed Leo Ross, 12, in a random attack in Yardley Wood, then returned to watch the aftermath. He received a life sentence with a minimum of 13 years.
Jake Wales, 28, has been sentenced to 14 months in prison after police found him with nearly 2,000 indecent images of children, including over 500 in the most serious category.
Brian Patterson, 22, from Brechin, has been sentenced to four years in prison with a two-year extension for a racially aggravated axe attack on a commuter at Edinburgh Waverley station in September 2025.
Mariusz Kosinski, 37, has been sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for causing death by dangerous driving on the A46 Evesham bypass, where he was over the alcohol limit and overtook multiple vehicles recklessly.
Dorin Ciorba, 29, found guilty of murdering 62-year-old Osaretin Oronsaye in Dartford, Kent, following a brutal attack over a financial dispute. CCTV captured his chilling escape by bicycle.
Two individuals were arrested by armed police on High Road in Benfleet, Essex, following an alleged kidnapping of a man in his 20s. The incident occurred near South Benfleet Primary School, causing alarm among witnesses and school staff.
Darren Steel, 41, has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 20 years for the murder of his older brother Martin Steel in a case described as the 'ultimate betrayal'.
Saqib Ali, 24, has been sentenced to over two years in prison for burglary, theft, and handling stolen goods after preying on elderly and vulnerable victims across Derby and Stoke-on-Trent.
Two brothers from Wolverhampton have been sentenced to eight years in prison each for running a County Lines drug network known as the 'Kash Line' that supplied crack cocaine and heroin across the Black Country.
West Midlands Police have added new suspects to their most wanted list, appealing for public help to locate individuals wanted for crimes including stalking, harassment, and burglary.
Three men from the West Midlands have been sentenced after their dogs viciously attacked people while dangerously out of control, resulting in one death and multiple injuries.
Brandon Carpenter, 31, was assaulted outside The Stourbridge Lion pub, leaving him covered in blood and needing stitches. His partner feared he was dead during the violent incident.
Mark Hirons, 38, from Lydbury North, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for rape, assault, and intentional strangulation of a woman in Telford. The dangerous predator was convicted after a West Mercia Police investigation.
Two individuals from Birmingham are among eight people charged in connection with the alleged murder of Gary Piatek, who has been missing for nearly two years. Police are conducting a major search operation at a property in Leicester, including demolishin
Omran Ahmed, 37, has been sentenced to an extended 20-year term for raping two women in separate attacks while awaiting trial. The Nottingham predator assaulted his second victim while on bail.
A dangerous sexual predator who coerced three women into sharing sick child abuse videos has been sentenced to 26 years in prison at Winchester Crown Court.
Four men have been sentenced to a combined total exceeding 100 years in prison for attempting to murder a 45-year-old man in Wolverhampton. The victim was shot in the back after leaving a pub in the Horseley Fields area.
Liberty Mitchell, 21, was sentenced to six years and eight months for causing death by dangerous driving after a high-speed collision that killed two people less than a month after she passed her driving test.
Zahid Iqbal, jailed for planning an al Qaida-inspired bomb attack on a Territorial Army centre in Luton, has been approved for release by the Parole Board three years early.
Residents in Warden Road, Sutton Coldfield, were woken early by a police raid using angle grinders, resulting in a man's arrest for suspected drug dealing.
Kelvin Ndoro has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for sexually assaulting a woman he deceived into believing he was a taxi driver in Nottingham.
Dongping Xiao, 41, has been remanded into custody after being charged with running two brothels in Birmingham city centre following a police investigation.
Far-right activist Tommy Robinson has confirmed he has left the United Kingdom due to safety concerns after being named in an Islamic State publication that encouraged violence against him.
A police officer who struck and killed an 80-year-old man at a pedestrian crossing after running a red light has received a community order. Steven Allcock was distracted by a disruptive suspect in the back of his van during the tragic incident in Beeston
Ronald De Vito, 42, faces charges including violent disorder and weapon possession following a disturbance in Bearwood that hospitalized three men, with police continuing their investigation.
Zulkernain Ahmed faces life imprisonment for murdering 16-year-old Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Taleb, who was struck while walking on a pavement in Sheffield during a targeted attack on e-bike riders.
Robert Gillan has been sentenced to 32 months in prison for operating an illegal pet shop from his Rugeley council house, where neglected birds and exotic animals were found during a police raid in May 2022.