West Midlands Police are appealing for information after a teenager was sexually assaulted along a canal in Tipton on Monday morning. Officers have released an image of a man they wish to speak to.
Adedapo Adegbola, 40, has been sentenced to life with a minimum 25-year term for the brutal murder of Stephanie Irons, 23, in her Mapperley flat. The court heard he was 'obsessed' and 'bitter' after their relationship ended.
Criminals are using AI to clone voices during fake surveys, then authorise fraudulent direct debits. National Trading Standards warns older people are particularly vulnerable.
A 20-year-old man from Lye, Dudley, has been charged with disseminating terrorism materials and possession of an article for terrorist purposes following a counter-terror police operation.
An 18-year-old from Prestatyn has pleaded guilty to murdering his mother, Angela Shellis, whose body was found near a nature reserve footpath last October.
National Trading Standards issues urgent warning about sophisticated AI voice-cloning scams targeting vulnerable UK residents through fake lifestyle survey calls.
West Midlands Police have become one of the first UK forces to deploy the new Axon Taser 10, featuring 10-shot capacity and double the effective range of previous models to enhance officer and public safety.
West Yorkshire Police arrested a suspect after a dramatic chase through Leeds streets, using tactical contact to knock a rider from his motorbike during a dangerous group ride-out.
West Midlands Police are urgently seeking the rightful owners of a large quantity of power tools recovered from a Smethwick address, with a man arrested and bailed in connection.
Police and Trading Standards officers have confiscated illegal cigarettes and tobacco worth £35,000 from a shop on Stratford Road in Shirley, following community concerns.
A young mother from the Midlands has received a suspended sentence after a violent street assault left a man with permanent vision loss following a nightclub altercation.
Daniel Davenport, 45, has been sentenced to five years in prison after police discovered a converted firearm and ammunition-making kit in his freezer following a street altercation in Chellaston.
Flauberd Njumbe, 31, has been sentenced to six years after being extradited from Ireland for rape and sexual assault offences in the Midlands.
Three additional men from the Midlands have been charged in connection with alleged plots to attack Pakistani dissidents at their UK homes in Cambridgeshire and Buckinghamshire.
A student working near Oxford Street in Leicester describes hearing a scream moments before a man in his 20s was fatally stabbed. Police have arrested an 18-year-old on suspicion of murder.
A De Montfort University student has been named in floral tributes after a fatal stabbing near the Leicester campus. An 18-year-old man remains in custody on suspicion of murder.
The parents of Ali Durrani, missing for a year from Selly Oak, make an emotional public appeal for information as police continue extensive searches.
The family of Ali Durrani, missing since February 2025 in Northfield, Birmingham, share an emotional message on the anniversary of his disappearance.
New research reveals 68% of women in Birmingham feel less safe after nightfall, significantly higher than the UK average of 58%, with many altering behaviour to manage risks.
Four people from Bolton have been arrested in connection with a £3 million illegal TV streaming ring after Sky reported suspicious activity to police, leading to raids in Manchester.
Four individuals have been arrested across Greater Manchester and Lancashire as part of a major crackdown on an illegal TV streaming network worth millions of pounds.
A 10-year-old girl has sustained life-changing injuries after a dog attack in Bolton. Armed police attended the scene, detaining two dogs and arresting two individuals.
Police examine hundreds of hours of footage tracking Darren Meah-Moore's movements before he was found dead under cardboard boxes in a Cardiff lane, with disturbing evidence emerging at inquest.
Staffordshire Police implement a 48-hour dispersal order in Lichfield city centre to combat rising anti-social behaviour, urging parents to inform young people.
Sam Egerton, 34, convicted of stalking comedian Joe Lycett after five-month campaign of threatening social media messages and loitering outside his Kings Heath home.
A Birmingham man has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison after starting a fire in his flat that caused £500,000 in damage and left residents needing hospital treatment.
Three men have been convicted for the murder of Mohammed Khan, 22, in Walsall. The judge described the stabbing as 'pure factional violence' on the streets.
Ahmad Mulakhil testifies at Warwick Crown Court, denying he searched for the alleged victim and stating she appeared to be in her early twenties during the Nuneaton incident.
West Midlands Police have issued a public appeal for information following an incident where a man shouted racist abuse and made threats at Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham.
A 76-year-old summer camp leader from the Midlands has admitted to drugging his wife with Temazapam so she would not wake while he sexually assaulted children at a Leicestershire lodge.