A murder probe has been launched after the body of an elderly woman was discovered at a cottage in Bewdley.

More than £2.5 million has been spent on interpreters and translators for suspects and witnesses by police forces in the Midlands during the past year, new figures reveal.

A police vehicle was involved in a crash with another car that ended up crashing into a shop window.

The cost of overtime for West Midlands Police has jumped by almost 60 per cent in the last decade, new figures reveal today.

Metal thefts have exploded by 20 per cent in the West Midlands, with 800 more cases of lead and copper being stolen as prices rocket, it can be revealed today.

Police in the Midlands are being urged to save money — by sending text messages rather than talking into their radios.

Eight hundred West Midlands Police staff have applied for 400 places on the cash-strapped force’s voluntary redundancy scheme, the Express & Star can reveal.

Metal thieves have started stealing post boxes to sell on for scrap it emerged today.

West Midlands Police spent more than £3.3million asking for help from consultancy firms in two years, new figures reveal.

Four men and a woman have been arrested in the latest in a string of drugs raids in Kidderminster.