Football banning orders of up to three years will be pursued for trouble-makers in the run-up to and aftermath of tomorrow’s Black Country derby.

A West Midlands Police worker got paid £120,516 compensation for a “bruise”, according to new figures.

Police investigating the Wolverhampton riots today launched a fresh appeal to round up nine final suspected thugs for their part in the summer troubles in the city.

A director of finance with West Midlands Police has quit his £121,000-a-year post for charging £200 to his official expenses account for an unauthorised hotel stay with a female colleague.

Complaints against West Midlands Police officers increased by 10 per cent in the past year, new figures revealed today.

A police officer who went to the aid of a man suffering a heart attack in a Black Country street is being honoured for his life-saving actions.

A woman who helped launder money from the sale of stolen cars has been ordered to sell her home to pay back £126,000 – or face more time in prison.

Twenty former officers have launched claims against West Midlands Police after being forced to retire under a cost-saving scheme, it emerged today. The claims could be heard at an employment tribunal.

Detectives investigating how a metal theft suspect suffered 60 per cent burns have released this image of a man they would like to speak to.

Undercover police cars will be trailing cash vans used by banks, betting shops and supermarkets in a new crackdown on cash-in-transit robberies.