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April 17, 2025

Jessica Jury has been jailed. Photo: West Midlands Police

Jailed: Woman who stabbed man at Smethwick flat after argument

Forensics investigating the scene

Police confirm skeletal remains found at field near Kingswinford are human as forensics pictured at scene

Police found items including drugs and cash after searching a passenger of a car in Merrivale Road, Stafford. Photo: Google

Man charged after police search car passenger in Stafford and find drugs

A man has been charged following a cashpoint robbery in Smethwick

Three men charged after gun recovered in Wolverhampton during police operation to tackle violence and gang activity in city

Rebecca Richardson

West Midlands teacher accused of sexually assaulting child in Turkey faces extradition

The vehicle was set on fire in a village near to Eccleshall on April 15. Video: Staffordshire Police

Watch: Shocking moment hooded suspects set fire to truck in Staffordshire village

Gray Friars Place, Stafford, near to where the fire was started

Blaze in derelict Stafford building found to be 'deliberate' - fire service update

Drug dealer lobs bin bag of heroin over fence during police raid

Drug dealer lobs bin bag of heroin over fence during West Midlands Police raid

Kenyjah James from Birmingham jailed for drug offences

Drug dealer jailed after being snared in new West Midlands Police Operation

Tipton man, 35, charged with dealing drugs in Telford

Connor Brookes was killed on July 8 of last year

The deadly and escalating Walsall feud behind the Connor Brookes guilty murder verdicts

West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, Simon Foster, has stepped up his war against dangerous drivers after securing £1 million from the government. Credit: Birmingham Mail

West Midlands PCC to attend scrutiny meeting over Walsall crime rate

April 16, 2025

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Telford man, 35, arrested after £4,000 in cash, phones and class A drugs found in Tipton

CCTV footage shows the vehicle moments before the killing

Watch: CCTV footage shows moments leading up to murder of Connor Brookes

Connor Brookes was killed on July 8 of last year

'A loss we'll carry forever' - Family pay tribute to 'kind and caring' Connor Brookes as killer's faces revealed

A man has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving

Burntwood teenager arrested on suspicion of drug offences in Lichfield

'Keep yourselves and others safe' - Staffordshire Police's plea to drivers after fatal collision

Three men found guilty of murdering Connor Brookes in Walsall drive-by shooting

Appeal to identify man after Stourbridge shop thefts

Appeal to identify man after multiple shop thefts in Stourbridge

Stourbridge|Apr 16

Man arrested after concern for woman's welfare in Staffordshire

Electric car charging in London

Police investigate EV charging cables stolen from Stourbridge

Former Staffordshire police officer appears in court

Man charged after two teenagers injured in Wordsley knife robbery

Wolverhampton man charged with attempted murder in Dudley after police find weapon

The driver was caught after he tried to flee.

Man driving cloned stolen Audi arrested and knife recovered from car in the West Midlands

$Stafford Borough Council\'s Civic Centre at Riverside Stafford. Photo by Staffordshire LDR Kerry Ashdown. Free for use for all BBC wire partners$

More than £70k given to Stafford council for community safety action

Craig Callear

Revealed: Face of careless driver who killed his passenger after crashing high-powered BMW in Bilston

Thomas Sykes has been jailed for life after murdering his dad in August 2022

Son jailed for life after being caught trying to bury his murdered father in his West Midlands garden

April 15, 2025

Police appeal for witnesses after man stabbed in arm and leg with 'object' in Willenhall

Man arrested after woman raped in layby near Shifnal

'You could see bullet holes': Eyewitness reacts to Halesowen shooting

Police make two arrests after boy, 14, threatened with a knife in Wordsley

'Wanted on suspicion of harassment': Police issue photo of man with links to the Black Country

Former force call-handler to appear in court on drugs charges

Dudley shooting: Man arrested in Wolverhampton by armed officers

Sharjeel Shahzad

This is the face of the dangerous Porsche driver who killed a baby and injured parents in Smethwick crash

Wolverhampton teenager charged after police find crossbow, drugs and knife during search

Shots fired at Halesowen block of flats - sparking investigation and cordon up

Kajuan Malone

Man pleads guilty to manslaughter of father outside Walsall nightclub

Wolverhampton Crown Court (PA)

Major Wolverhampton attempted murder trial stopped after three weeks due to jurors in danger of missing holidays

Dudley Council House. Picture: Martyn Smith/LDRS free for LDRS use

Revealed: The safest region in the West Midlands - according to the latest crime data

Justice stock image

Wolverhampton man caught with county lines drug dealer phone, cash and suspected drugs wraps avoids jail

The spot where Callear crashed his BMW in November 2021

Walsall man admits killing passenger of the BMW he crashed on the Black Country Route

April 14, 2025

Police at the entrance to Aston Wood Golf Club

Probe 'continues at pace' after a woman was struck by van on Little Aston golf course

Two teenagers have been arrested after an attempted carjacking in Smethwick

Two men, 17 and 20, arrested after drugs and weapons seized in Wolverhampton

Former top TV doctor Aivar Bracka

Jury finds former TV doctor not guilty of indecently assaulting young patients during examinations in the 1990s

Man appears in court accused of breaking into cars in Wolverhampton

BBC presenter Jay Blades

Trial of TV presenter Jay Blades delayed

Staffordshire Police praised for 'bravery' during 2024 riots - but report demands understanding of social-media radicalisation

The boy was threatened in open space near Swanfield Road, Wordsley. Photo: Google

Boy, 14, assaulted and threatened with knife near Stourbridge - police investigating

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