The youngster, who was 16 at the time but is now aged 17 and who can't be named for legal reasons, was sentenced to a minimum term of 17 years and 42 days at Manchester Crown Court. He had also ...

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PE teacher Cheryl Bennett, of Wednesbury's Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School, has been paid substantial damages after the fake clip taken when she was canvassing for Labour as a favour for a ...

The dig at Marsh Park was undertaken by the Friends of Marsh Park on January 17 after the group was alerted to a series of bricks sticking out of the ground. The group were assisted by the ...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, which was the largest Nazi concentration camp, and the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia. Sandwell Council set a ...

Officers from Staffordshire Police were called to a car park on Lichfield Road at around 5.10pm on January 16 where they found the victim, a woman in her 30s, who had suffered concussion and damage to ...

Matthew Lewis, who is best known for playing Neville Longbottom in the film series, will be in the former offices on Queen Street as part of filming of a new Channel 5 crime drama called "Murder ...

On Friday (January 24), officers joined by police dogs raided six addresses in the Hednesford and Cannock areas. Five people were arrested on suspicion of class A drug supply conspiracy. The suspects ...

A person in the West Midlands has contracted bird flu after “close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds,” the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. The case is one of only ...

West Midlands Fire Service sent four crews to the scene of a fire that broke out on Union Street overnight. Quick Reach, where a lorry fire caused damage to high rise platforms as well as the lorry ...

A dramatic video shows officers chasing down a suspect who failed to stop for them in Erdington before recovering a knife. Officers on patrol outside Erdington train station spotted a man at around 11 ...

A man is set to appear in court after being charged with aggravated bodily harm and racially aggravated public order offences in Handsworth. Mark Grant, 57, from Winson Green Road, will appear at ...