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04/09/17

Disruption broke out at HMP Birmingham after several inmates refused to return to their cells. The disorder started just after 17:00 on Sunday and resolved at 23:45. No staff or prisoners were injured, and the Prison Service said the disruption was...

08/08/17

The West Midlands saw the second highest number of arrests in the country for drink-drivers involved in serious accidents. New figures from the Department for Transport show that across the region in 2015, a total of 7,804 drivers involved in...

11/07/17

A Birmingham trucker has become one of the first motorists in the country to be prosecuted for driving too close to a cyclist after an undercover police operation. Plain clothes police officers have been cycling around Birmingham and the Black...

06/06/17

A Birmingham tourist nearly lost her leg after her calf muscle was ripped off in a horror boating accident in Australia. The 53-year-old was on a two-day cruise with her husband around the world famous Whitsunday Islands in Queensland when the freak...

08/05/17

Travellers at two sites in Birmingham have been ordered to leave the area by today, Monday 8 May. The eviction notices were served to travellers at King's Heath Park and Moor Green Lane in Moseley. Bailiffs for Birmingham County Council will...