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West Midlands police force says it doesn’t deserve to be in special measures

Second biggest force in England and Wales accused of carrying out poor investigations and failing victims of crime

The Guardian - UK

Paedophile posted videos of himself raping boy on social media

Aiden Foster, 22, from Wednesbury, West Midlands, made a series of child sexual abuse videos which were shared on social media site Discord

The Independent UK

Father’s anger as shop that sold weapon used to kill son still advertising ‘Rambo-style’ knives

Ryan Passey died after being stabbed in the chest while in a nightclub with friends in Stourbridge, West Midlands

The Independent UK

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West Midlands mayor calls for transfer of PCC’s powers after rise in crime

Andy Street says powers of police and crime commissioner should be passed to mayor after next election

The Guardian - UK

Man arrested after rodents released in Birmingham McDonald’s in Gaza protest

West Midlands police investigate after rodents painted in Palestinian flag colours released in three McDonald’s

The Guardian - UK

City council’s financial issues ‘deeply disturbing’, West Midlands Mayor says

Andy Street said it was not for him to conduct an inquisition ‘however severely there needs to be one’ after Birmingham City Council’s announcement.

The Independent UK

List of schools fully or partially closed due to potentially dangerous concrete

Here are some of the schools impacted by the reinforced autoclaved aerated (Raac) concrete crisis.

The Independent UK

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Police reinvestigation of Birmingham pub bombings has failed, families told

Exclusive: Bereaved accuse authorities of cover-up as CPS decides there is insufficient evidence to prosecute

The Guardian - UK

Arson hit Crooked House pub may be ‘rebuilt brick by brick’ – but will it still be wonky?

West Midlands mayor Andy Street called for the pub to be ‘rebuilt brick by brick’, as hopes of the famed pub’s reconstruction remain high. Eleanor Noyce and Albert Toth report

The Independent UK

TV tonight: stress and squabbles in Ultimate Wedding Planner

The first big day takes place in a Concorde hanger. Plus: a deadly mission for the West Midlands police drone. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s ‘wonkiest pub’ reduced to rubble after being gutted by mystery fire

Police are reviewing all the evidence after the destruction of The Crooked House near Dudley, West Midlands shortly after sale

The Guardian - UK

Police ‘reviewing all evidence’ on cause of Crooked House pub fire

Staffordshire force investigating how blaze took hold of West Midlands site days after it was sold

The Guardian - UK

Crooked House fire: Blaze rips through ‘Britain’s wonkiest pub’ days after it was sold to private buyer

Police are investigating the blaze at the pub in Himley, West Midlands, late on Saturday

The Independent UK

Fire rips through historic Crooked House pub days after sale to private buyer - OLD

Police are investigating the blaze at the pub in Himley, West Midlands, late on Saturday.

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Murder suspect arrested after woman’s body found in Birmingham

West Midlands police say 30-year-old man in custody after woman found with serious injuries on Tuesday evening

The Independent UK

Body of missing firefighter found a month after attempted English Channel swim

The body of missing Iain Hughes was found in waters off Belgium, West Midlands Fire Service said

The Independent UK

Body of missing firefighter found after attempted English Channel charity swim

The body of missing Iain Hughes was found in waters off Belgium, West Midlands Fire Service said.

Daily Mirror

Grandad terrified after finding SNAKE inside opened bag of Aldi broccoli

Neville Lenton, 63, bought the vegetable from a store in Stourbridge, West Midlands, on June 2. Three days later he opened it to prepare a meal when he spotted a snake inside the bag

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West Midlands transport chiefs appoint tech firm for new app

FOD Mobility Group will work on a new one-stop-shop tech platform which will allow travellers to access information and book tickets in a single place

The Independent UK

Police investigate after shots fired at Wolverhampton wedding party

West Midlands Police have described the attack as ‘reckless’

Daily Mirror

'I made £700 by reporting my neighbour - I'm gobsmacked and overjoyed'

Ayyesha said: "I’m 30 this year, I didn’t have an 18th or a 21st, so this money will definitely go towards a celebration this year"

Daily Mirror

Desperate search for missing mum and daughter, one, who have vanished from home

The 27-year-old mum vanished from her home in Halesowen near Dudley, West Midlands, as detectives believe she is with her one-year-old missing daughter

The Independent UK

Gang ferried drugs using ‘thank you NHS’ van during lockdown

They even used a ‘Thank You NHS’ van to transport the heroine and cocaine across the West Midlands

Daily Mirror

Drug dealer jailed after two American Bulldogs maul great-gran to death in her garden

Darren Pritchard's two American bulldogs snuck into 85-year-old Lucille Downer's back garden in Rowley Regis, West Midlands and went for the great-grandmother's neck causing fatal injuries

Daily Mirror

King Charles lives in UK's neighbourhood with MOST anti-social behaviour - see where you live

Police figures, obtained by Mirror, shows more than 2,000 incidents of anti-social behaviour were recorded near Buckingham Palace last year - while there was less than one incident for every 1,000 residents in one part of the West Midlands

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