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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

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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

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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

Daily Mirror

Scorned teacher turns up at lover's house in red wig and hacks at wife with carving knife

Teacher Clare Bailey, 44, drove from her home in Dudley, West Midlands, to her married ex-lover's family home in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, wearing a disguise before launching a bloody attack

Daily Mirror

Heat health alert issued for England this weekend

Warning covers London, east Midlands, West Midlands, east of England, south-east and south-west

The Guardian - UK

'This is an emergency': West Midlands' cycling head on Birmingham's need for bike infrastructure

Adam Tranter's plea for action comes after two cycling deaths in just over two weeks in second city

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West Midlands tourism economy enjoys post-covid boost

Findings from West Midlands Growth Company say spending by visitors to the region in 2022 rose by £4bn

Birmingham Post

Once 'lovely' street now plagued with yobs setting fire to homes 'nearly every day'

The cul-de-sac in Dudley, West Midlands, has become a target for vandals and arsonists after the council vacated half the homes in plans to build social housing

Daily Mirror

UK school branded 'completely absurd' over plan to sell ALCOHOL on grounds

Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School, a selective state grammar school Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, wants to serve alcoholic drinks on site - but the nearby community is furious

Daily Mirror

UK shop sells reduced knife to child on condition that 'he doesn't kill anyone'

Police in Wolverhampton, west Midlands, heard the brazer shop worker tell a teen that he could buy the blade if he promised not to stab someone with the deadly weapon

Daily Mirror

Segro strikes development partnership with combined authority

Company commits to support £2bn development programme across the West Midlands

Birmingham Post

Far-right extremist who set off ‘fireball’ in his kitchen convicted of terrorism offences

Vaughn Dolphin, from Walsall, West Midlands, had spoken of his desire for ethnic minorities to be shot

The Guardian - UK

Man 'murdered' after being rammed off road in car and stabbed to death

A man in his 50s was fatally attacked in Solihull, West Midlands, on Tuesday evening - with police having launched a murder investigation after multiple people fled the scene

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Drug dealer admits owning bulldogs that killed pensioner during ‘horrific’ attack in back garden

Lucille Downer, 85, was killed by two American bulldogs who escaped through a hole in the fence

The Independent UK

Man admits being in charge of bulldogs that killed pensioner during ‘horrific’ dog attack in back garden

Darren Pritchard has pleaded guilty at Wolverhampton Crown Court to being in charge of two American bulldogs which killed a pensioner at her home in Rowley Regis, West Midlands, in April 2021.

Daily Mirror

'I visited the 'worst McDonald's in the UK' where people find fake nails in fries'

Reporter Isabelle Bates paid a visit to the McDonald's in Kingswinford, West Midlands, after it was dubbed the "worst in the UK" on TripAdviser - and she was surprised at what she found

Birmingham Post

VisitEngland sets up new partnership to boost West Midlands tourism

Business chiefs have formed a new 'local visitor economy partnership' which they say will give regional companies a national voice

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The Guardian - UK

Twenty-one convicted in West Midlands child sexual abuse inquiry

Investigation uncovered ‘appalling catalogue of sexual abuse’ against seven children over almost a decade

Daily Mirror

Chemical incident sparks evacuation at retail park with two people affected

Firefighters and paramedics were called to a children's swimming pool in Oldbury, West Midlands, after reports of a chemical incident sparking an evacuation on Saturday

Birmingham Post

Parfetts opens first West Midlands cash and carry

Family-run business says it is creating 100 new jobs in Birmingham with launch

Daily Mirror

Alison Hammond distraught after handing 'thousands' over to 'blackmailer'

Television star Alison Hammond is said to have contacted West Midlands Police after becoming the victim of blackmail and has handed thousands of pounds over

Cycling Weekly

Birmingham velodrome moves a step closer with independent study into business case

The merits of a West Midlands velodrome and cycle park are being evaluated by an independent group

Daily Mirror

British region on 'UFO alert' with '42 sightings' reported in 12 months

The South East, North West and South West still come out on top on the unearthly sightings chart for 2022 but the West Midlands is spiking after UFO researchers compiled last year's data

Evening Standard

Man charged with two counts of attempted murder after men set on fire outside mosques

A man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after two men were set alight in Birmingham and London after leaving mosques, West Midlands Police have said.

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