Mosque re-opens to worshippers as terror investigation gathers pace
WORSHIPPERS at the Kanzul Iman Masjid in Tipton have this evening been allowed back inside the building. A doctors surgery and nearby church have also been re-opened following the incident on Friday...
View ArticleHerefordshire Man Charged With Sex Offences Committed Abroad
Police in Herefordshire have today (Sunday, 14 July) charged a man with a number of sexual offences which are believed to have happened in Africa. Officers employed rarely used legislation, which...
View ArticlePolice praise young girls whose screams ward off park prowler
POLICE have praised the actions of two young girls whose screams warded off a man who grabbed one of them in a Coventry park at the weekend. A nine-year-old girl was walking with a friend on grassland...
View ArticleSadistic killer told to serve a minimum of 25yrs in jail
A MAN has been jailed for life for the brutal torture and murder of his housemate following an alcohol-binge at their home in Erdington. A jury unanimously found Joseph Snape guilty of murdering...
View ArticleCannabis factory found at disused shop
AROUND 200 cannabis plants have been found in a disused shop in Pelsall. Police were called to the store on Mouse Hill just after 5pm on Sunday (14 July) by a member of the public reporting suspicious...
View ArticleDaniel John McGrath Charged With Rape
Daniel John McGrath, who was arrested on Saturday in connection with an incident in Shottery on July 7, has been charged with rape, assault by penetration and robbery. McGrath, aged 33 and unemployed,...
View ArticleRobbery investigation launched after woman fends off attacker
DETECTIVES are investigating an attempted robbery in Northfield after a young woman suffered nasty injuries as she tried to fend off her assailant. The 31-year-old was putting her young child into her...
View ArticleMan in court over pub stabbings as police trace him to Sheffield address
A MAN has been charged with stabbings outside two Birmingham pubs after West Midlands Police officers traced him to an address in south Yorkshire. The 26-year-old was arrested in Valley Road,...
View ArticleChinese translator jailed for helping clients cheat drive theory test
A CHINESE translator has been jailed for helping driving test candidates cheat on theory exams – a scam that’s believed to have netted him up to £100,000. Interpreter Peter Hui was approved by the...
View ArticleMurdered teenager named as Hassan Mahmood
POLICE have tonight (Tuesday 16 July) named the teenager killed in a Birmingham park yesterday evening as Hassan Mahmood. The 15-year-old was stabbed near Oaklands Park in Wash Lane, South Yardley...
View ArticleCCTV released after woman is stabbed with needle outside Birmingham nightclub
DETECTIVES have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to after a woman was stabbed with a needle while on a night out in Birmingham. The 20-year-old had just left Bliss nightclub in Broad...
View ArticleInvestigation launched after couple found dead in Rowley Regis
POLICE have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of two bodies at a house in Rowley Regis yesterday (17 July 2013). Officers forced entry to the property on Bryan Budd Close at...
View ArticleFamily pay tribute to teenage murder victim
THE family of 15-year-old Hassan Mahmood, have paid tribute to the teenager following his death on Monday evening in a Birmingham park. Hassan’s uncle, Majid Ramzan said: “As a family that has suffered...
View ArticlePolice Release Image Of Man After Arson Attack At Petrol Station – Hereford
Police in Hereford have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to about an arson attack at a petrol station. A storage shed to the side of the Hinton Garage on Ross Road was set alight...
View ArticleTwo men arrested in connection with Walsall mosque blast
A 25-YEAR-OLD man and 22-year-old man, both Eastern European, have been arrested in connection with the explosion near Aisha Mosque in Walsall on 21 June. They were arrested just before 3pm today...
View ArticleTwo charged with teen stabbing
Police have tonight (Thursday) charged two teenagers in connection with the death of Hassan Mahmood who was killed in a Birmingham park on Monday evening. One 16-year-old boy has been charged with...
View ArticleParts of Wolverhampton evacuated as mosque searched
As a result of urgent enquiries underway as part of the investigation into the attacks near mosques in Walsall and Tipton, information has been received regarding a possible device activation on 28...
View ArticleFurther time granted to speak to three people in connection with Smethwick death
POLICE have been granted further time to speak to three people arrested in connection with the death of man found collapsed in Brook Street, Smethwick in the early hours of Thursday (17 July)....
View ArticleThree to face murder charges
A woman and two men have been charged with the murder of a Smethwick man who was found collapsed in the early hours of Thursday morning (17 July). Emergency services were called to Brook Street just...
View ArticleFurther 60 officers to be trained to use taser’s by says West Mercia police
West Mercia Police has today (Monday, 22 July) announced its intention to train extra officers to use Taser. A Taser is a device which delivers an electrical charge to the person it is fired at,...
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