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Man who raped Sikh woman in her home during racist attack is jailed for life

At the time of the rape John Ashby was homeless, having been discharged from psychiatric care three days earlier without a support package

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Rapist jailed for religiously aggravated attack on Sikh woman in her home

John Ashby targeted his victim and told her he was a ‘British master’ after following her into her home.

Evening Standard

Toddler died at nursery after being restrained and left unchecked for two hours

The now closed Fairytales Day Nursery in Dudley has admitted corporate manslaughter.

Evening Standard

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Teenager who murdered 12-year-old schoolboy to be sentenced

Leo Ross was fatally stabbed in the stomach when he was walking home from school in Birmingham.

Evening Standard

Hundreds tricked into attending fake New Year’s Eve fireworks display

Footage shared online showed a large group of people gathering in front of the ferris wheel in Centenary Square

Evening Standard

‘Nazi’ teenager who amassed weapons and discussed school ‘shoot up’ locked up

He also admitted having terrorist information relating to manifestos of those who went on to commit acts of terror.

The Independent UK

OPINION - It's not a 'war on motorists', it's a war against needless deaths

The news that Labour have decided not to proceed with the previous Conservative Government’s “Plan For Drivers” should be welcomed, but should also hardly be a surprise.

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Body found in missing woman search as man charged with murder

Officers searching for Reanne Coulson found a body in Binley Woods on Friday afternoon, West Midlands Police said.

Evening Standard

New custody image released of woman in niqab because of ‘distress’

Farishta Jami, from Stratford-upon-Avon, was found guilty of two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorism.

Evening Standard

Police appeal after man attempts to abduct three-year-old girl

A man tried to pick up and take the girl while she was outside a house with an older relative, West Midlands Police said.

The Independent UK

Couple show no emotion in court after starving and burying three-year-old son

Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah were jailed for 24-and-a-half years and 19-and-a-half years respectively for causing the death of Abiyah Yasharahyalah.

Evening Standard

Birmingham Airport news latest: Flights delayed after bomb scare forces hundreds of passengers to evacuate

Bomb disposal experts rushed to Birmingham Airport following reports of a suspicious vehicle

The Independent UK

Cyanide spilling into West Midlands canal sees 'major incident' declared as dead fish spotted

People are being warned to stay away from the canal for fear of serious health risks

Evening Standard

Man, 21, ‘passed on message of love’ to mother as he lay dying from Walsall machete attack

Six teens took turns attacking Bailey Atkinson with machetes and zombie knives giving him no chance of survival, detectives said

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‘Birmingham Four’ ask CCRC to investigate convictions for terror plot

Four men were jailed for life in 2017 for planning terrorist attack in UK after elaborate undercover police operation

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Labour plans ‘Raneem’s law’ to protect victims of domestic abuse

Legislation requiring police to respond faster to reports of domestic violence is named after woman killed in 2018

The Guardian - UK

West Midlands police fight rise of ‘frightening’ 100mph street car racing

Force says events attended by hundreds of spectators leave residents in distress at loud noise and dangerous driving

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Birmingham PhD student guilty of using 3D printer to build ‘kamikaze’ drone

Mohamad al-Bared used technology at Coventry home to make drone designed to deliver a warhead or chemical weapon for IS

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Rail strikes cause fresh disruption in Great Britain this weekend

RMT staff at 14 operators are taking action including LNER, Avanti, Southern, GWR and East Midlands

Daily Mirror

Solihull tragedy fundraiser to end as families of drowned boys issue emotional statement

The families of Samuel Butler, six, Finlay Butler, eight, Thomas Stewart, 11, and 10-year-old Jack Johnson expressed their gratitude towards those who donated to the fundraiser, which has raised over £86,000

Wales Online

More than half a million uninsured cars seized in four years

London, West Midlands and Yorkshire lead the way for most vehicles taken off the road for lack of insurance

The Independent UK

Kemarni Watson: ‘No missed opportunities’ to save boy, 3, murdered by mother’s partner, review claims

The toddler suffered more than 20 fractures and his rib cage ‘crushed’ at the couple’s flat in West Midlands

The Independent UK

Drug dealer jailed for at least 24 years for ‘brutal’ murder of three-year-old

Nathaniel Pope was told the killing of toddler Kermani Watson Darby, following repeated beatings, was ‘particularly distressing’.

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