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Campaigners renew plea for public inquiry 50 years after Birmingham pub bombings

More than 200 people were injured and 21 killed when bomb blasts minutes apart tore through two city centre pubs in November 1974.

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Car meets ‘scourge of the Earth’, grieving father says after killer sentenced

Damian Corfield said the sentencing of his son’s killer should be a warning to anyone thinking of taking part in such events.

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Boy, 15, charged with murder after teenager fatally stabbed in Solihull

A 17-year-old boy died in Marston Green on Tuesday.

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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

Police drop investigation into Black professor who called ex-GB News host Calvin Robinson a ‘house N***o’

Exclusive: The investigation followed a string of cases where Black and Asian people have faced prosecution for hate crimes after using specific language to criticise other people from ethnic minority communities

The Independent UK

Police dogs should be phased out, Peta tells Met commissioner

The animal rights group wrote to Sir Mark Rowley after police dogs were ‘burned’ and ‘hit with bricks’ during UK riots this summer.

Evening Standard

Manhunt launched after three women injured in drive-by shooting

One victim still being treated as detectives hunt those behind attack

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Three women rushed to hospital following horror drive-by shooting in Wolverhampton

Police are urging anyone with information to come forward

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Domestic abuse specialists in 999 control rooms to help victims, Yvette Cooper announces

Home Secretary said ‘Raneem’s Law’, named after Raneem Oudeh who was murdered by her ex-partner, marks the start of plansto halve violence against women and girls in a decade

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Police asked Black Studies professor for help on ‘coconuts’ case before his own ‘house n*gro’ investigation

Exclusive: It has emerged that the academic, 41, was approached by the Metropolitan Police in April to lend his expertise to a Crown Prosecution Service review into whether Marieha Hussain should be charged for her ‘coconuts’ placard.

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Leading Black professor faces police probe after calling former GB News host Calvin Robinson a ‘house n*gro’

Exclusive: Professor Kehinde Andrews released a video in which he argued for the validity of terms including ‘house n*gro’ and ‘coconut’

The Independent UK

Massive brawl between adults at under 10s football match probed by police

Video shows children being urshered off the pitch at Boldmere St Michaels as fighting breaks out between parents in one of the stands

The Independent UK

UK Drug Dealer Behind ‘VISA’ Cocaine Stamps Jailed For 9.5 Years‌ ‌

Sikander Ali flaunted wealth while peddling drugs via an encrypted network and was sentenced for cocaine and firearm offenses.‌

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Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after four people hit by car

Police were called after a vehicle drove onto the pavement in Prince Street, Walsall, just before 5pm on Friday, West Midlands Police said.

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CCTV footage helps convict ‘dangerous’ men after car park shooting

Gunshot victim refused to tell police what happened after hospital staff alerted officers

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First picture of seven-month-old baby killed by pet dog as police rule ‘no criminal offence’ committed

West Midlands Police say no criminal offence was committed after seven-month-old Elle Doherty tragically died in a dog attack at her home in Coventry

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Police manhunt launched in Coventry after ‘beautiful’ boy, 12, killed in hit and run

Police are looking to speak to a driver of a black BMW

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US ‘hitwoman in hijab’ was foiled when her gun jammed and is now on the run, prosecutors say

Aimee Betro, 44, was allegedly recruited by British father and son Mohammed Aslam, 56, and Mohammed Nazir, 30, to conduct a revenge killing in the UK

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Church ‘violated’ after thief snatches 140 year-old bronze eagle sculpture from lectern

The church warden said the thief waited for the perfect oppurtunity to strike

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Killer, 12, posed with machete for social media picture just hours before murdering stranger

The youth attached a song to the image which had been sung by a fellow machete killer

Evening Standard

Parents of machete attack victim Shawn Seesahai pay tribute to ‘loving’ teen killed by 12-year-olds

Suresh and Maneshwary Seesahai issued a warning on knife crime, saying: ‘If we don't pay attention, this will keep happening.’

The Independent UK

The ‘vehicle vultures’ terrorising residential streets and city car parks as demand for parts surges

A car parts shortage with its roots in the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine has fuelled a criminal craze of stripping vehicles in the street

Evening Standard

Third man arrested after two women killed in Wolverhampton house fire

The incident occurred in Wolverhampton in the early hours of Saturday.

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Two men arrested after two women killed in house fire in Wolverhampton

Another four people were injured in the Dunstall Hill area on Saturday morning.

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Son of man set on fire near mosque says Met Police could have prevented tragedy

Mohammed Rayaz, 70, was set alight in Birmingham three weeks after an ‘identical’ attack in west London

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