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The Latest Breaking News from West Midlands Police

Two children feared dead, four in hospital, after falling through ice at frozen lake

Emergency services have been searching through the night

Wales Online

Four children in cardiac arrest after being pulled from lake

There has been no confirmation of the ages or genders of the children

Wales Online

Four children in critical condition after falling through ice on lake

Emergency services were called to Babbs Mill Park in Kingshurst at 2.36pm, with reports that children had been playing on the ice on a lake.

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Four children critical after being pulled from icy lake in cardiac arrest

Reports from the scene indicate that people had been playing on the ice and had fallen through

Wales Online

Solihull lake incident: Three boys dead after being pulled from water as search continues

Four children, who appeared to have been playing on the ice on a lake in Babbs Mill Park in Kinghurst, Solihull, were pulled from the lake, and tragically three boys, aged eight, 10 and 11 were confirmed to have died

Daily Mirror

People were 'playing on ice and fell through' says fire service in lake incident

Several people are in a critical condition in hospital

Wales Online

Serving police officer jailed for Christmas after assault conviction

Pc Neville Bridgewood is now suspended from West Midlands Police pending a misconduct hearing.

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Calls for 'death trap' e-scooter ban after boy, 12, dies in tragedy

A scooter hire firm is liaising with police

Manchester Evening News

Police 'have blood on hands' over mum and daughter's murders after FOURTEEN 999 calls

Nour Norris has launched a new campaign, backed by Labour MP Jess Phillips, calling on all police to be better educated on domestic violence after the shocking double murder of her sister and niece

Daily Mirror

50 plain-clothed cops couldn't fit into uniforms for special op after weight gain

50 plain clothed officers in one force found they could no longer squeeze into their uniforms for a special operation that needed them to wear their kit

Daily Mirror

Oldbury: Two teenagers killed after car crashes into pedestrians in market town

West Midlands Police say a 54-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving

Evening Standard

Crazed thug battered his brother to death with guitar while he slept

Steven Barnes brutally attacked his brother after they had an argument about their elderly mum's care

Manchester Evening News

Police officers served with ‘management action’ over mother and daughter murders

The Office for Police Conduct said West Midlands Police let chances to ‘take positive action’ slip for Khaola Saleem and Raneem Oudeh.

The Independent UK

Mother and daughter murdered while on the phone to police ‘failed beyond imagination’, family say

Raneem Oudeh, 22, and her mother Khaola Saleem, 49, were killed in August 2018

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Chilling 999 call of woman failed by police before ex-husband murdered her and mum

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT An inquest has found that police "materially contributed" to the deaths of a mother and daughter after Raneem Oudeh begged for her ex-husband to be arrested before he stabbed them to death

The Independent UK

Police failed murdered mother and daughter ‘beyond imagination’, family says

Raneem Oudeh, 22, was killed outside her mother’s home in Northdown Road, Solihull, West Midlands, on August 27 2018.

The Independent UK

‘Swimming through a sea of hate’: Transgender police officer breaks silence after coming out

PC Skye Morden found the courage to come out to family and friends after 19 years in the force

Daily Mirror

Police officers ordered to stop calling short colleagues 'laptops' as word could offend

The term – slang for 'small PCs' – became popular after a 5ft 8in minimum height requirement for constables was ditched in the 1990s. The politically correct edict came from West Midlands Police bosses

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Dog dragged along road by woman in mobility scooter is rescued by RSPCA

The incident was captured in shocking footage which went viral online, causing outrage

The Independent UK

Muggers who used paving slab to batter a man with learning difficulties for £3 are jailed

Mohammed Ali and Umair Anys face a total of 23 years behind bars

The Independent UK

Police chief warns it is ‘completely mad’ to record petty disputes as crime

‘It shouldn’t be crime, but it’s getting really close to how we’re recording it,’ West Midlands Police chief says

Daily Mirror

Police launch manhunt after victim, 29, stabbed to death on leafy cul-de-sac

Emergency services rushed to Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, on Friday evening where paramedics battle to save the young man.

Wales Online

Watch as 'off-duty police officer' attacks boy outside school after splitting up fight

The woman, who claims to be the mother of one of the pupils, breaks them apart then slaps the other boy

The Independent UK

Inquiry after Black child mauled by police dog while being detained by armed officers

Exclusive: The boy was left badly injured and has had surgery since the attack in Birmingham

The Independent UK

‘Cowards’ caught on CCTV after shooting that left boy, 13, paralysed are jailed

Teenager is paraplegic after pellet passed through spinal cord in attack, court heard

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