The Latest Breaking News from West Midlands

Life in the Greater Manchester suburb worst hit by the cost of food crisis where dad faces agonising choice

'I've not been able to eat all day...it’s either food or putting money on my gas and electric'

Manchester Evening News · Nov 27, 2022

Jude Bellingham’s neighbours, teachers and friends reveal what he was like growing up

‘He did wear the grass out,’ one neighbour says

The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2022

Jude Bellingham’s hometown proud of the lad who practised so much he wore the grass out

‘He did wear the grass out,’ one neighbour says

The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2022

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 · Nov 18, 2022

Here review – creepy and captivating kitchen-sink gothic

Clive Judd’s Papatango-winning play about a West Midlands family haunted by the past is unorthodox and invigorating

The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2022

'Stolen' £64,000 Land Rover found dumped in canal lock is lifted out with crane

The 4x4 was found dumped in a canal lock in the West Midlands early Sunday morning, before being lifted out with a crane on Monday evening.

Daily Mirror · Nov 14, 2022

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

Daily Mirror · Nov 12, 2022

Merseyside areas to be hardest hit as food bills rise by £682

Food bills set to rise by £682 a year as grocery price inflation hits record 14.7%

Liverpool Echo · Nov 8, 2022

Food inflation crisis will hit these 50 area of UK the hardest - see where yours ranks

Consumer group Which? has compiled a list of the 50 areas of the UK most at risk of the cost of food crisis using analysis with the North East of England found to be the hardest hit region

Daily Mirror · Nov 8, 2022

Tory mayor calls for tax rises over spending cuts in Rishi Sunak’s autumn budget

‘A little extra tax’ needed to support public services valued by public, says Andy Street

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2022