The Latest Breaking News from West Midlands

Pub bombings family to bring civil action against alleged conspirator

Lawyers have issued a civil writ against an alleged conspirator in the Birmingham pub bombings and West Midlands Police.

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022

Mystery of 'killer clown' paintings which were found in West Midlands home

Artist John Wayne Gacy painted the pictures while on death row prior to his execution after confessing to 33 murders

Wales Online · Jun 22, 2022

Poundland is opening two new convenience stores this summer - is one near you?

Poundland will open the doors to new convenience shops in Clapham, London and Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, this summer. The discounter says it small format branches offer the same value as its larger stores

Daily Mirror · Jun 21, 2022

Man who murdered pensioner found tied up in chair at home sentenced to life in prison

On November 3, Adris Mohammed broke into 78-year-old David Varlow's home and robbed him, he took his bankcard and fled, tying the pensioner up before he was eventually found dead a few days later

Daily Mirror · Jun 9, 2022

HS2 labour supply contract win for Fortel

Company wins brief to hire around 500 roles to work on 60-mile stretch of new high-speed railway line

Birmingham Post · Jun 8, 2022

West Midlands businesses to hear more about the 'tens of thousands' of HS2 contracts up for grabs at online summit

Businesses from across the region are invited to take part in an online summit later this week

Birmingham Post · Jun 7, 2022

Queen's Birthday Honours - McDonald's franchisee, apprentice champion and ITV stalwart among recipients

Trio of West Midlands business figures have been included in the annual list in recognition of their contribution to the economy, charity, education and journalism

Birmingham Post · Jun 1, 2022

HSBC UK launches new £1.5bn fund to support West Midlands SMEs

Birmingham-based bank says customers have told it they are now ready to invest for growth with sustainability and digitisation highlighted as key areas

Birmingham Post · Jun 1, 2022

Britishvolt partners with Prologis to build £200m West Midlands scale up facility

The plant will create more than 150 jobs and unify the Northumberland gigaplant with a centrally based tech hub

Birmingham Post · May 30, 2022

Moment sick child killer battered woman after she nudged him with pushchair on busy bus

Nathaniel Pope dragged the 23-year-old mum off the bus by her hair in front of her children and beat her on the pavement, years before he went on to murder a three-year-old boy

Daily Mirror · May 29, 2022