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Britain’s ‘wonkiest pub’ reduced to rubble after being gutted by mystery fire

Police are reviewing all the evidence after the destruction of The Crooked House near Dudley, West Midlands shortly after sale

The Guardian - UK

Police ‘reviewing all evidence’ on cause of Crooked House pub fire

Staffordshire force investigating how blaze took hold of West Midlands site days after it was sold

The Guardian - UK

Crooked House fire: Blaze rips through ‘Britain’s wonkiest pub’ days after it was sold to private buyer

Police are investigating the blaze at the pub in Himley, West Midlands, late on Saturday

The Independent UK

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Fire rips through historic Crooked House pub days after sale to private buyer - OLD

Police are investigating the blaze at the pub in Himley, West Midlands, late on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Murder suspect arrested after woman’s body found in Birmingham

West Midlands police say 30-year-old man in custody after woman found with serious injuries on Tuesday evening

The Guardian - UK

Body of missing firefighter found a month after attempted English Channel swim

The body of missing Iain Hughes was found in waters off Belgium, West Midlands Fire Service said

The Independent UK

Body of missing firefighter found after attempted English Channel charity swim

The body of missing Iain Hughes was found in waters off Belgium, West Midlands Fire Service said.

The Independent UK

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Grandad terrified after finding SNAKE inside opened bag of Aldi broccoli

Neville Lenton, 63, bought the vegetable from a store in Stourbridge, West Midlands, on June 2. Three days later he opened it to prepare a meal when he spotted a snake inside the bag

Daily Mirror

West Midlands transport chiefs appoint tech firm for new app

FOD Mobility Group will work on a new one-stop-shop tech platform which will allow travellers to access information and book tickets in a single place

Birmingham Post

Police investigate after shots fired at Wolverhampton wedding party

West Midlands Police have described the attack as ‘reckless’

The Independent UK

'I made £700 by reporting my neighbour - I'm gobsmacked and overjoyed'

Ayyesha said: "I’m 30 this year, I didn’t have an 18th or a 21st, so this money will definitely go towards a celebration this year"

Daily Mirror

Desperate search for missing mum and daughter, one, who have vanished from home

The 27-year-old mum vanished from her home in Halesowen near Dudley, West Midlands, as detectives believe she is with her one-year-old missing daughter

Daily Mirror

Gang ferried drugs using ‘thank you NHS’ van during lockdown

They even used a ‘Thank You NHS’ van to transport the heroine and cocaine across the West Midlands

The Independent UK

Drug dealer jailed after two American Bulldogs maul great-gran to death in her garden

Darren Pritchard's two American bulldogs snuck into 85-year-old Lucille Downer's back garden in Rowley Regis, West Midlands and went for the great-grandmother's neck causing fatal injuries

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King Charles lives in UK's neighbourhood with MOST anti-social behaviour - see where you live

Police figures, obtained by Mirror, shows more than 2,000 incidents of anti-social behaviour were recorded near Buckingham Palace last year - while there was less than one incident for every 1,000 residents in one part of the West Midlands

Daily Mirror

Scorned teacher turns up at lover's house in red wig and hacks at wife with carving knife

Teacher Clare Bailey, 44, drove from her home in Dudley, West Midlands, to her married ex-lover's family home in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, wearing a disguise before launching a bloody attack

The Guardian - UK

Heat health alert issued for England this weekend

Warning covers London, east Midlands, West Midlands, east of England, south-east and south-west

Cycling Weekly

'This is an emergency': West Midlands' cycling head on Birmingham's need for bike infrastructure

Adam Tranter's plea for action comes after two cycling deaths in just over two weeks in second city

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Birmingham Post

West Midlands tourism economy enjoys post-covid boost

Findings from West Midlands Growth Company say spending by visitors to the region in 2022 rose by £4bn

Daily Mirror

Once 'lovely' street now plagued with yobs setting fire to homes 'nearly every day'

The cul-de-sac in Dudley, West Midlands, has become a target for vandals and arsonists after the council vacated half the homes in plans to build social housing

Daily Mirror

UK school branded 'completely absurd' over plan to sell ALCOHOL on grounds

Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School, a selective state grammar school Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, wants to serve alcoholic drinks on site - but the nearby community is furious

Daily Mirror

UK shop sells reduced knife to child on condition that 'he doesn't kill anyone'

Police in Wolverhampton, west Midlands, heard the brazer shop worker tell a teen that he could buy the blade if he promised not to stab someone with the deadly weapon

Birmingham Post

Segro strikes development partnership with combined authority

Company commits to support £2bn development programme across the West Midlands

The Guardian - UK

Far-right extremist who set off ‘fireball’ in his kitchen convicted of terrorism offences

Vaughn Dolphin, from Walsall, West Midlands, had spoken of his desire for ethnic minorities to be shot

Daily Mirror

Man 'murdered' after being rammed off road in car and stabbed to death

A man in his 50s was fatally attacked in Solihull, West Midlands, on Tuesday evening - with police having launched a murder investigation after multiple people fled the scene

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