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EU Elections: Liberal Democrat candidate Lee Dargue on his campaign.
The West Midlands candidate talks about Brexit and the political landscape of the UK. With…
EU Elections: Conservative candidate Anthea McIntyre on her campaign.
The EU Elections continue to dominate the British political landscape. With a deadline of October…
Law loophole means police cannot act on 127 teenage sexual complaints in West Midlands
According to the NSPCC there are 127 sexual complaints made by teenagers in the West Midlands which the police cannot act on.
STI figures decrease in West Midlands apart from Stoke-on-Trent
Figures show Stoke-on-Trent has seen no change in the reported number of STI’s within the city since 2012.
Campaign launched after Staffordshire ranked second highest for heart related conditions
Life savers around the West Midlands are launching a campaign to encourage more people to learn how to perform CPR.
West Midlands Ambulance chief blasts “lenient” sentence for paramedic attacker
West Midlands Ambulance Service chiefs today urged paramedics on duty to be cautious, after two were attacked on a call.
And today they have blasted the lenient sentence handed to Adam George James, 23, who attacked the paramedics after they found him unconscious in Birmingham city centre.
Staffordshire Police launch bid to tackle coercive abuse amid 500 cases in two years
Staffordshire Police have launched a campaign to raise awareness of coercive and abusive behaviour and encourage victims to come forward.
The ‘We are on your side’ campaign comes as new figures how more than 500 cases have been dealt with by police in just two years.
Police operation across West Midlands clamps down on Stoke-on-Trent drug dealers
A police operation across Stoke-on-Trent and the West Midlands has seen more than 50 arrests and the seizure of cocaine, heroin, stolen cars and weapons.
Operation ‘Yarrow’ has been launched to disrupt the supply line of Class A drugs -known as ‘county Lines’.
Members of organised Staffordshire crime gangs jailed for more than 130 years
Twenty-three members of five organised crime groups have been jailed for a total of 132 years for flooding the streets with cocaine and MCAT, Stafford Crown Court heard.
The gangs, based in Stafford, Cannock, Walsall, Redditch, Swindon and Swadlincote, formed a major drugs operation regularly transporting Class A and B drugs along the M5 and M6.