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Undercover police posing as cyclists catch trucker, 60, who becomes one of first motorists ever prosecuted for driving too close to a bike

13/07/17 17:20

Plain-clothed officers cycled around Birmingham and the Black Country in a bid to snare drivers creeping too close to bikers. West Midlands Police said the unnamed lorry driver was among the first motorists taken to court after the operation to protect riders from 'close-passes'. He denied the charges but was found guilty following a trial at Birmingham Magistrates' Court. The 60-year-old was handed fines and costs totalling £1,038 and given five points on his licence for the unsafe manoeuvre in Tipton's Park Lane West in November last year....read

'I know that Islam will never accept homosexuals': Man who became one half of Britain's first gay Muslim married couple reveals the abuse they have suffered since getting wed

13/07/17 13:23

Jahed Choudhury, 24, and husband Sean Rogan, 19, said they had received abusive phone calls and 'hate' since they married in Darlaston, West Midlands last month.

Keeping it casual! Miss England beauty queens strut their stuff in t-shirts and jeans as they arrive in Birmingham for the grand final (and some are already practising posing in a crown)

12/07/17 23:37

The hopefuls donned Miss England t-shirts and jeans as they practised their struts and posed for photos outside the Resorts World complex in Birmingham as they arrived for the finals.

BREAKING NEWS: Knife thug released from jail just months into nine-year sentence after paperwork blunder is arrested in Birmingham

12/07/17 13:42

Ralston Dodd, 25, from north London , was given the lengthy prison sentence after he stabbed Jerell Holland, but court staff misheard and wrote down nine months instead.

9 shares Knife thug released from jail after paperwork blunder is arrested

Mother and son plead GUILTY to plotting to fake her death in Zanzibar in £140,000 Scottish Widows life insurance scam

12/07/17 08:54

Arafa Nassib pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court of conspiring with her son Adil Kasim and another man, Yusuf Abdullah, to commit fraud against Scottish Widows for an insurance payout.

Groom, 24, weds the 19-year-old who saved his life after finding him crying on a park bench and suicidal over a lifetime of bullying in Britain's first ever gay Muslim wedding

11/07/17 17:17

Jahed Choudhury, 24, from Darlaston, West Midlands married his partner of two years Sean Rogan, 19, in a ceremony in Walsall with both grooms wearing traditional Muslim outfits.

Pictured: Twin girl, 14, 'who dreamt of being a ballerina' but died after school minibus packed with pupils crashed with a bin lorry on the way to an art trip

11/07/17 15:26

Holly Brown, 14, died today after the bus she was travelling in with other pupils from John Taylor High School in Staffordshire crashed with a bin lorry on the way to an art trip.

'Our beautiful girl, we're so proud of what you achieved': Heartbroken parents of aspiring ballerina killed in a school bus crash with a bin lorry pay emotional tribute

11/07/17 09:49

Holly Brown was travelling with friends on a GCSE art trip when tragedy struck on a road in Birmingham. Her parents have said she was a 'beautiful' girl who 'grasped every opportunity' she could.

Islamic school that tried to gag Ofsted after report criticised it for segregating pupils and having books advocating domestic abuse in the library is FINALLY named

11/07/17 08:01

Al-Hijrah School in Birmingham was criticised for segregating pupils and keeping books in its library that advocated beating wives. Pictured is headteacher Mohammed Arshad.

IRA bombmaker who was part of the terror cell that killed 21 in the Birmingham pub bombings issues APOLOGY 43 years after the atrocity

11/07/17 02:00

Michael Hayes (pictured), 69, from Dublin, said he was part of the group responsible for killing innocent people in the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town on November 21, 1974.

Woman, 35, is charged with 'stabbing a 65-year-old chef to death as he sat in his car'

10/07/17 13:30

Georgina Henshaw was charged with killing pensioner Philip Rolph (pictured), 65, in the early hours of last Friday. He managed to raise the and was rushed to hospital but later died.

1 share Woman charged with 'stabbing chef, 65, to death as he sat in his car'

Thief who proposed to his girlfriend on Christmas Eve using a ring he stole from a 91-year-old woman days earlier is jailed for four years

08/07/17 15:42

Steven Reid, 38, broke into the elderly woman's home in Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham, along with Jerome Jones, 26, and raided her valuables and purse as she was trapped in her bedroom.

Man is killed and another injured after double stabbing outside Birmingham pub as police launch murder investigation

08/07/17 15:41

The two victims were attacked outside the Forge Tavern in Digbeth, Birmingham at around 4.30am on Saturday, West Midlands Police said. One of the men - who are both in their 20s - has died.

Woman, 35, is arrested on suspicion of murder after pensioner is knifed to death in his car

07/07/17 13:08

Emergency services dashed to Alder Drive, in Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, at 1am after the 65-year-old victim managed to raise the alarm, but he died in hospital later.

23 shares Woman arrested on suspicion of murder after pensioner dies

Pregnant shoplifter in violent bust-up with undercover store detective after getting caught stealing clothes from a Bullring department store

06/07/17 20:53

The moment pregnant shoplifter, Katie Adams, lashes out at a security guard during a violent clash in front of horrified shoppers at the Bullring in Birmingham was caught on camera.

Charlotte Crosby dresses to impress in plunging playsuit as she's mobbed by fans during autobiography signing in Birmingham

05/07/17 16:18

The Geordie Shore, 27, was out in full force promoting her book and signing copies for fans outside a WH Smith in Birmingham on Tuesday afternoon.

Dramatic moment a heroic bystander steps in to save the life of woman threatening to jump from busy flyover as police try to talk her down

05/07/17 14:38

Police were seen trying to get the woman to come down from the railings on the flyover in Birmingham. The quick-thinking man then walked past , before grabbing the woman and carrying her to safety.

Pictured: Man, 22, who was stabbed to death in the street as 16-year-old boy is arrested on suspicion of his murder

04/07/17 18:06

Alex Leonard, 22, was stabbed to death in the Bartley Green area of the city on Monday night and police are calling for witnesses to come forward.

6 shares Boy, 16, is arrested on suspicion of murder after Birmingham stabbing

Common disinfectant found in soap and toothpaste could be causing antibiotic resistance

04/07/17 17:42

Researchers from the University of Birmingham found that triclosan, a chemical found in soap, toothpaste and cleaning products, could be making bacteria more immune to antibiotics.

Shocking moment knife-wielding robber slashes at a Sikh postmaster, 67, before ripping off his turban

04/07/17 14:44

Tarsem Thethy, 67, was attacked at his store in Erdington, Birmingham, by an unknown knifeman in March. The terrifying clip shows the attacker putting the knife to the postmaster's throat.

Transgender woman has a hair transplant carried out by a ROBOT in a £7,000 procedure hailed as the 'future' of the technique (and says she can't wait to ditch her wigs)

04/07/17 12:13

Nicola Trahearn, a 50-year-old former builder from Birmingham, said she was looking forward to being 'full of confidence' following the eight-hour hair transplant procedure.

Terrified mother who was trapped on 27th floor of her burning high-rise feared she would become victim of new Grenfell Tower-style disaster

02/07/17 14:35

Kimberley Matthews (pictured with son Riley) frantically banged on doors to alert residents to the thick smoke filling corridors at Cleveland Tower in Birmingham city centre.

MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Boom in Birmingham boosts our commercial property tip Real Estate Investors

02/07/17 14:17

The Midlands-based property company has a track record of steady growth and generous dividend payments.

Terror suspect arrested in Birmingham and facing extradition to Spain is imam father-of-eight who preached to Bataclan bomber before Paris attacks

30/06/17 14:09

The British-based imam accused of helping to recruit ISIS fighters has been named as Tarik Chadlioui (pictured), a preacher from the Sparkhill area of Birmingham.

'They are very skilled at directing attention away': Mother's warning to parents after her son was radicalised under her nose then died fighting for ISIS in Syria

30/06/17 13:01

Rasheed Benyahia, 19, from Birmingham, arrived in Syria in May 2015 and was killed by shrapnel from a missile in Iraq in November last year. His mother Nicola said she saw 'changes' in him.

Stop monkeying about! Romany the capuchin grabs keeper's iPhone to take a hilarious selfie

30/06/17 11:48

Romany, the capuchin monkey stole an iPhone from keeper Rebecca Linarts at the Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park before activating the camera and taking a selfie.

Hit-and-run motorist who killed a father-of-three on a pedestrian crossing in a 110mph police chase while on police bail for reckless driving is jailed for 10 years

30/06/17 07:46

Connor McCaugherty, 23, ploughed into hard working chef and father-of-three Dil Bahadur Subedi, 45, during a 126mph police chase through the streets of Birmingham.

'Idiot' shopkeeper, 28, who killed his brother and two friends while racing on the M5 at 110mph is jailed for five years

29/06/17 21:33

Sabbir Sedoo (pictured), 28, was told by a judge that he had driven 'like an idiot' for 29 miles along the M5 from Birmingham to North Gloucestershire, where the triple death crash occurred last June.

'Don't forget to pay your subscriptions!': Father-of-eight imam 'who radicalised the Bataclan bomber' earned hundreds a month for sermons filmed in a children's PLAYGROUND

29/06/17 17:21

Tarik Chadlioui, 43, is currently facing extradition to Spain after he was arrested by anti-terror police at his home in Birmingham.

Notorious gang boss, 30, known as 'The Shredder' accidentally shot himself in the crotch with a shotgun

29/06/17 16:18

Scott Benjamin, 30, was rushed to hospital after shooting himself in the groin in Walsall, West Midlands, in January. Following the blunder police discovered he was in possession of two shotguns.

Police launch fresh appeal over murder of eight-year-old 'Little Girl Blue' who was murdered after she went out to play on a summer afternoon 42 years ago

28/06/17 11:56

Helen Bailey, who was known as 'Little Girl Blue', was last seen leaving her home on Booths Farm Road, Perry Bar in Birmingham at 4.30pm on Sunday August 10, 1975.

‘Ready, aim...smile!’: Horrified parents accuse police of glamourising GUNS after primary school pupils pose with plastic firearms and shoot ‘terrorists’ in mock firing range

26/06/17 18:33

Children at Kings Norton Primary School in Birmingham spent two hours at the West Midlands Police firearms training facility in Aston, posing for photos with fake guns (pictured).

Father, 46, denies suffocating his young son and daughter and trying to murder their mother before setting fire to their family home

26/06/17 14:47

Endris Mohammed, from Birmingham, pleaded not guilty to killing Saros Endris, aged eight, and his six-year-old sister Leanor after their 'lifeless' bodies were pulled from the blaze last October.

13 shares Father, 46, denies suffocating his young son and daughter

'He was my beautiful boy': Father's heartbreak as stepfather who bit, punched and stamped two-year-old boy to death is jailed for 21 years

23/06/17 18:40

A devastated father has described the 'massive void' left in his life after a sadistic thug murdered his two-year-old son by repeatedly punching him in the stomach and stamping on his head.

£4.49 home hair dye from Superdrug made my long blonde locks fall out in clumps, claims 21-year-old mother of four

22/06/17 16:25

A mother-of-four claims she was left in tears after her hair started to fall out in clumps after using hair dye from Superdrug. The 21-year-old from Harborne was forced to visit the hairdressers.

Hotel kicks out kind-hearted guests who tried to give their spare room to a homeless woman

21/06/17 15:21

Chris Sadler and Dale Barnwell met the woman near a Domino's Pizza after a night out in Birmingham. After buying her food they offered her the spare room in their hotel.

Police hunt biker gang who used AXES and HAMMERS to break into a jewellers and made off with a haul of luxury items

20/06/17 14:09

The group, wearing motorcycle helmets and dark clothes, smashed their way into the shop in Surrey using tools that detectives believe had been bought from a local homeware store.

He’s got bowled moves! Birmingham policeman joins in the dancing as Pakistan cricket fans celebrate in the street after Champions Trophy win

20/06/17 11:34

Crowds descended on Birmingham's streets in a sea of green waving flags and cricket jerseys as a large street party erupted to celebrate Pakistan's Champions Trophy victory over India on Sunday.

Teenage biker thugs knock off-duty police officer unconscious by pelting him with stones after he tried to stop them intimidating drivers

19/06/17 21:45

The off-duty officer was knocked unconscious after being pelted with stones when he bravely tackled three bike menaces who were intimidating drivers in Erdington, Birmingham.

Pensioner, 100, with an incredible devotion to public service has worn almost every uniform going after serving in the Navy, Army, police, fire service and as a traffic warden

19/06/17 15:36

Hardworking John Smith, from Birmingham, has 'always devoted himself to others' and has served in the Navy, Army, police, fire service, and as a traffic warden.

‘Miracle’ as driver and two children, five and six, SURVIVE horror crash as car careers off a fly-over and smashes into the road below

18/06/17 17:51

A man and two children have made a 'miraculous' escape after their Lexus drove through a barrier and off a fly-over in Quinton, Birmingham, before smashing into the road below.

Furious residents blockade their street in school run row as they say parents park badly and even THREATEN them with violence

15/06/17 11:41

Residents living on the street in Birmingham revealed that their lives have been made a misery by mothers and fathers who inconsiderately park their vehicles when picking up their children.

Cutting-hedge art? VERY proud mother lops 12ft tall garden bushes into the shape of her son's FACE

13/06/17 15:57

Art graduate Michelle Foley, 48, has trimmed two of her garden hedges into 12ft tall heads based on her partner and son (pictured). Both artworks stand outside her home in Harborne, Birmingham.

Masked illegal quad bikers screech through traffic pulling stunts and wheelies as they swerve perilously close to shocked drivers

13/06/17 10:49

The group of quad bikers tore through Birmingham city centre on Sunday afternoon, driving incredibly close to other road users, performing wheelies with their feet on the seats.

Owner who refused to put her paralysed dog Poppy down reveals how her beloved pet still lives life to the full (she just needs a little extra help from a wheelchair to get around)

12/06/17 10:25

Sarah Griffiths, 25, from Birmingham, faced the 'difficult decision' over whether to put Poppy down but wanted to give her a chance. Now Poppy is making the most of life with a disability.

Hard-working university language student inexplicably hanged herself as she ‘pushed herself’ to complete a college assignment

07/06/17 10:51

The day before Michaela Harkin, 20, from Bury, Manchester, was due back at lectures she rang her mother to say she had found a 'new perspective' on her school project and began laughing.

In the drink! Moment pub robber plunges into a CANAL as he tries to dump a motorbike during high-speed police chase

06/06/17 19:14

Richard Palmer, 39, hit speeds of 80mph in a 30mph zone as he evaded officers during the pursuit through Erdington, Birmingham, last December.

Bar smacks! Moment pub bursts into a mass-brawl in front of scared families is filmed by a woman who remarks 'you love a good old pub fight, don't ya?'

06/06/17 16:51

This is the moment a pub broke out into a bumbling mass brawl as alarmed families looked on in horror at The Yenton pub in Erdington, Birmingham.

Solicitor, 34, reveals the terrifying moment an armed robber held a knife to her throat and savagely beat her in a horrifying carjacking ordeal

06/06/17 13:56

Victoria Ball was moving her boyfriend's BMW from a car park in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham, when the thug jumped into the passenger seat, held a knife to her throat and broke her nose.

Meet the REAL Peaky Blinders as the Victorian jail where the gang were imprisoned opens to the public complete with the criminals' mugshots

05/06/17 19:51

The 'Lock Up' Steelhouse Lane Police Station (pictured) in Birmingham which opened 125 years ago as a custody suite has been transformed into a museum.

Boy, 13, who was thrown in the air after being electrocuted by live rail as he played near tracks has 'suffered life-changing injuries'

03/06/17 18:17

The 13-year-old was airlifted to Birmingham Children's Hospital in a critical condition on Thursday, but is now in a stable condition, according to the police.

Riot police step in after up to 50 yobs fight with officers at a Birmingham shopping centre

02/06/17 11:46

The incident occurred in Chelmsley Wood, Solihull at 8pm yesterday. Riot vans, dog units and multiple officers responded to reports of a fight at a KFC. Six people have been arrested.

Dramatic moment that a ‘drunk’ man is pushed over by a police officer and is then bitten by his dog after armed officers swoop to arrest suspects with a gun

01/06/17 19:05

The armed police were acting on information that a car in the suburb of Moseley in Birmingham, had passengers carrying a firearm. The man intercepted their operation before the incident.

Police hunt machete gang who smashed their way into a home and threatened a family in a terrifying raid

31/05/17 18:05

The men burst into the property in the Hall Green area of Birmingham at around 5pm on Monday night before making off empty handed.

'They came at me with a TASER and a HAMMER': Brave mother, 40, who reversed to escape carjackers speaks of terrifying ordeal outside her home

31/05/17 11:53

Clare Dovey, 40, was pulling in to her driveway in Lea Hall, Birmingham, when three masked men jumped out of a blue Toyota, allegedly brandishing weapons and sprinted towards her.

Size 26 woman who refused to go out because she couldn't find clothes to fit sheds more than NINE STONE on healthy new diet

31/05/17 11:30

Claire Green, from Harborne, Birmingham, weighed 22st and was a size 26. Now she's a healthy 12st 7lbs and a trim size 12 after embarking on a healthy new diet.

Shocking moment brave mother, 40, REVERSES her vehicle 'to escape three masked carjackers who charge at her waving weapons'

30/05/17 22:57

Clare Dovey, 40, was pulling in to a driveway in Kitts Green, Birmingham, when three men jumped out of a blue Toyota brandishing weapons and sprinted towards her.

Clubber who dragged a drunk woman off the street as she made her way home from her 21st birthday and raped her in a doorway is jailed for five years

29/05/17 16:55

Romanian immigrant Florian Lupu, 29, (pictured) dragged the victim into an office doorway after she became separated from friends a night out in Birmingham and raped her.

Leggy Louisa Johnson flashes a hint of cleavage in a thigh-skimming crochet playsuit as she hits the stage for Birmingham Pride Weekend

29/05/17 08:56

The Best Behaviour hitmaker, 19, stole the show when she stormed the stage at the Birmingham Pride Weekender 2017 in Birmingham on Saturday.

Not so smug now! Millionaire who parked his £200,000 Ferrari outside court has it seized and CRUSHED by police who thought it was stolen

27/05/17 01:38

The trainee pilot Zahid Khan, who had earlier parked on the pavement outside Birmingham Crown Court at a conviction appeal, claimed police told him they thought the car might have been stolen.

What heatwave? Charlotte Riley wraps up in a luxurious fur coat as she and Cillian Murphy get to work on the set of Peaky Blinders

26/05/17 18:56

The pair were hard at work on the set of the fourth series of the BBC show in Dudley, West Midlands, on Monday.

Vigil for Manchester victims in Birmingham is interrupted after a man is caught nearby 'with a large knife and a baseball bat'

26/05/17 18:10

A vigil in Birmingham for the Manchester Arena victims has been interrupted after a man apparently armed with a large knife and a baseball bat was detained nearby.

House price inflation in the UK's major cities slows down but London prices are set to fall in real terms while Manchester and Birmingham accelerate

26/05/17 13:23

18 out of 20 cities saw house prices grow in April, with the average UK city price level rising 5.3 per cent to £247,400, down from 8.7 per cent growth a year ago, according to Hometrack.

Armed police patrol TRAINS: Heavily armed officer prowl carriages on lines nationwide for the first time after terror threat is stepped up to critical

26/05/17 01:49

British Transport Police announced the measure in a bid to 'disrupt and deter criminal activity' on the rail network after the UK terror threat level rose to critical in the wake of the Manchester attack.

Radicalised ex-doorman, 29, who turned Christmas tree lights into an improvised explosive after browsing bomb-making techniques online is found guilty of terrorism

25/05/17 19:09

Zahid Hussain, 29, of Alum Rock, Birmingham, tried to build the improvised explosive device in his bedroom where he also watched violent videos of bomb blasts on the internet.

Glowing Danielle Lloyd shows off her burgeoning baby bump in figure-skimming pink dress during sun-kissed day out with mum in Birmingham

25/05/17 14:47

Danielle Lloyd took the bun in the oven for a walk, as she enjoyed a day out in the sun with her mum Jackie in Birmingham on Wednesday.

Nurse, 28, is 'branded' by bouncer's nightclub stamp which caused allergic reaction and will leave a scar

25/05/17 12:27

Emily Butler, from Rubery, in Birmingham, was stamped as she entered Snobs nightclub on Saturday. However five days on, Emily claims she was left with a chemical burn (pictured).

'I'm a f***ing monster': Ex-nursery worker, 28, who raped a teenage boy after duping him and other youngsters into sending him naked photos is jailed for 16 years

24/05/17 09:16

Jamie Chapman, 28, from Solihull, created fake Facebook profiles purporting to be teenage girls called Emily and Molly and used them to get boys to send him naked pictures.

Bumping along! Pregnant Danielle Lloyd, 33, shows off blossoming baby belly in canary yellow jumper at Birmingham beauty show

22/05/17 19:22

Danielle Lloyd's bump took centre stage when she attended the Beauty UK show at the NEC Birmingham on Monday.

Peru Two drugs mule Michaella McCollum shops in Birmingham while shooting a documentary about her life - but takes Jeremy Kyle's burly bodyguard along with her

22/05/17 18:04

The one-time drugs mule, who was released in August last year continues to enjoy her freedom. The 24-year-old wandered through Birmingham's Bullring - but kept a bodyguard close by.

Police investigate care home staff 'after an elderly woman was strapped to her bed overnight with makeshift VELCRO restraints'

22/05/17 10:58

The 82-year-old victim is said to have been discovered by a day shift worker at Lickey Hills Care Home in Birmingham last Friday.

Police search for missing schoolgirl, 15, after she vanished from her home nine days ago

22/05/17 10:14

Sadi Ahmed was last seen in Bolton nine days ago and police believe that she may have travelled to Bradford and then on to Birmingham with her parents 'extremely worried' about her welfare.

Jealous ex, 19, who used his ‘car as a weapon with furious intent’ to mow down a love rival and his two friends is jailed for 10 years

22/05/17 09:56

Former Solihull College student Junaid Haq, 19, left his victims seriously injured after the horror incident which also saw him plough his speeding vehicle into a house.

Tories accuse Jeremy Corbyn of trying to SCARE voters into backing him as they warn he cannot be trusted to deliver on Brexit

21/05/17 18:26

Speaking at a rally in Birmingham, Jeremy Corbyn said the PM was sewing division by limiting pensioner benefits such as the triple lock and universal winter fuel allowance.

Man high on 'zombie drug' Black Mamba sliced off his own NOSE during a psychotic episode caused by the synthetic cannabis

21/05/17 18:14

Police were called to an address in Birmingham where they found a screaming man with blood pouring from his face after taking 'Black Mamba'.

Is Europe committing suicide? Controversial book claims elites in UK and the Continent are encouraging mass immigration because they've lost faith in historic Christian values

20/05/17 08:41

Journalist Douglas Murray writes in his new book The Strange Death Of Europe that our political leaders have knowingly colluded in the ‘mass movement of peoples into Europe’.

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