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The latest news, updates and features on the West Midlands – including breaking stories, weather warnings, travel updates and crime news. The West Midlands is a county and wider region in England. The latter covers cities Birmingham, Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton and Worcester, an area known as the Black Country, and counties Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

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    Wrestling schoolboys fall from top deck window of a moving bus

    Channel: UK UK 8 hours ago By Sarah Hooper
  2. UK commuter train brings back first-class travel for first time in 10 years
  3. Midlands market town with 'no redeeming qualities' named UK swinging capital
  4. Britain's most deprived town revealed - a place beggars make more than market traders
  5. Chilling footage shows schoolboy Leo Ross's killer returning to scene

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Wrestling schoolboys fall from top deck window of a moving bus

Channel: UK UK 8 hours ago By Sarah Hooper
A Mark 5A train stationed in the countryside.

UK commuter train brings back first-class travel for first time in 10 years

Channel: Travel Travel 4 days ago By Eleanor Noyce
Stores on High Street in West Bromwich, UK, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. While Rishi Sunak's poll-trailing Conservative Party is predicted to lose hundreds of councilors and fail to unseat Labour's London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, party morale and potentially the prime minister's job appear to hinge on the fate of just two Tory candidates: Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen, and West Midlands Mayor Andy Street. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Midlands market town with 'no redeeming qualities' named UK swinging capital

Channel: Sex Sex 5 days ago By Alice Giddings
Play Video Undated handout photo issued by West Midlands Police of Leo Ross. A 14-year-old boy is due to appear at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Monday charged with the murder of the Birmingham schoolboy who was stabbed in the stomach in a country park. West Midlands Police arrested the boy, who cannot be named because of his age, on Tuesday, about four hours after Leo, 12, suffered fatal injuries on a riverside path in the Hall Green area. Issue date: Monday January 27, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story COURTS HallGreen. Photo credit should read: West Midlands Police/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Chilling footage shows schoolboy Leo Ross's killer returning to scene

Channel: UK UK 5 days ago By Sam Corbishley
Fly tipped rubbish dumped on Caldmore Rd in run down area of Caldmore suburb of Walsall, West Midlands.

Britain's most deprived town revealed - a place beggars make more than market traders

Channel: UK UK January 20, 2026 By Sarah Hooper
Play Video Birmingham wakes up to a thick covering of snow. Heavy snow hits the Midlands causing chaos on the roads and at airports. January 9, 2026. Photo released 09/01/2026

'Worst snowfall in a decade' leaves thousands without power - with more to come

Channel: UK UK January 9, 2026 By Sam Corbishley
The alleged attack happened after officers were called to Robert Street, Lower Gornal, just before 5.30am on Thursday after reports that a Ford Ranger had crashed into a wall in Dudley .Police officer ?punched in throat? by man who fled car crash scene Picture: Google Maps

Police officer 'punched in throat by Range Rover driver who fled crash scene'

Channel: UK UK January 1, 2026 By Sarah Hooper
Unrecognizable woman staring at her cell phone in bed at night before sleeping

Man lured vulnerable teenager to home through flatsharing-app then raped her

Channel: UK UK December 5, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
An aerial view of Coventry Airport in the West Midlands.

UK airport set to close after almost 90 years

Channel: Travel Travel December 4, 2025 By Alice Giddings

'I went out to buy my dying dad some slippers - and then I got a £100 parking fine'

Channel: UK UK November 30, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen
Pictured is Mrs Patricia Ribeiro, 79, a disabled widow who was chased by the energy company Utilita for supposedly being 2p in debt after she changed providers last month

Disabled pensioner left 'disgusted' after being chased for 2p by energy company

Channel: UK UK November 30, 2025 By William Hallowell
A couple are now behind bars after officers discovered over a dozen women were victims of human trafficking and modern slavery offences. Acting on intelligence of women being advertised online for the purpose of prostitution, an in-depth three-year investigation was launched into the women being sexually exploited and subject to abuse and harm. Following a warrant, Luigi Cucu and Costela Soare both of Smethwick, Sandwell, were arrested in March 2023 for their roles in exploiting the women.Officers from our Major Crime Team later found 14 women had been victims of the couple?s crimes from January 2018 until March 2023.The team also discovered one of the victims had been trafficked into the UK in 2015 and transported to various locations across the country. She was found to have been subject to physical and verbal abuse, introduced into drug abuse resulting in large drug debts, controlled financially, and forced to work up to 20 hours a day. As well as being coercively controlled and refused access to any medical help. One of the victims was left so severely malnourished after not having enough money to buy food, her bones could visibly be seen protruding from her skin.We also uncovered the pair were estimated to have gained at least ?734,400 due to the sexual exploitation of the women to men around the country. Cucu, aged 46, was charged with arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploit and controlling prostitution for gain. Appearing at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 21 November after pleading guilty, he was jailed for nine years and seven months. Thirty-seven-year-old Soare was charged with controlling prostitution for gain and entered a guilty plea.Appearing alongside Cucu she was jailed for three years and two months.Leading the investigation Detective Constable Mahadi Hasan, from the Major Crime Team, said: ?We?ve worked hard to bring these charges against both Cucu and Soare. ?It?s been a very in-depth and thorough investigation over the course of three years to comb through evidence to piece together the couple?s crimes and the abuse their victims went through.?We?ve supported and safeguarded the victims and I?m glad that both Cucu and Soare have now been put behind bars for their crimes.?Modern slavery and human trafficking are hidden crimes so it can be difficult to spot the signs. You can find out more on how to spot the signs and how to make a report here: Modern slavery and human trafficking | West Midlands Police

Couple trapped women in brothel and starved them until their bones protruded

Channel: UK UK November 29, 2025 By Frankie Lister-Fell
I confront suspected fraudster after my identify is stolen in bank scam

Here's what happened when I confronted man I believed to have stolen my identity

Channel: UK UK December 1, 2025 By Josh Layton
The terrace at the lodge, with a Weber BBQ and a four-person table, at sunset.

This West Midlands cabin is the perfect place for a romantic UK getaway

Channel: Travel Travel November 24, 2025 By James Besanvalle
Anthony Priestley. A man has been charged with the murder of another man who was stabbed to death in Coventry. We arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of murder after we were called to an address in Aldrich Avene, on Tuesday (18 Nov) morning, where Anthony Priestley, 53, was found with serious injuries. Sadly, nothing could be done to save him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Dad stabbed to death at a home 'during burglary'

Channel: UK UK November 21, 2025 By Brooke Davies
Shopping centre removes long-serving Father Christmas As a lot of you know, I do this in December. It?s at a certain outlet village not a million miles from Cannock. The company I do it for are all about the children. They give profits to NHS charities. The deal was, it cost ?5 to visit and for that you got a photo and a chocolate. I think you?ll agree, decent value. The shopping outlet aforementioned have decided that it shouldn?t be about the children, but pure profit for them. Therefore for a cost about FOUR times what it was, they got their own Santa etc. If you?re a struggling family with 3 or 4 kids, that?s ?80. By definition you?d struggle to find that. So, with apologies (not from them even if the cause is THEM) I?ll not be there this year. I?ll miss seeing all those beautiful little faces and the wonder in their eyes. If you think it may be appropriate to avoid said shopping outlet, that?s entirely your decision. We have reached out to primary schools in the area, offering them a free visit from . Maybe if you have a word with your schools the children might still not be disappointed. Facebook

Sacked shopping centre Santa questions future: 'I was born to be St Nick'

Channel: UK UK November 17, 2025 By Molly Lee
Play Video Undated handout photo issued by the West Midlands Police of firework damage inside a property in Birchtrees Drive in Tile Cross, Birmingham. West Midlands Police are releasing new CCTV to coincide with the launch of a ?20,000 Crimestoppers reward eight years since Tony Nicholls, 56, died from injuries after a group of people burst into his Tile Cross house and set off an industrial-sized firework in the hallway at around 11.20pm on 2 November, 2017. Issue date: Wednesday November 5, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: West Midlands Police/PA Wire

New CCTV in hunt for arson killers who set off industrial-sized firework in man's home

Channel: UK UK November 5, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
dudley metropolitan borough council hq from google streetview

Council worker says she caught colleagues 'spying on her' while she was signed off sick

Channel: UK UK October 25, 2025 By Ryan Prosser
Danny Avis is wanted by police in Coventry for recall to prison (Picture: Facebook)

Hunt for wanted man with 666 and a large cross tattooed on his face

Channel: UK UK September 25, 2025 By Josh Layton

Man arrested after Sikh woman raped in 'racially motivated' attack

Channel: UK UK September 14, 2025 By Ryan Prosser

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