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A mum spoke of her terror at being carjacked at knifepoint. She and two others were pulled from a Mercedes at the junction of Fleet Street and Newhall Street in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter[1] at around 9pm on Monday, November 6.
West Midlands Police…
In His Majesty’s first speech representing Rishi Sunak’s government, a range of measures were pledged including the future licensing of oil and gas fields, the roll-out of Network North, and the abolition of the “feudal” leasehold system.
Property prof…
The family of a ‘beautiful and talented schoolgirl left unable think, walk or talk’ after a horrific motorway crash have blasted the crash driver’s short jail sentence. Speaking about their devastation for the first time, they said the lorry driver who…
The government has set out the percentage of new zero emission cars manufacturers will be required to produce each year up to 2030, following the Prime Minister’s proportionate and pragmatic decision to delay the ban on new diesel and petrol cars from …
The state of a sheep carcass found in a field near Carsington suggests the animal was killed by a big cat, according to expert Rick Minter.[1] Rick, from the Big Cat Conversations podcast, said that feedback from the photographer and the photographic e…
A train service will be reinstated after more than 60 years, taking passengers between Hanley[1] and Leek[2] in just 20 minutes. It comes after plans were scrapped for the HS2 train between Birmingham and Manchester.
A grant of £50,000 was awarded to t…
A Birmingham suburb was brought to a standstill after a multi-car pile-up – the second major crash at the spot within hours. Police[1] closed off the Pershore Road at Stirchley[2] in both directions at the tail end of Friday’s rush hour last night.
Thr…
It can take longer to travel by bus from Leek[1] to Hanley[2] than from Stoke to London by train, according to a new report. Figures quoted in the ‘Leek – Stoke strategic outline business case’ show it can take 11 minutes longer to travel from Leek to …
It was a Sunday evening and hundreds of music revellers were lined up outside the O2 Academy, eagerly awaiting for the gig to start. As it often happens, the line arched around the corner of Pagoda Island and up along the hill of Holloway Head, where m…
Improvement works at East Ridng’s busiest road is one of the first projects to get money freed up from the scrapping of the northern leg of HS2, a minister has said.
Government and East Riding officials signed off on the works to improve the A164 and J…