My long TV presenting career has seen many changes in life, technology, media, migration, weather and sport. Each topic has seen dramatic developments.
In sport, I have witnessed the demise of showjumping and the unbelievable rise in the popularity of …
It is an L of an effort – and cost nearly £1,400 – but Britain’s most persistent learner driver has finally passed their theory test at the 60th time of asking. The driver spent an eye-watering £1,380 at a test centre in Redditch[1], before finally con…
Car manufacturers are partly responsible for the boom in car thefts in the Midlands by not doing enough to make popular models secure, the region’s police commissioner has claimed. Simon Foster has called on car giants to do more to ensure vehicles are…
Police are hunting the driver of an abnormal load after a lorry crashed through roadworks on the M6. Police said a truck entered a restricted area and collided with a lamppost which fell into the opposing carriageway.
Traffic officers from the Central …
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailA devastated family have shared heartfelt tributes to a “kind” son who was killed in a fatal collision[1] with a tanker lorry in…
Aqeel Ahmed was driving a car which was in collision with a tanker lorry on the A38 Sutton Coldfield Bypass at around 10.30pm on October 27.
Nothing could be done to save the 28-year-old.
Mr Ahmed’s family said his loss had been felt by everyone who kn…
A 5km Parkrun was cancelled after a man’s body was found in woodland. West Midlands Police cordoned off the area in Dudley[1] earlier today, Saturday, October 28.
The running event – held at The Dell Stadium on Bryce Road, Pensnett, Brierley Hill, ever…
A man has died following a fatal crash with a tanker lorry. Emergency services were called out to the A38 in Sutton Coldfield – close to the M6 Toll – at 10.30pm last night.
Officers say that sadly the driver of the BMW was pronounced dead at the scene…
A man driving a BMW has died after a crash in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham on Friday night
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A 28-year-old man has died following a crash[2] in Sutton Coldfield last …
A driver suffered injuries and had to be taken to hospital after a road rage incident near Sutton Coldfield[1]. The incident took place in a lay-by on the A38 at Bassetts Pole north of Sutton last Thursday, October 19 shortly after 5.30am.
The two cars…
The rules of the road are there to keep us safe but those who disregard them sometimes end up in court. Deadly collisions have occurred on our streets due to the careless or inconsiderate driving of some.
They’ve claimed the lives of others and in at l…
A number of police officers swooped on a Sutton Coldfield[1] street closing off to the public after reports of concern for a man at an address led to an officer being ‘attacked’. Some 10 police cars are said to have attended Reddicap Heath Road after t…
September 1984: West Midlands report recommends light rail network for England’s second-largest conurbation
Detailed proposals for an eventual ten-line network of light rail routes to serve the West Midlands were unveiled in Birmingham on June 20 by W…
Valencia Waste Management Ltd, formerly known as Viridor, has been fined £3million after Michael Atkin and Mark Wheatley died in separate incidents.
Michael, a 63-year-old from Wetherby in West Yorkshire, died in October 2019 at Valencia’s site in Ear…