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A road rage driver who ‘dangerously tailgated’ a grandad before killing him with a single punch has admitted his cruel offending. ‘Highly aggressive’ Arslan Farooq faces time behind bars after he left van driver Simon West with a fatal head injury.
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The Daniel Baird Foundation and Unite the Union have donated a cabinet containing equipment to control bleeding at a busy commuter station in Dudley.
The new cabinet will be accessible to the public at Coseley[1] station, which is run by West Midlands …
A shop sold a knife to an underage customer – with the condition that they ‘didn’t kill anyone’. West Midlands Police officers said they witnessed a shop sell a blade to a 17-year-old, with the price having being reduced by more than a half.
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Police are appealing for dashcam footage after a biker died following a collision with a lorry on the M6. The collision took place on the southbound carriageway yesterday morning, May 18, around one mile from Junction 10, Walsall[1].
The 48-year-old ri…
Three members of a big-money car theft racket have been jailed after nearly £500,000-worth of motors were taken from across the Midlands. Martin Islip, Lawson O’Neill and Anthony Stewart were found guilty of conspiracy to steal 22 cars – worth more tha…
Ten new cycle and walking routes will go ahead after the West Midlands were awarded £12.6m from Active Travel England. The major funding boost will allow projects to be delivered in Birmingham[1], Walsall[2], Wolverhampton[3] and Coventry[4].
It includ…
A motorcyclist has tragically died in a crash on the M6 southbound[1] this morning. The motorway was closed from J11 for Cannock[2] and 10A for Wolverhampton[3] following the collision, which also involved a lorry.
Medics were called to the scene at 8….
Emergency services are at the scene of a ‘serious collision’ which has seen part of the M6 closed. The southbound carriageway between Junction 11 at Cannock and Junction 10A for Wolverhampton has been shut this morning.
And National Highways has confir…
An irate Audi driver told police he gets ‘so many tickets for parking on a pavement’ in his £80,000 RS6 – but doesn’t believe he should. Soho Road Police issued another penalty in Handsworth[1] today.
Police said the Handsworth driver told them that as…
A motorcyclist has died after a crash with a lorry on the M6.Emergency services were called to the southbound carriageway between junctions 10A and 10 for Wolverhampton at about 08:15 BST.West Midlands Ambulance Service said the man on the motorcycle w…