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NEWS Joseph Banks has been recalled to prison – do you know his whereabouts?
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WARWICKSHIRE Police are hunting for a man whose last known address was in Dordon. The appeal is being made as part of the 'Wanted in Warwickshire' campaign.Each week, Warwickshire Police release the details of a...
Three Men Wanted Following Distraction Burglaries in Staffordshire
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OFFICERS from Staffordshire Police are appealing to the public to get in touch if they have seen, or have any information on the whereabouts of three men Police want to speak with the men following...
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NEWS Birmingham Doctor, who had sex chat with underage girl jailed
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A BIRMINGHAM A&E doctor who engaged in online sex chats with a teenage girl has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Dr Timothy Evans, who worked at the Good Hope and Queen Elizabeth hospitals as...
Staffordshire traders demonstrate responsible knife sales during trading standards operation
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NEARLY all shops visited as part of a trading standards knife sales test purchase operation refused to sell to underage volunteers. During a week-long operation, underage volunteers working with the trading standards team were refused...
Man dies following Police shooting in Birmingham
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ENQUIRIES are underway after a man was shot dead by armed police during an operation at an address in Birmingham. A warrant was executed as part of what West Midlands Police have called an "intelligence-led...
Local people invited to shine the spotlight on local policing
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STAFFORDSHIRE and Stoke-on-Trent residents are being invited to join their local Safer Neighbourhood Panel to shine a spotlight on local policing and make Staffordshire’s Police Service the most open, transparent and ethical in the UK...
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NEWS Do you know about the location of 130 stolen parcels?
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STAFFORDSHIRE Police is appealing for information to help track down a large number of parcels stolen in an incident last week. Shortly after midday on Monday 4 March a 22-year-old man suffered life-changing injuries following...
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NEWS Two arrests after thefts from vehicles in Tamworth
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POLICE in Tamworth have made two arrests after CCTV operators spotted the men acting suspiciously in Tamworth Town Centre. The eagle-eyed CCTV operators from Tamworth Borough Council spotted the two men tampering with vehicles...
Drugs and Weapon found by Police after Tamworth vehicle stop
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ARMED response officers found drugs and an offensive weapon in a vehicle stop this afternoon in Tamworth. The Volkswagen Golf was stopped by officers from the Armed Response Unit in unmarked vehicles on Marlborough Way as...
Police team up for fight vehicle crime
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TAMWORTH and Lichfield officers have teamed up with partners from the West Midlands in an operation to deter and disrupt criminals in the local area. Over a three day period, from 4-6 March, officers from...
Blues fan JAILED after attacking Aston Villa midfielder during game
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A BIRMINGHAM City fan has been jailed for attacking Aston Villa footballer Jack Grealish on the pitch. Paul Mitchell, a 27-year-old pub worker from Rubery, Worcestershire, pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates' Court to assault and...
Man charged by Police after assault on Aston Villa player during match
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WEST Midlands Police have said that this evening (Sun 10 March), they have charged a man with invading the pitch and assaulting Aston Villa player Jack Grealish during the Second City derby Paul Mitchell, 27...
Arrests made and Steward ‘spoken to’ after incidents at Birmingham derby
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WEST Midlands Police have arrested a man following an attack on an Aston Villa player at the Second City derby today (Sunday 10 March). A pitch invader punched Villa's Jack Grealish in the head during...
Man arrested after drugs and cash found in Tamworth by Armed cops
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A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of drugs offences following a vehicle stop in Tamworth. A black Mercedes was stopped by armed officers at 1.20pm today, Friday 8 March, in Lichfield Street...
Appeal following plant equipment theft near Tamworth
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DETECTIVES from Staffordshire Police are appealing for information after plant equipment worth £200,000 was stolen. Between 5.30pm on Tuesday (5 March) and 6.30am on Wednesday (6 March), a demolition site’s metal...
Employers Across Tamworth and Lichfield urged to make tackling Domestic Abuse their Business
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BUSINESSES, local authorities and other organisations across Tamworth and Lichfield are being urged to join a new campaign tackling domestic abuse. The Workplace Champions programme is the first Staffordshire-wide scheme of its kind to offer...
Don’t miss out on the chance to make your community safer
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LOCAL community groups across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent will soon be able to apply for funding to turn great ideas that will make their area safer into reality. Staffordshire’s Police, Fire & Rescue and Crime...
Attempted car theft caught on camera
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WOULD-BE thieves were caught on camera in the early hours of this morning as they attempted to steal a car off a driveway in Amington It is believed that they attempted to steal the vehicle...
Man arrested for drug offences after car stopped on A5 in Tamworth
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POLICE in Tamworth arrested a 32-year-old man on suspicion of drugs offences yesterday evening (Wednesday) following the vehicle they were in being stopped. Police stopped a white Seat Leon on the A5 near Tamworth at...
PCCs present plan to government to tackle organised crime in prisons
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FOUR Police and Crime Commissioners in the West Midlands are presenting to government a hard-hitting six-month study into crime in prisons after months of research and multi-agency work. The in-depth look at crime behind bars...
Eight year detention for 17-year-old boy after robbery in Nuneaton in November
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A 17-year-old boy has received eight years detention after pleading guilty to robbery and possession of a firearm, following an incident at a property in Nuneaton on the evening of 6 November 2018. He appeared...
Whittington man jailed for 9 years for historic sex offences
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A 63-year-old man has been jailed for nine years for a series of historic sex offences committed against a young girl in south Staffordshire. Stanley Richardson, from Whittington, near Lichfield, was found guilty of one...
Tamworth man jailed for sex with underage girl
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A MAN from Tamworth has been sentenced to 10 years in a young offenders institution for a string of offences including sexual activity with an underage girl. Tomas Baker, aged 20, who had previously given...
Appeal to locate wanted man who has absconded from custody
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Warwickshire Police is appealing for information after a man absconded from custody yesterday evening (Thursday, 21 February). At approximately 7.15pm, Kamil Malag, 36, absconded from custody while being transported to HMP Hewell prison.The...
Police release CCTV image following Armed Robbery at Dordon Co-op
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OFFICERS investigating an armed robbery at the Co-op in New Street, Dordon that took place on 6 February have released a CCTV image of a male they would like to speak to in connection with...
Man sentenced after Measham murder where he slit partner’s throat
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A MAN who brutally killed his girlfriend on her birthday has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison. Jeremy Clarke was yesterday (18 February) found guilty of the murder of Tracey Evans following...
Appeal to trace trophies stolen in Middleton burglary
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Police investigating a burglary in Middleton are keen to locate 17 trophies stolen from the premises. The trophies, along with food and wine, were stolen in a burglary which was reported to have occurred at...
New Domestic Abuse Service for Staffordshire helps nearly 1,500 people – including 150 from Tamworth
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NEARLY 1,500 people from Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent have sought help from a new domestic abuse support service in the first three months since its launch in October – including 150 Tamworth residents. New Era...