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NEWS Birmingham Doctor, who had sex chat with underage girl jailed
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ Health & Safety/ West Midlands
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...
Go orange to support St Giles Hospice on 3rd April
Appears in: / Community & Charity/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
FAMILIES, friends, fundraisers and businesses are being asked to ‘go orange’ for St Giles Hospice as part of an awareness campaign on Wednesday, 3 April. St Giles is asking the community to join forces in...
Kids have fun finding out how PHE protects the nation during British Science Week
Appears in: / Education & Employment/ Health & Safety/ Science & Technology
THOUSANDS of children from across the West Midlands and the country made their way to the NEC Birmingham to visit the Big Bang Fair (13 to 16 March), one of the many events organised...
Man dies following Police shooting in Birmingham
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ West MidlandsHeadline
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...
Police team up for fight vehicle crime
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
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
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ Incidents & Appeals/ Leisure & Sport
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
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ Incidents & Appeals/ Leisure & Sport
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
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ Incidents & Appeals/ Leisure & Sport
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...
South Korean officials visit Tamworth company who make huge waves to address an international mental health crisis
Appears in: / Business/ Education & Employment/ Staffordshire
A MAJOR delegation of South Korean political leaders is visiting Tamworth, Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent following an extraordinary link up with a small Staffordshire tech company. Enlighten, from Tamworth, are at the forefront of developing "tech...
2019 Marks a Bright Future for MIdlands SMEs, says Adams Moore Ltd
Appears in: / Business/ North Warwickshire/ Staffordshire
ACCOUNTANCY and Business Advice Firm, Adams Moore Ltd, is reassuring SMEs that Birmingham and the West Midlands continue to thrive in the face of Brexit uncertainty. The Tamworth based firm is promoting ‘agile business’ and highlighting...
New campaign reminds West Midlands women that ‘Cervical Screening Saves Lives’
Appears in: / Health & Safety/ West MidlandsHeadline
TODAY, Tuesday 5 March, Public Health England (PHE) launches a major new campaign, ‘Cervical Screening Saves Lives’, to increase the number of women attending their cervical screening – including those across the West Midlands region...
PCCs present plan to government to tackle organised crime in prisons
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
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...
Tamworth based Insurance company celebrates a strong start to 2019
Appears in: / Business/ West Midlands
ADVANTAGE Insurance (AHCI) is a leading structural defect warranty specialist with offices in Tamworth and they are celebrating a strong start to 2019 with a recruitment drive and a focus on expansion As the number of...
One in four parents in the West Midlands lack confidence weaning their children
Appears in: / Health & Safety/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
One in four mums in the West Midlands region lack confidence introducing solid foods to their baby, new research has suggested. Public Health England (PHE) has launched its first ever Start4Life campaign to help...
Tamworth Lottery Winners Want You To Win Tonight!
Appears in: / Staffordshire/ UK News/ West Midlands
TONIGHT, Wed 30 January Lotto has an incredible estimated £12.9M jackpot up for grabs and it MUST BE WON! If no-one banks the jackpot, it will roll down and boost all the cash wins...
Birmingham PCSO dies in fatal collision
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ Incidents & Appeals/ West Midlands
A woman who died in a collision in Bearwood last night (Tuesday) has been named as Holly Burke, a serving West Midlands Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) who was off duty at the time. Holly...
Motorsport Industry Association celebrates excellence at its Annual Business Awards
Appears in: / Business/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
MARKING its twenty-fifth anniversary, the MIA again hosted its annual Business Excellence Awards at the NEC Birmingham on Thursday 10 January. The Awards Dinner closed the first day of Autosport International, Europe’s largest pre-season motorsport show...
200+ suspects charged and 580 stolen cars recovered in blitz on home raid car thieves
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ Incidents & Appeals/ West Midlands
A POLICE operation targeting crime gangs behind the rise in car key burglaries has netted almost 1,000 suspects in the last five months – and led to the recovery of almost 600 stolen...
Eight people arrested and charged for robbery offences
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ West MidlandsHeadline
EIGHT people have been arrested and charged by police in a new blitz on robbery and car-jackings in Birmingham.Detectives have been executing warrants and carrying out operations targeting those suspected of being behind...
Parents asked to “make a swap” amid reports 10-year-olds in the UK have consumed 18 years’ worth of sugar
Appears in: / Health & Safety/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
PUBLIC Health England (PHE) is helping parents in the West Midlands to “Make a swap when you next shop” to halve their children’s sugar intake from some everyday food and drinks. Children have already exceeded the maximum...
Make volunteering at a St Giles Hospice shop your New Year’s resolution
Appears in: / Community & Charity/ Health & Safety/ Staffordshire
ST GILES HOSPICE is calling on people to make volunteering at one of its shops their New Year’s resolution for 2019 - to make a real difference to the lives of families throughout the region...
Housebuilder spreads Christmas cheer in Tamworth
Appears in: / Community & Charity/ Entertainment/ Staffordshire
A HOUSEBUILDER in Tamworth invited the local community to meet Santa and his real-life reindeer at its Christmas party. Redrow Homes Midlands, Amington Garden Village arranged an evening of festive family fun to give back...
Tiz the Season to Be Jolly? Not if You Have Lost Your Hearing!
Appears in: / Community & Charity/ Education & Employment/ Health & Safety
MIDLANDS resident, Tom Kane has made a personal appeal for people to show a little patience when talking to the hard of hearing this Christmas. Tom, has worn two hearing aids since 2000 due to...
Tamworth buyers spoilt for choice at Ashby Road development
Appears in: / Property/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
A VARIETY of homes to suit buyers at all stages of the property ladder are being built at Ashberry Homes’ Oaklands development off Ashby Road in Tamworth. Two, three and four-bedroom homes are currently on...
Police appeal for help to find missing teenagers
Appears in: / West Midlands/ Young PeopleHeadline
POLICE in Dudley are looking for help in locating two missing teenagers from the Black Country. The girl and boy, 13-year-old Lucy Oakley and 15-year-old Jay Richardson, who have been missing since 11.50am yesterday morning...
Churches Walk Together Across Economic Divides
Appears in: / Community & Charity/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
AN initiative that twinned Midlands’ churches in poorer areas with those in wealthier places has proved “innovative and courageous”, according to a new report. ‘For Richer, For Poorer’ was launched in the Diocese of Lichfield...
Crest Nicholson Employee Cycles from Vietnam to Cambodia for Variety, the Children’s Charity
Appears in: / Community & Charity/ Leisure & Sport/ Property
A CREST Nicholson Midlands division employee has cycled from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, raising over £7,000 for Variety, the Children’s Charity. The epic journey across Asia saw...
Car stolen in gunpoint robbery found by police in ‘chop shop’
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ West MidlandsHeadline
A STASH of stolen cars – including one believed to have been taken in a gunpoint robbery – has been uncovered by West Midlands Police in a back street Birmingham workshop. Officers moved in...