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Start-up with aim to rival global smoothie giant Innocent wins Dragon’s Den-style Pitch Up competition at Venturefest West Midlands
The father and son team behind a flavoured water product have won this year’s fiercely competitive Dragon’s Den-style Pitch Up competition.
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Cruel burglars laughed as they threatened to decapitate elderly woman and her dog
A judge told Craig Rogers, Lee Justice and Lee Kinnell that they should be ashamed of themselves
Appeal after woman 'assaulted and has phone snatched' in Handsworth Wood
West Midlands Police want to speak to him after a woman was assaulted during a robbery on Handsworth Wood Road on 1 March
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Watch shocking moment Birmingham driver speeds into families, killing Mayar Yahia, 4
Trigger warning: Shocking dascam footage shows the moments leading up to a horror crash in Highgate, Birmingham, that claimed the life of four year old Mayar Yahia
More than 160 arrested and 18 County Lines shut down during crackdown
The team also seized over £53,000 in cash, 78 mobile phones, a dozen vehicles, five firearms and 78 weapons including zombie knives and machetes
Appeal launched following assault and robbery of woman on Birmingham street
An appeal has been launched after a woman was assaulted during a robbery in Birmingham.
Birmingham predator who struck in 10-second gap to abduct and sexually assault girl, 5, is jailed
Abdulraziq Mohammed, aged 38, from Winson Green was found guilty of false imprisonment with intent to commit a sexual offence and sexual assault
Update as Birmingham driver charged with murder of Dylan Fitzpatrick appears in court
A driver charged with the murder of a man at a Midland railway station has appeared at crown court for an initial hearing
'Noah was only 3-years-old' - Tributes paid to little boy killed in shopping centre car park tragedy
Noah Sikora, three, died after being struck by a vehicle in an underground car park at Charlestown Shopping Centre in Finglas. A fundraiser was launched to help support his family with funeral costs
Anger over 'inadequate' jail term for killer Birmingham driver as dad says 'not right'
Babiker Yahia, whose daughter Mayar was killed in a horror crash, and road safety commissioner for the West Midlands, Mat MacDonald, speak out
Two men sentenced over drug supply line with links to Staffordshire
Two men have been sentenced after admitting their involvement in a drugs supply line in Stafford.
Tamworth flytippers fined after dumping waste in Lichfield
A number of flytipping incidents have led to more than £5,000 fines being issued as an authority cracks down on waste dumping blighting its area
New Epstein files drop includes cosy snap of Mandelson, Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein together wearing bathrobes
It is the first ever photograph of the trio all together
Funeral held for Birmingham murder victim after well-wishers raise £4,000
Ali Alshmari was stabbed to death in Alum Rock earlier this month
Birmingham man jailed after causing death of ’cheerful and bright’ girl in fatal crash
A man has been jailed after a four-year-old girl died following a crash in Birmingham.
Boy, 15, in court after girl 'stabbed in back with carving knife' at school
A school was placed into lockdown following the alleged incident
UK engineering firm collapses into liquidation after over 50 years in business
Joint administrators have been appointed
People on seven DWP benefits getting one-off £200 payment - full list
Bonus cash worth £200 incoming
Meet the Birmingham attempted murder suspect that police can't trace
Three people were injured during an attack in Digbeth in 2021
Legendary fighter Joe Egan's Birmingham gangland battle
For undiluted violence, few city public house battles have matched what unfolded at The Lyndhurst pub