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How police caught killer six years after body found in Birmingham canal

Relentless work by police detectives linked a killer to the death of a Birmingham man whose body was found in a canal, and some six years on he's been convicted

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Big delays on M6 in Midlands recap - delays ease as van fireextinguished and crash cleared

The M6 was closed in two places in the Midlands hitting rush hour commuters and travellers - with one incident still causing issues

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Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei mocks Trump's 'desperation' after apparent U-turn

Iran's Supreme Leader has mocked Donald Trump's 'desperation' to re-open the Strait of Hormuz after accepting a peace deal to end the three-month war and lift the US naval blockade

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Banned Midlands motorist 'ran out of talent' during high-speed police chase

Jack Cartwright overtook vehicles on the wrong side of the road and tailgated drivers as he tried to flee from police

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Johnsons Zoo issues statement after boy, 3, seriously injured after 'ending up in crocodile enclosure'

Police said a 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

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Girl, nine, would have 'died very swiftly' after being stabbed, court told

A pathologist has told Bristol Crown Court that nine-year-old Aria Thorpe would have died "very swiftly" from a single stab wound to the chest at her home in Weston-super-Mare, as the murder trial of a teenage defendant continues.

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Officer disgusted as brick attacker freed just days after prison sentence

PC Conor McIntyre was left with a bloodied face and severely concussed after an unprovoked brick attack in Lancaster, Lancashire

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Wolverhampton people smuggler bragged he got 60 people a week OUT of UK to France

The Midland people smuggler netted some £185,000 by illegally moving a number of non-British nationals out of the country

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Boy, 3, in 'critical condition' after he 'ended up in crocodile enclosure' at UK zoo

A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

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Man, 49, jailed for 'repeated' and 'entirely unacceptable' indecent exposures

Matthew Lucs was sentenced to 54 weeks in prison

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Man attacked with chair outside Sutton Coldfield chip shop as area taped off

A man was attacked and had to be taken to hospital after an incident opposite a pub and near a chip shop

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'Dangerous' Midland motorist who killed dad-of-two 'shouldn't have been driving'

Nomazwe Moyo's doctor had advised her not to drive for 12 months due to her epilepsy

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Police say 'no evidence of hate crime' as probe continues into Smethwick High Street attack

A man in his 50s was left seriously injured following an attack

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Police issue warning to Birmingham protestors on both sides ahead of Britain First and counter rallies

Police have said they will 'treat everybody fairly' ahead of a far right gathering and counter demo - but anyone that oversteps the mark will face the full force of the law

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Inside Birmingham's most dangerous area where over 2,300 serious crimes happened in one year

These streets are part of Birmingham's crime capital

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Martin Lewis launches defence of MPs - insisting they are 'not the enemy'

A heated debate kicked off in the comments

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Bizarre Sainsbury's car park interaction sparks police appeal

A couple were approached on a supermarket car park

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Midlands sergeant who had sex with student officer barred from policing

'Abuse of position for a sexual purpose is a serious form of corruption'

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Government issues BBC TV Licence fee update for Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime

It comes after the streamers told the Labour government they will not participate in collecting the BBC licence fee.

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26 Birmingham shops slapped with warning over 'illegal' vape sales

The total number of shops which have been issued with a warning for illegal vape sales this year has been revealed