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Men accused of stealing scores of vehicles to stand trial next year
The case relates to 32 vehicle thefts in the West Mercia, Gloucestershire, Dyfed Powys, Sussex, Avon & Somerset and Devon & Cornwall force areas over eight months
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Snow could fall 'across all parts of the UK by the end of Christmas Day'
Some forecasts predict a white Christmas as a weather system from Russia sweeps in
Ten cars stopped by West Midlands police for exactly the same reason on same day
It was part of the police's road safety Operation Advance in Birmingham city centre on December 16
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'Dangerous' Midland child sex offender jailed
Andrew Davies committed a string of 'heinous' offences in the 70s and 80s
Birmingham WW2 codebreaking hero Ruth Bourne dies aged 99
Ruth Bourne, who grew up in Birmingham, worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War and was awarded France's Legion d'Honneur
Former Midland dance teacher jailed for sexual assaults on students
Gregory Pichery touched his students during class and while they were trying on costumes
Anger as stand-in bin workers offered £600 'bonus' to collect Birmingham's festive rubbish
A fresh dispute has erupted after word got out that agency workers standing in for striking binmen in Birmingham have been offered a cash incentive to work over New Year
Dog walker, 75, 'feared for life' after cow attack left him with severed artery
Brian Gregory was trampled and butted by the cattle as he took a stroll along a pubic footpath with his labrador, Molly
Ex-Midland Premier League star successfully sues surgeon after 'premature end to career'
Ex-Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, 39, had surgery after he broke his left leg during a match against Birmingham City in April 2013
Over 30 firefighters battle blaze in Birmingham
Six crews from West Midlands Fire Service were called to Barr Street, in the Jewellery Quarter, from around 1.15pm today
Woman in hospital appears in court charged with murdering her three children
Yasmeen Ali, 43, is accused of murdering her three children - seven-year-old Fares Bash, three-year-old Joury Bash and nine-month-old Mohammed Bash - in February last year
Failed asylum seeker pleads not guilty to raping woman in wooded area
The offence is alleged to have happened in the Dorset seaside resort in November
Two men and woman arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty
A 30-year-old female from Birmingham, a 48-year-old man and a 32-year-old man from Loughborough were all arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty
Man posed for selfies with staple gun he'd turned into deadly weapon
Jason Young's homemade lethal weapon was discovered after an off-duty police officer saw him taking drugs on a train
Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas flooded with support after tragic death of 'second mum'
Shirley Ballas has shared a heartbreaking post just days before the Strictly Come Dancing final
Six fire crews called to blaze in derelict three-storey office building in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter
Six fire engines have been sent to a blaze in a derelict three-storey building in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
Multiple reported deaths after North Carolina plane crashes near airport
A plane has crashed near Statesville Regional Airport in the USA, with multiple people reportedly dead as emergency services rush to the scene
Man jailed for murdering neighbour, 77, in violent attack
David Hill attacked pensioner Kurt Giwisser in 2023
Two men charged after Dudley 'cannabis farm' raided by police
Police deployed dog and drone units as it carried out a warrant in the Woodsetton area of Dudley
Loose Women's Frankie Bridge 'helpless' as she shares son's life-altering diagnosis
Frankie Bridge shared the emotional struggles her son Carter faces following his dyslexia diagnosis and difficulties at school