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  1. Man arrested after 'attempted kidnap' of girl aged 3 before her mum intervened

    Channel: UK UK 2 days ago By Brooke Davies
  2. One of UK's longest missing person cases solved after woman found 52 years on
  3. Boy, 14, stabbed in the street with teenager arrested for attempted murder
  4. 'Adored' mum-of-three, 27, dies in mysterious circumstances
  5. Mystery over body pulled from a canal 14 years ago

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Man arrested after 'attempted kidnap' of girl aged 3 before her mum intervened

Channel: UK UK 2 days ago By Brooke Davies
TEEN KNIFED Horror as boy, 14, is stabbed in the street leaving him fighting for life with 15-year-old held for ?attempted murder?

Boy, 14, stabbed in the street with teenager arrested for attempted murder

Channel: UK UK January 4, 2025 By Brooke Davies
One of UK's longest missing person cases solved after woman found 52 years on

One of UK's longest missing person cases solved after woman found 52 years on

Channel: UK UK January 1, 2025 By Sam Corbishley
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'Adored' mum-of-three, 27, dies in mysterious circumstances

Channel: UK UK December 26, 2024 By Josh Layton
Play Video A person running with a large knife in West Bromwich.

Youths armed with machetes chase each with huge knives outside school

Channel: UK UK December 26, 2024 By Noora Mykkanen

Mystery over body pulled from a canal 14 years ago

Channel: UK UK December 16, 2024 By Lucia Botfield

Man arrested after boy, two, killed in 'hit-and-run with stolen Porsche'

Channel: UK UK December 16, 2024 By Noora Mykkanen

Boy, 4, killed in bus crash in West Midlands

Channel: UK UK December 7, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
Play Video M62 lorry fire.

Huge lorry carrying sawdust bursts into flames closing major motorway

Channel: UK UK November 29, 2024 By Sam Corbishley

‘Unique’ cemetery says grieving relatives must pay for VIP passes to visit graves

Channel: UK UK November 23, 2024 By Danny Rigg

The internet is obsessed with this fish and chip shop ‘diva’

Channel: Food Food November 11, 2024 By Ella Glover
Play Video CCTV captures the armed gang attacking the computer shop on Bertram Road in Smethwick, West Midlands. Release date ? November 7, 2024. A man has been jailed for eight years for firearms offences after shots were fired in Smethwick last year. Azeem Hussain, aged 26 was part of a gang that targeted a business in Smethwick last year, injuring two men in their 40s. At around midday on 12 January, a Ford Fiesta pulled up outside City Computers on Bertram Road and a group attacked the business. Two of them held an axe and two of them had a shotgun. Shots were fired at the business and the windows and doors were smashed. One victim was hit in the arm by a gunshot and another victim suffered a neck injury. Thanks to extensive CCTV and mobile phone work, officers placed Jamal Hussain as the driver of the Ford Fiesta. CCTV footage from the previous day, showed the gang scouting out the route from their Walsall addresses to Bertram Road and around the area. There are also numerous calls between the gang during the morning of the attack. Azeem Hussain fled the country soon after the incident. However, he was arrested from the airport following his return to the UK in April this year. Hussain, from Walsall admitted to charges brought against him at a previous hearing and was jailed for eight years at Worcester Crown Court on Thursday (11 Sept).

Masked gang fired shotgun at terrified staff while robbing computer shop

Channel: UK UK November 8, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

People 'scream and run away from ride' after beam falls onto rollercoaster track

Channel: UK UK October 27, 2024 By Jen Mills
Aerial view of high rise tower blocks, flats built in the city of Stoke on Trent to accommodate the increasing population, housing crisis

City nicknamed 'Smoke-On-Stench' voted one of most underrated UK breaks

Channel: Travel Travel December 12, 2024 By Kristina Beanland
Terraces of houses near the city centre of Stoke on Trent

'Bleak and pointless' town named one of the most underrated for a UK city break

Channel: Travel Travel October 22, 2024 By Kristina Beanland
The official unveiling of two new sculptures of Corgis outside Walsall Arboretum Visitor Centre, commemorating Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Release date ? October 4, 2024. A cash-strapped council has been slammed for spending ?35,000 of taxpayers cash on two corgi statues in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II. Walsall Council forked out thousands of pounds on the stone corgis which have gone on display in Walsall Arboretum as it celebrates its 150th anniversary. But many residents have questioned whether the cash could have been spent better elsewhere as the authority looks to slash ?20m from its budget this year. Locals also pointed to the fact council tax had been raised by 4.99 per cent and said they failed to 'see the point' of the 5ft long commemorative corgi statues. Tracey Wilkins, 55, of Blakenall, Walsall, said: "I like them, but it's a bit controversial, isn't it?

Council spends £35,000 on Corgi statues ‘instead of fixing potholes’

Channel: UK UK October 5, 2024 By Laura Brick
Play Video UK's youngest knife murderers jailed for machete attack

UK's youngest murderers since Bulger killers jailed for life over machete attack

Channel: UK UK September 27, 2024 By Sam Corbishley

Britain’s wonkiest pub is now an ‘environmental disaster’ after demolition

Channel: UK UK September 25, 2024 By Lucia Botfield

'Danger to life' weather warning in place today with 100mm of rain forecast in UK

Channel: UK UK September 8, 2024 By Josh Milton

Map shows where women have the longest 'healthy' life expectancy in the UK

Channel: UK UK September 3, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
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