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A West Midlands bus operator said the company would “not tolerate” any form of abuse after female passengers reported sexual assaults. The X2 bus service, which is run by National Express West Midlands, saw two separate sex attacks being reported to police after women were sexually abused.
After last week’s shocking sex attack on a Birmingham bus police are appealing for information about an earlier sexual assault in April on the same bus service. A female passenger was sexually assaulted on the X2 Birmingham to Solihull bus service on the evening of 26th April in the city centre.
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 19-year-old man died when the vehicle he was travelling in crashed into a tree in Nechells, Birmingham. Officers were called to the scene of the tragedy in Nechells Parkway shortly after 5.15pm yesterday (May 1).
Police have launched an appeal for information about a suspect following a collision in Solihull which resulted in a pregnant woman tragically losing her unborn baby. The traumatised victim has found the courage to go public about her horrific ordeal which took place last year.
Three men have been arrested 160 miles away in Devon for the suspected murder of a man outside a shopping precinct in the Shard End area of Birmingham. 50-year-old dad Darren Smith was allegedly ambushed and killed by men armed with a “hammer” on Wednesday afternoon.
Police have launched a murder investigation after a man was attacked and killed in the Shard End area of Birmingham. 50-year-old Darren Smith was found seriously injured after being attacked outside shops in Heath Way just after 2.50pm yesterday (15 March).
Police have released the name of the man murdered at a Walsall nightclub on Saturday as Akeem Francis-Kerr. The family of the 29-year-old victim have issued a heartfelt tribute saying he was one of “the greatest of men”.
Hundreds of people from all over Birmingham and the West Midlands have come together to help the victims of the Turkey-Syria earthquake, which has left thousands dead and many more in dire need of assistance. A city charity has been inundated with donations this week after launching an urgent appeal for warm clothes, sanitary items…
An elderly Birmingham man in his 80’s endured a horrifying home invasion and suffered a stab wound from a knife-wielding robber. The vicious break-in took place shortly after midnight in Rednal Road, West Heath, on Saturday (11 February).
Police have launched an appeal for witnesses following a serious collision in the West Midlands which resulted in the death of an elderly man and his wife hospitalised. The 64-year-old man, described by his family as “kind and selfless”, tragically died after being hit by a car in the collision, which happened at around 8.30pm…