Guns and drugs seized as West Midlands Police major crime unit uncover organised crime gangs

Police in Birmingham and the Black Country have seized drugs and guns from properties across the region in recent months, they have revealed. “More guns, drugs and suspected serious and organised criminals have been taken off the streets of the West Midlands by our dedicated Major Crime Unit Proactive Teams (MCUPT),” a statement from West…

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A PETA activist dressed up as an "orca" outside the TUI store in Birmingham

PETA stunt displays ‘trapped orca’ in busy shopping street to protest animal abuse in leisure tourism

An activist dressed up as an “orca” was displayed in a ‘tank’ outside a leisure tourism store in Birmingham today, protesting alleged animal cruelty. The publicity stunt organised by animal rights group PETA involved a campaigner in a dolphin costume pleading to be freed as they lay “trapped in a cramped tank” outside TUI’s Birmingham city centre store in…

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Activists stage a 'die-in' to protest Birmingham Pride sponsor HSBC's alleged links to Israel's war on Gaza

Pro-Palestine activists hold silent die-in to protest Birmingham Pride “genocide” sponsorship

Dozens of pro-Palestine demonstrators staged a powerful protest in Birmingham today (May 25) to coincide with the Birmingham Pride parade amid controversy over the event’s headline sponsor. The West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign (WMPSC) held a ‘die-in’ outside the Bullring shopping centre as the Pride parade passed by, to bring attention to the recent war on Palestine.

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Police officers monitoring protesters outside immigration reporting centre Sandford House in Solihull

Protesters challenging Rwanda plan arrested outside Home Office immigration centre in Solihull

Police officers arrested 13 protesters following a demonstration at a Home Office immigration centre in Solihull yesterday evening. The group were apprehended just after 9pm on Monday (April 29), after preventing access to Sandford House, where they had spent most of the day in support of 5 asylum seekers who had reportedly been detained by authorities in…

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