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A serial shoplifter has been jailed for committing a string of offences across Dudley, which saw him steal around £2,000 worth of items. Ian Waterworth, of Union Street, Stourbridge, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of theft from a shop at Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Court last Thursday (25 January). The 35-year-old was sentenced to six months and one…
A new photographic exhibition capturing everyday moments of Black Country life from the 1970s and 1980s is set to go on display in Birmingham. Taken from the personal collection of late photojournalist Phil Loach, the exhibition has been curated alongside a special accompanying book.
West Midlands Police have closed down a “Party House” that was being rented out in Halesowen town centre following repeated complaints from neighbours of anti-social behaviour, criminality and suspected drug-related activity. The three-bedroom flat on Peckingham Street was rented out as a ‘luxury party house’ with guests paying up to £700 to hire the property for an…
Twelve stabbings in and around Birmingham have left the city shaken this past week, as Bank Holiday Monday began with news a double murder. Mother and daughter Khaola Saleem and Raneem Oudeh were tragically knifed to death in Solihull, triggering a national manhunt to trace the killer. A 21-year-old man has now been arrested on suspicion of the…