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Clockwise from top left: James Evans, Jason Evans, Kirsty Webb, Lee Webb, Mark Smith, Natasha Webb, Pamela Howells, Philip Wellington, Tracey Baker and Ann Marie Clare, among the 21 convicted

Twenty-one convicted in largest child sexual abuse investigation conducted by West Mids Police

Staff ReporterApril 5, 2023April 5, 202301 mins

A gang of twenty-one people have been convicted of serious sexual offending against children in Walsall in the largest child sexual abuse investigation conducted by West Midlands Police. The crimes committed by a “network of child abusers” took place against seven victims, aged 12 and younger, over a period of nearly a decade in Walsall and…

Pearl Food Distribution in Birmingham has been fined over £60,000 for unsafe work practices

Birmingham warehouse fined over £60,000 for unsafe working practices

Staff ReporterFebruary 2, 202101 mins

A food warehouse has been fined £60,000 after pleading guilty to four offences under health and safety legislation at Birmingham Magistrates Court yesterday. Birmingham City Council prosecuted Pearl Food Distribution Ltd – based at Unit 33 Middlemore Industrial Estate, Middlemore Road, Birmingham – after a safety inspector saw an employee raised up on a pallet balanced…