West Midlands Police

The UUP has no confidence in Police Ombudsman Marie Anderson

Jon Burrows: That Anderson sits in judgment of PSNI officers is indefensible

Northern Ireland based contractor, Henry Brothers, has started work on a 16-month scheme to refurbish Stechford Police Station in Birmingham. Pictured is Chief Constable Craig Guildford, Police & Crime Commissioner Simon Foster, Henry Brothers Project Manager Ben Wright and Birmingham Police commander Chief Superintendent Tom Joyce

‘Blue light boost’: NI firm breaks ground on £8m police station modernisation

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans are banned from the match against Aston Villa next month

Letter: NI could be a home away from home for Israeli teams

Morning View

Editorial: Editorial: Decision to ban Israeli football fans shames UK

Northern Ireland based contractor, Henry Brothers, has started work on a major refurbishment scheme at Wolverhampton Central Police Station. Pictured is Les Neary, project manager at Henry Brothers Construction, and Chief Superintendent Anthony Tagg

NI contractor 'proud' to start work on £9m police station refurbishment

Screengrab taken from the FlightRadar 24 website of the flight path of Flight CWYO2G: FlightRadar 24/PA Wire

Emergency landing by Belfast-bound aircraft shuts down Birmingham Airport

Marie Anderson is currently on a ‘leave of absence’ but is this sickness absence? Theoretically, an ombudsman could be investigated or even charged with murder, and no one could invoke a suspension

Jon Burrows: It is staggering that a police ombudsman cannot be suspended

The investigation began after police were called to a Holywood address linked to Police Ombudsman Marie Anderson in September 2023.

Three UK police forces involved in Marie Anderson case

Morning View

Editorial: Ormeau Road officers treated badly, yet ombudsman adjudicates on them

A man was arrested after an incident at an address linked to the Police Ombudsman in September 2023. At the time, the PSNI said officers “received a report of a domestic incident” and attended an address in Co Down

Jon Burrows: Lack of transparency erodes trust in justice system

Magherafelt-based Henry Brothers Construction has been appointed on a £9million project to refurbish Wolverhampton Police Station

NI construction firm appointed on £9million police station refurbishment scheme

The large blaze at a Birmingham grocery shop, Alum Rock Road, Saltley.

Watch: Shop explodes in ball of flames leaving two hospitalised

Beach goers enjoy the weather on what was the warmest day of the year so far at Southend-on-Sea in Essex. Picture date: Monday August 12, 2024.

UK had hottest day of the year this week... but not Northern Ireland

The Police Ombudsman Marie Anderson. Photo: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker

Probe into incident linked to NI Police Ombudsman is ‘complex’, board told

Terminal building at Birmingham International Airport. Photo: Barry Batchelor/PA

Security alert on Aer Lingus flight to Belfast from Birmingham

Dash-cam footage captured the moment a bus ploughed into a car after the driver pulled out into a bus lane in Small Heath, Birmingham Picture from video by Birmz Is Grime / SWNS

Double-decker collides with BMW in bus lane - three hurt
A double-decker collided with a BMW which was in a bus lane in Birmingham - three people were hurt
Tom Morton

The moment a hooded knifeman casually walked down the street brandishing a huge blade near a Birmingham primary school. Picture: Birmz Is Grime / SWNS

Chilling footage of 'brazen' knifeman near primary school

An arson in Villa Road, Lozells, Birmingham, saw officers help two people to safety.
Firearms officers who were out on patrol were the first on the scene after spotting the fire just before midnight on Sunday.
After alerting the fire service, officers entered the next-door building and led the occupants to safety.

Watch: Police rescue residents after late-night arson attack

Edna and Alice Rowley murdered in 1987 in Sparhill, Birmingham

Watch on Shots! TV: The unsolved 1987 murders of Birmingham sisters

Liam Stych and Tia Draper rescuers who saved a woman and her child from a submerged car on Green Lane, in Hall Green, Birmingham. Picture: Anita Maric / SWNS

Watch: Man hailed hero after saving woman and child from sinking car

Horrifying CCTV shows the moment an elderly cyclist was sent flying through the air after a reckless driver ploughed into her.

The 71-year-old woman was left with a bleed on the brain after being hit by a Citroen C3 Flair being driven by Thomas Freeman, 29.

Breaking Watch: Elderly cyclist catapulted into the air after being hit by car

Martinho De Sousa (L), Tireq McIntosh (C), Kian Durnin (R) have been jailed for a total of 69 years for shooting children in a Wolverhampton playground. Picture: West Midlands Police

Dramatic moment gunmen who shot children in playground were arrested

CCTV capturing the dramatic moment a mum managed to pull her two-year-old daughter to safety seconds before her pram was crushed underneath a car in a heart-stopping crash (SWNS)

Mum and toddler narrowly avoid being killed in heart-stopping crash

The dramatic moment a Birmingham gun gang who hid bullets in Patak's curry jar are arrested by armed police

Breaking Gun gang hid bullets in curry jar

A man wanted on suspicion of burglary has been dubbed 'Britain's happiest suspect' after police released his mug shot showing him broadly smiling.Officers are hunting Abdul Holden, 19, after a break-in in Hall Green, Birmingham in August

Breaking Police hunt 'Britain's happiest criminal' after burglary

3 men arrested after 16-year old stabbed to death

Man who killed 2 people in rampage sectioned under Mental Health Act
A man who was arrested on suspicion of murder following a car rampage in Coventry has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act
Daniel Mcneil

Members of the community lay flowers at the scene of the crash on Turnstone Road, Walsall.

Teenager arrested after girl, 7, dies in tragic hit-and-run crash

Shocking dashcam footage shows driver leading police on 80mph chase through city...

Shocking footage shows driver leading police on 137mph chase - before jumping in...

Watch: this drone footage of a huge warehouse fire was used to guide firefighter...

The aftermath of the fatal bomb attack on the Mulberry Bush pub in Birmingham. Photo: PA Wire

Botched IRA warning call contributed to Birmingham pub bomb deaths, jury finds

The aftermath of the fatal bomb attack on the Mulberry Bush pub in Birmingham

IRA funeral left only 15 police to deal with Birmingham bombs

File photo dated 22/11/74 of the aftermath of the fatal bomb attack on the Mulberry Bush pub in Birmingham. Photo credit: PA/PA Wire

Just 15 police on duty in Birmingham on night of pub bombings, inquest told

Coroner Peter Thornton QC arrives for the start of the Birmingham pub bombings inquest at Birmingham Civil Justice Centre. Photo credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Birmingham pub bombing inquests set to start

Ambulance

Murder probe launched after man found dead with stab wounds

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Police '˜should take action after broadcast of Birmingham bombing documentary'

An ambulance

Teenager arrested after traffic warden attack

Still from CCTV footage issued by West Midlands Police of the moment an off-duty police officer was stabbed in an attempted car-jacking on Moreton Avenue, Great Barr in Birmingham.

CCTV captures moment off-duty police officer stabbed in attempted carjacking

Clare O'Neill and her baby Eliza, after the four-week-old girl was inside an Audi which taken in a car-jacking in Birmingham.

First picture: mother and baby reunited after horrific car-jacking ordeal

Police

Off-duty officer confronts axe-wielding woman

Undated handout file photo issued by West Midlands Police of Veronica Eustace, as Nicholas Mason, 43, has been charged in connection with an assault on the 86-year-old which left her with broken bones in her neck and back

Man charged after 86-year-old attacked in her own home

PSNI

Man dies after early morning shooting

Police are appealing for information on the murder

Murder probe launched after teenage girl's body found in park

Police

Man dies after early-morning lorry crash on motorway

Flowers near a house in Wolverhampton where Jasmine Forrester was stabbed as Delroy Forrester, the uncle of the 11-year-old schoolgirl, has been charged with her murder.

Uncle charged with murder of 11-year-old niece

File photo dated 22/11/74 of the exterior of the Mulberry Bush pub in Birmingham after a bomb exploded. Campaigners for the victims of the Birmingham pub bombings will look to overturn a ruling banning the identification of suspects at their renewed inquests. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday December 6, 2017. A hearing on Wednesday for an application to widen the scope of the inquest comes after a mammoth legal campaign. See PA story INQUEST Birmingham. Photo credit should read: PA/PA Wire

'˜IRA man' may be questioned over Birmingham pub bombings

File photo dated 22/11/74 of the exterior of the Mulberry Bush pub in Birmingham after a bomb exploded.

IRA man may be questioned over Birmingham pub bombings, judge told

West Midlands Police handout images taken from CCTV of showing the moment a 65-year-old father-of-three was knocked down in a hit-and-run incident as he crossed Piers Road in Birmingham at about 10.20pm on October 19

65-year-old left in a critical condition after shocking hit-and-run

File photo dated 22/11/74 of the exterior of the Mulberry Bush pub in Birmingham after a bomb exploded

Irish police urged to quiz IRA bomber Michael Hayes, Birmingham hearing told

Police attend the scene of a fatal crash involving a school minibus and a bin lorry in the Castle Vale area of Birmingham.

Girl, 14, killed in minibus crash on school field trip

Pierce Wilkinson (left) and his father Peter Wilkinson (right)

Man charged with murder of mother and son

The aftermath of the IRA Birmingham pub bombings in 1974

PSNI asked if they had advance notice of IRA Birmingham bombs

PSNI have paid informers nearly Â£2 million over past five years

File photo dated 22/11/74 of the outside of the Mulberry Bush pub in Birmingham after a bomb exploded, as fresh inquests into the victims of the Birmingham pub bombings are to get under way amid a war of words between lawyers and the Government about legal funding. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday November 28, 2016. One of the country's most senior coroners, Peter Thornton QC, will convene the first pre-inquest hearing into the 1974 double bombings in Birmingham, to try and establish the scope of the proceedings. See PA story INQUEST Birmingham. Photo credit should read: PA Wire

Birmingham pub bombings coroner backs families' legal funding bid

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