A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a stranger he assaulted in Sandwell died of his injuries. Jagdev Lally was found by a passer-by with a serious head injury in an alleyway near to Tollgate shopping centre at around 9am on Tuesday 14 April and was rushed to hospital with a bleed on the […]
Five non-essential Sandwell businesses that were open despite Covid-19 restrictions have been ordered to close during a day of enforcement action by Sandwell Council and West Midlands Police. Nearly 100 Sandwell businesses were visited in total during the day of action last Friday (13 November) – and officers found the vast majority following government restrictions […]
Skye has been a West Midlands Police officer for almost 20 years. Most of her distinguished career has been on the policing front line. She’s faced down rioters, tackled armed burglars, and rescued people in times of crisis. She was stabbed while protecting members of the public. But early in 2018 she made what she […]
The country’s first bleed control cabinet has launched in Birmingham city centre with the support of West Midlands Police. Designed to prevent a catastrophic bleed following trauma or violence, the first aid kit was installed in Hurst Street last week by the Daniel Baird Foundation after working closely with our officers on selecting its location. […]
Police are continuing to swell the number of officers in our ranks as the force’s recruitment drive outpaces government targets. A bumper intake of 144 new recruits last month saw us hit our national first year Uplift target, of 366 new officers, four months early. But WMP are still urging anyone with a passion for […]
Birmingham City Council is installing temporary pavement widening measures in the Colmore and Retail Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), to help retail and hospitality businesses get back on their feet. Work to install these measures, which involves re-allocating space from the carriageway for footway overspill, will be installed on Temple Row, Temple Row West, Edmund Street […]
Big respect to the man who helped Police detain a prolific crook who broke into a 90-year-old woman’s house and sprayed her with a hot chilli sauce mix. The Good Samaritan heard the elderly woman’s screams when Mohammed Nawaz barged his way into her Hall Green home on 26 August. Police believe Nawaz – who […]
A man has been arrested in connection with enquiries into the murders of 21 people in the 1974 pub bombings in Birmingham. Officers from Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands CTU, working with colleagues from the Police Service of Northern Ireland, arrested a 65-year-old man at his home in Belfast today (18 November). The man was […]
Perry Barr Residential Scheme has reached a significant milestone for the project. It has been confirmed that a six-storey building on the site, which will include new apartments and retail units, has become the first to ‘top out’ as the building has reached its highest point Work on phase one of the mixed-use redevelopment for […]
