Stephanie Wareham
UK
Woman hit on golf course by van being pursued by police dies in hospital
The woman, in her sixties, was taken to hospital in a critical condition after the collision last week but died on Tuesday, police confirmed.
16 Apr 2025
Business News
Birmingham bin strike cannot continue, council leader says ahead of fresh talks
Unite the union says if guarantees that no worker will lose money could be put into writing by Birmingham City Council, a deal could be closer.
16 Apr 2025
Business News
Birmingham bin boss urges striking workers to reconsider ‘very fair’ offer
Birmingham needs to ‘get back to normal’, the council’s bin boss said as residents report seeing ‘cat-sized’ rats and workers fear losing their homes.
15 Apr 2025
UK
Woman hit at golf club by van being pursued by police ‘critical but stable’
The woman in her sixties suffered life-threatening injuries in the collision at Aston Wood Golf Club on Friday.
12 Apr 2025
UK
Family of man stabbed to death pay tribute to ‘gentle giant’
Leicestershire Police have made a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct in connection with the death of Louis Howard.
11 Apr 2025
UK
IOPC investigate after woman hit on golf course by van being pursued by police
A woman was critically injured after a van being chased by police left the road and mounted an embankment at Aston Wood Golf Club.
11 Apr 2025
Crime
Woman who planned to fly to Afghanistan to join IS and martyr herself is jailed
Farishta Jami, 36, had researched one-way flights to Afghanistan and had pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State, a court heard.
10 Apr 2025
Crime
Man found dead in garden after being mauled by dogs including XL bullies
Nicholas Glass, 33, was looking after his brother’s dogs while he was in hospital but suffered fatal injuries caused by dog bites, an inquest heard.
3 Apr 2025
Crime
Boy’s actions ‘appalling’ but he is ‘not a murderer’, trial jury told
A teenage boy accused of attacking an 80-year-old man as he walked his dog did not intend to kill him, his barrister has told a murder trial jury.
2 Apr 2025
UK
Bletchley Park codebreaker who ‘inspired women in the Army’ dies aged 101
Charlotte ‘Betty’ Webb died on Monday, the Women’s Royal Army Corps Association said.
1 Apr 2025
UK31 Mar 2025
Birmingham declares major incident over bin strike
Council estimates 17,000 tonnes of waste remains uncollected around the city
Crime
Man denies murdering his ‘world-renowned’ Jaguar restoration expert grandfather
John Brown, 82, died in hospital six days after an alleged assault at his home on November 23 last year.
13 Mar 2025
UK
William poses for selfies with schoolchildren and referees football match
The Prince of Wales carried out his first engagement with the FA since becoming patron at Sporting Khalsa FC in the West Midlands.
11 Mar 2025
Business News
Council refuse workers begin indefinite strike amid row over jobs and pay
The Unite union has warned disruption caused by bin strikes could stretch into the summer months.
11 Mar 2025
Crime
Boy accused of pensioner’s murder ‘fell on him as he ran to push him over’
The boy told police he was ‘horrified’ to hear Bhim Kohli, 80, had died in hospital the day after he was allegedly attacked in a park.
7 Mar 2025
UK
Police investigation after skeletal human remains found in wood
Staffordshire Police said the ‘unsettling’ discovery was made by a member of the public on Sunday.
3 Mar 2025
Crime
Boy ‘confessed to attacking 80-year-old in Snapchat messages’, murder trial told
The teenager, who cannot be named, said he did not mean to ‘batter’ Bhim Kohli, 80, in a park in Leicester.
27 Feb 2025
Crime
Inquest into death of teenage girl charged with terror offences to begin
Rhianan Rudd, 16, was found dead at a children’s home in May 2022, five months after terrorism charges against her were dropped.
27 Feb 2025
Crime25 Feb 2025
‘Predatory’ Sex Education actor who sexually abused five people jailed
Alexander Westwood used his ‘minor celebrity status’ to abuse two of his five victims, Wolverhampton Crown Court was told.
UK24 Feb 2025
King greeted by cheering crowds at JCB headquarters in Staffordshire
Charles met employees, apprentices and their families and toured the construction equipment company’s factory in Rocester on Monday.
Crime
Soldier three times drink-drive limit when he killed ‘amazing father’ in crash
Adam Milton was ‘wholly responsible’ for the head-on crash at more than 100mph in which he and another driver, Wayne Neville, were killed.
20 Feb 2025