West Midlands Police

Michael Bell, from Sheldon in the West Midlands, was last seen when he went on a camping holiday to the Isle of Skye in May 1983

New appeal in 40-year-search for missing Isle of Skye camper

Police used a chainsaw to raid a drug house where they arrested a 13-year-old boy on suspicion of having a zombie knife.

Cops break into 'drug den' with chainsaw and make zombie knife arrest

A dozen people have been jailed for over 100 years after one of Britain's biggest county lines drugs gangs which made £1.2 million a year was smashed by police.

Drugs gang gets smashed: Moment cops bust county lines criminals

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

Watch: Shop explodes in ball of flames leaving two hospitalised

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

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

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...

The pair did not live with each other, police confirmed.

Mystery as man and woman, 28, both found dead inside flat

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

Police were called to a property in Birmingham's Acocks Green area. Picture: TSPL

Boy, 10, dies after being found unconscious in Birmingham

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

West Park in Wolverhampton. Picture: PA Wire

Teenagers arrested after 14-year-old girl's body found in park

Police Scotland mistakenly filled patrol cars with the wrong type of fuel 16 times last year. Picture: TSPL

Police officers put wrong fuel in patrol cars 16 times last year

Alastair Dalton: How undercover police are saving cyclists' lives Alastair Dalton

An imitation handgun with an empty magazine strapped to it that was found stashed in Naweed Ali's Seat Leon car, as members of a terrorist cell who dubbed themselves the "Three Musketeers. Picture: West Midlands Police

'˜Three musketeers' terror trial endangered by juror crush

Operation Close Pass will see motorists who pass unmarked cars too cloesly pulled over. Picture: contributed.

Police to pull over Edinburgh drivers '˜too close to cyclists'

Police activity near the scene (photo: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)

Mother and son stabbed to death by house guest

Mohammad Ismaeel Ashraf - known as Ismaeel - who died at school of a suspected allergic reaction School. Photo: West Midlands Police/PA Wire

Schoolboy who died after allergic reaction is named

Category-B Birmingham prison has been run by G4S since 2011. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Hundreds of inmates taken out of HMP Birmingham after riot

Forensic officers gather evidence at Hawkeswood Metal Recycling in Birmingham. Picture: SWNS

Workers' bodies recovered from under recycling plant wall

Paddy Hill, one of the Birmingham Six who was wrongly convicted of the Birmingham pub bombings, speaks to the media outside Solihull Civic Suite. Picture: PA

Leaders: Birmingham pub bombings | Undercover police probe

Julie Hambleton holds a picture of her sister Maxine, a Birmingham pub bombing victim. Picture: Newsteam

Police ordered to disclose any '˜tip off' about IRA pub bomb

Lottery bosses have warned that false claims could lead to prosecutions. Picture: Getty Images

False Lotto claims '˜could result in jail sentence'

The scene outside the Sainsbury's store in Trinity Street, Coventry. Picture: PA

Coventry bus crash: Girl, 9, fighting for her life

Charles McInally, who was found stabbed on Friday August 7 in Edgbaston. Picture: PA

Man in court over Scots ex-soldier’s Edgbaston murder

Picture: Julie Bull

Police ‘snooped on 50 emails and calls every day’

A prized Shih Tzu like this has also died after the Crufts dog show, according to reports. Picture: AFP

Crufts look into reports of a second dog tragedy

The poisoned Irish red setter Thendara Satisfaction, known as Jagger. Picture: Newsteam

Crufts: Owners of poisoned dog vow to return

It was business as usual for West Midlands Police yesterday. Picture: Getty

Arrest over alleged plot ‘to kill police officer’

West Midlands Police said it had issued a security alert to its staff following a threat. Picture: Getty

Chris Marshall: The start of ‘lone wolf’ terrorism

Picture: Hemedia

Cutest police line-up you’ll come across
Police line, do not cross – except when it happens to be Sprockers, the first cross-bred springer-cocker spaniels lined up to join West Midlands Police’s crimef...

Meerkats were among the animals stolen from the van. Picture: Hemedia

Meerkats missing in exotic animal van theft

Sarwar wrote to his mother about his plan to do jihad

British jihadist turned in by his mother

A woman with a Liverpool FC scarf leaves the court in Warrington.. Picture: Getty

Hillsborough fans ‘not to blame for their deaths’

A rebel fighter in Aleppo. Police say the four arrests are linked to Syria. Picture: Getty Images

Four arrested over terror offences linked to Syria

Andrew Mitchell: Plebgate officers set for grilling by MPs. Picture: PA

Plebgate police officers’ ‘honesty’ questioned

Tracking software on the man's iPhone helped him find his car. Picture: Getty

iPhone app helps man track down his stolen car

The scam is the latest insurance fraud to hit motorists. Picture: PA

Drivers hit by ‘flash for crash’ insurance scam

The Kanz Ul Iman Masjid mosque. Picture: Reuters

Call for community calm amid controlled explosion at mosque

An explosion was reported outside the mosque. Picture: Reuters

Tipton mosque attack was terrorism, say police

The scene at Washwood Heath Muslim Centre in Birmingham where three men and a police officer were stabbed. Picture: PA

Mosque stabbing: ‘Heroic’ police office praised

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Arrest after death of Birmingham mother and baby

A man will appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. Picture: Julie Bull

Edinburgh shooting: London man charged

Christina Edkins murder accused to appear in court

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Birmingham bus stabbing inquest opens

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