Schools closed across the West Midlands as storms cause flash flooding
The skies turned black at just after 10am and severe storms began, prompting hundreds of people to take to social network sites to report on the freak conditions.
View ArticlePolice uncover cannabis factories in Saltley and Tile Cross
A second factory containing over 100 plants was found just three hours later when police were called to a disturbance on Adderly Road, Saltley.
View ArticleTile Cross school marks 12 million facelift
A BIRMINGHAM school is set for a bright future following a 12 million facelift. Hodge Hill MP Liam Byrne was on hand to cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the refurbished International School, in...
View ArticleStudents told they can't finish A-Levels because school plans to close sixth...
Angry parents hit out after students at The International School in Tile Cross received the shock news the centre will close at the end of this academic year.
View ArticleArmed police arrest pair on M6
Two men were arrested by armed police on the M6 following reports a man was threatened at gunpoint at a Birmingham hairdressers.
View ArticleMan charged over fatal pub shooting
A man has been charged with the murder of a man shot dead in a Birmingham pub, police have said.
View ArticleFour hurt as pool ceiling collapses
About 50 people were evacuated from LA Fitness in Gravelly Lane, Erdington, Birmingham, after the incident at about 09:30 BST on Sunday.
View ArticleTaylor, Rebecca, Teegan, Robyn, Ellie and Savannah from Hagley Catholic High...
3. Abbi, Tilly and Annette from Sutton Girls School which held its prom at Moxhull Hall Hotel in Sutton Coldfield.
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3. Emma Leary, Emma Probert, Adena Henry, Rebekah Fabian Edwards and Jessica Duffain from The International School in Tile Cross.
View ArticleGang who forced their way into a Northampton home and demanded keys...
A gang of robbers who targeted householders with expensive cars and cash and carry staff across the Midlands - including two in Northampton - have been jailed for almost 29 years.
View ArticleChild-threatening axe robbers jailed
Three men have been jailed for a series of robberies across the Midlands, including one in which they held an axe to the throat of a nine-year-old boy.
View ArticleSpeaking for first time: Woman saved by a headache from death in Birmingham...
Pat Bentley tells of the guilt and bitterness she has endured for 40 years since terrorist atrocity which claimed lives of her friends Patricia Bentley, 58, from Dorridge, Solihull, with a picture of...
View ArticleJo Collier who was carjacked on the drive of her home in Gressel Lane, Kitts...
The mother of disabled twins wrestled with a masked carjacker who snatched her family's lifeline vehicle in a terrifying raid. She tried to stop him speeding off but the raider fled with the door still...
View ArticleMember of motorcycle gang who treated Birmingham like a "race track" is caged
A member of a motorcycle gang who put others at risk by treating Birmingham "as a kind of race track" has been sent to a young offenders institution for eight months. Jack Smith, 19, of Fulwell Mews,...
View ArticleChelmsley Wood Grace Academy: iPhone terror as boy held up at knifepoint on...
A boy of 12 had his iPhone stolen at knifepoint today in a terrifying robbery as he walked to school. Jack Wadley begged the thug not to stab him during his ordeal outside Grace Academy in Chelmsley...
View ArticleBJ's Bingo armed raider wanted in connection with robbery at store
A man sought by police over an armed robbery at a Birmingham bingo hall is also wanted over a raid at a convenience store. Officers investigating the theft of cash from BJ's Bingo Hall in Mackadown...
View ArticlePolice appeal for missing Erdington teenager
Sky Layton, aged 16, from Erdington, was last seen leaving school in Tile Cross on Monday. She has since been sighted in the Birmingham area.
View ArticleTile Cross bike crash - man quizzed on suspicion of attempted murder
A driver was being quizzed on suspicion of attempted murder after a biker was badly hurt in a road crash. West Midlands Police said enquiries suggested a motorist drove towards the biker believing the...
View ArticleMan arrested over violence following Tile Cross crash
Now it has emerged there was a violent incident following the crash and two windows of a Land Rover smashed. A spokeswoman for West Midlands Police said: "Following the collision, there was also a...
View ArticleTile Cross Road: Machete attack knifeman still on the loose
West Midlands Police said residents may be shielding the fiend, who struck in Tile Cross Road, Tile Cross, at 8.10am on Monday. A 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault in connection with...
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