Eric Lyons Butchers in Balsall Common was badly damaged after a Jaguar smashed through the shop, narrowly missing a customer.

A childminder who admitted wilfully neglecting and abandoning children in her care engaged in a “course of deception” to hide her offending from parents, a judge has said. Amanda Mathewson, 55, looked ...

A bus carrying children to school has crashed in eastern France, killing a seven-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man, transport minister Philippe Tabarot said. Sixteen people were injured, three ...

Jason Mackie has been charged with arson with intent to endanger life and other offences after a property fire on Brackleys Way, Solihull, on November 4.

The Prime Minister joked that he was a bad driver after getting a quiz for primary-age children about braking distance wrong. During a visit to Siemens Rail Technology Centre in Chippenham on Friday, ...

Police are investigating two assaults outside Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College in Birmingham after disorder led to the college closing.

Bear Grylls has said Russell Brand’s conversion to Christianity “seemed genuine” when he attended his private baptism, after the comedian was convicted of rape and sexual assault. Brand, 51, is facing ...

Birmingham City Council plans Lickey Hills parking charges of up to £5 a day, with annual permits proposed, while free parking remains for now.

Section 60 powers were introduced after fireworks disorder in Birmingham, with police seen near Bagot Street in Aston.

A Birmingham home on Pretoria Road was sealed off after a fire broke out at its front door, with fire crews and police called to the scene.

New pornography laws take effect in Birmingham and across England and Wales today, criminalising possession and publication of certain explicit images.

Wolverhampton’s Finchfield Hill Lidl will reopen after repairs and safety checks following a crash that killed father-of-two James Singh Jagpal.