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Sex without consent is rape.
With the Christmas party season already underway, West Midlands Police is warning that sex without consent is rape.
A motorist has died following a serious three-vehicle collision in a Solihull country lane yesterday (5 Dec).
The collision happened at around 4.55pm on Table Oak Lane near the junction of Brees Lane and Holly Lane in Balsall Common.
The day starts…
at 5:30am (snooze till 6.00am) and I drag myself to the gym for 6:30am. Two hours later, four Weetabix down while watching an episode of Brooklyn 99 or Friends and I’m at my desk in Corporate Comms for 9:30am.
Two gang members have been ordered to pay back more than £200,000 after police linked their lavish lifestyles to drugs factories found in Wolverhampton.
Two Coventry cops who caught a violent shop robber red-handed after lying in wait at a shopping centre have been commended for ending his crime spree.
Detectives investigating the death of Jack Donoghue in Solihull have charged two more men with murder.
Tyrall Blake and Nile Bennett are to appear before Birmingham Magistrates Court today (5 December) in connection with the killing in Poplar Road on Saturday morning.
UPDATE: Aaron Wilson, the man who was trapped between two vehicles in Coventry, died in hospital on 5 December.
The family of a man murdered in Dudley have bravely spoken of their pain a year on since his death, as they appealed for help in tracing those involved in his killing.
A Coventry Police officer has been commended for her determined management of one of the city’s biggest domestic violence threats – and securing a rare order against him to help protect vulnerable women.
Detectives investigating the murder of Jack Donoghue in Solihull during the early hours of Saturday morning (30 November) have arrested a fifth man.
The 21-year-old who was arrested this evening (Tuesday 3 December) was taken into police custody, where he remains.
A life-saving PCSO has been commended for preventing a suicidal man throwing himself in front of a train at a Coventry station.
I am a keen archer, I started when I registered as blind back in 2003 as it is a sport that can be adapted for people who are visually impaired. My daughter has also taken up the sport and is an absolute natural.
A man who complained West Midlands Police had unfairly raided his Birmingham home and made his life “unbearable” has been jailed after detectives linked him to a series of assaults on women, including a shocking knife attack.
A speeding hit-and-run driver who caused a fatal collision in Smethwick has been jailed - after West Midlands Police promptly traced his car and arrested him.
This is the moment police recovered a £65,000 watch less than an hour after its owner had been violently robbed in Birmingham city centre.
The victim had left a nightclub just before 4am when a man approached him and asked how he was.
A robber who held-up a Birmingham bookmakers has been jailed after West Midlands Police detectives tracked him down in a matter of hours – and found him hiding in a washing machine alcove.
Officers investigating a hit-and-run in Coventry on Friday 15 November, are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
An inspirational Coventry University student has been commended for her passion for policing in the city – after volunteering around 1,500 hours as a Special Constable.
UPDATE Sunday 1 Dec 7.40pm:
A 34-year old-man, arrested last night on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts, has been recalled to prison due to a suspected breach of his licence conditions.
Officers in Birmingham have praised a mosque for producing two hard-hitting videos demonstrating the devastating effects of domestic abuse and knife crime.
The family of Jack Donoghue has paid an emotional tribute to him following his tragic death yesterday (30 November).
Police were called to Poplar Road, Solihull at 3am following reports of a stabbing.
Meet Kensi, a new addition to both the West Midlands Police family and PC Gaz Phillips’ family.
Gaz and Kensi have a special bond, as the 11 week old pup was born on the day Gaz was released from hospital after he was critically injured by a car thief whilst on duty in August.
Up to £2 million worth of stolen vehicles have been recovered and almost 200 suspects charged during a crackdown on car thefts across Wolverhampton.
A speeding driver who killed a young boy and badly injured his mother after ploughing into them in Coventry has been jailed.
Abid Mohmood left two-year-old Umar Akhalwaya with serious, multiple injuries after hitting him on Stoney Stanton Road on 8 April last year.