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Police cuts will lead to more crime, warns commissioner
Economic Development
The region's new crime commissioner is to review every police station in the region to see if it can be closed down amid fears of even greater cuts to officer numbers.
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Cuts could mean more crime, warns police chief
Economic Development
The region’s new crime commissioner is to review every police station in the region to see if it can be closed down amid fears of even greater cuts to officer numbers.
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Harborne High Street closed after fire breaks out in shop
Economic Development
About 50 firefighters were called out to a blaze at a shoe shop in Harborne High Street on Thursday morning.
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Speed cameras switched off in West Midlands as focus changes
Economic Development
All West Midlands speed cameras have been turned off as police and councils swap to using mobile vans to catch drivers.
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West Midlands speed cameras switched off to save money
Economic Development
Speed cameras have been switched off in the West Midlands because they are too costly to run.
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Fresh appeal for witnesses to Emma Winnall attack in Moseley
Economic Development
Detectives hunting the murderer of 93-year-old Emma Winnall have made a fresh appeal for witnesses three months after she was attacked in her bed.
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Review after man falls to his death at Bullring
Economic Development
The horrific incident happened shortly after 7pm on Friday when the man, who has not yet been named, leapt over 4ft barriers just outside Debenhams, watched by shoppers.
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Post-mortem on Moseley pensioner attacked in her sleep
Economic Development
Emma Winnall, 93, died in hospital on Tuesday, nearly a month after she was found badly beaten in her bed in Moseley
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94-year-old woman attacked in her Moseley home while she slept
Economic Development
Emma Winnall, from Pensby Close was left with a fractured skull, a broken arm and wrist, partially severed finger and other multiple injuries.
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Failed financial adviser Gary Hexley arrested on suspicion of misleading clients
Economic Development
Banned financial adviser Gary Hexley, whose collapsed firm left more than 200 creditors out of pocket to the tune of more than £2 million has been arrested on suspicion of duping his clients.
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Bankrupt financier Gary Hexley sorry to clients for 'awful situation'
Banking & Finance
Banned financier Gary Hexley has broken his silence over the £2 million collapse of his firm – and said he was “desperately sorry” for leaving over 200 creditors facing losses of up to £80,000.
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Investors call for new probe into collapsed Sutton Coldfield financial adviser
Banking & Finance
Pensioners caught up in a £2 million-plus trail of heartbreak and misery left by a disgraced financial adviser have called for a new police investigation.
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Woman found dead in Harborne suffered face and neck injuries
West Midlands Police
Detectives investigating the murder of an elderly woman at her home in a quiet Birmingham suburb said she died of facial and neck injuries.
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Almost 500 West Midlands police officers could be forced to retire
Economic Development
Almost 500 long-serving police officers could be forced to retire in the next three years under Regulation A19
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Southside BID hoping to become Birmingham's Covent Garden
Birmingham City Council
Shops, bars, restaurants and entertainment venues vying to become Birmingham’s answer to Covent Garden will begin voting next months on whether to accept the Southside Business Improvement District proposal.
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Birmingham social services missed chances to save Khyra Ishaq, says report
Economic Development
A seven-year-old Birmingham girl starved to death after a catalogue of "missed opportunities" by social services and other professionals, a serious case review has found.
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We won't return to Birmingham - it's too violent, says English Defence League
Economic Development
Ninety people were arrested in Birmingham when supporters of the EDL clashed with Muslim youths.
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Safety officials deny speed cameras are just a ‘cash cow’
Economic Development
Safety officials in Warwickshire have defended the use of speed cameras amid accusations they are being used as a “cash cow” by authorities.
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Father's anger over son's drowning
Birmingham City Council
The father of a teenager who drowned in a Birmingham lake criticised West Midlands Police yesterday for disbanding its underwater unit.
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Terror Arrests: 'A major investigation'
Economic Development
Yesterday's anti-terrorist raids in Birmingham represent just the beginning of a major operation.
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News Beat is the real thing
Economic Development
The in-house newspaper for West Midlands Police has been recognised as one of the best internal publications in the country.
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'Bully' Bore faces censure
Economic Development
Sir Albert Bore is to be reported to the local government watchdog over allegations that he "bullied and intimidated" the acting chief executive of Birmingham City Council.
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