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Worcestershire home raided - thieves take everything including the kitchen sink

Burglars who plundered an historic country home in Worcestershire in a £200,000 heist even stole the kitchen sink. Read

West Midlands top-ten gangsters facing Capone-style crackdown

THE top ten most dangerous gangsters in the West Midlands are being urged to quit gun crime – or face an Al Capone-style crackdown by police. Read

Birmingham dad helps snare second paedophile

A DAD who helped snare a pervert Midland teacher had already handed over his own brother for abusing two of his children. Read

Sickening child sex ring smashed by West Midlands cops

COPS have smashed a Midland mobile phone paedophile ring who used their handsets to share child sex images. Read

What is Sharia Law?

SHARIA is a legal code based on the Islamic faith. Read

70-year-old pensioner sexually assaulted by pervert in leicester

COPS are hunting a pervert who sexually assaulted a 79-year-old woman near her Midland home. Read

Staffordshire man set fire to wife and hit her with hammer

A HUSBAND who set fire to his wife and hit her with a hammer has been jailed. Read

Tragic gun-crime history of Birmingham

THE spate of shootings that plagued Birmingham last summer started on July 26 with a drive-by incident on Birmingham’s Belgrave Middleway, in which shots were believed to have been fired at another car. Read

West Midlands teaching assistant denies filming naked children

A teaching assistant in the West Midlands helped her husband secretly film young girls undressing and having baths after holding pool parties at their home, a court has been told. Read

Greedy mum's £30k benefits fraud

A PREGNANT mum-of-four has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting a massive £30,000 benefit fraud. Read

Prisoners banned from using Sony Playstation 3

PRISON bosses have banned lags from using a top computer games console – because they fear it could help them to escape. Read

Bike found in Birmingham police helicopter arsonist probe

Detectives hunting an arsonist who set fire to a police helicopter in Birmingham have identified a motorcycle used in the attack. Read

Birmingham girl lost 40% of body weight before death

A seven-year-old Birmingham girl who was allegedly starved to death by her mother had lost around 40% of her body weight by the time she died, a murder trial jury has heard. Read