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Thief robs woman then asks for date

OHIO, USA: A thief who robbed a woman outside her home returned two hours later to ask her for a date. Stephen Bennett, 20, was one of three men who robbed Diana Martinez at gunpoint but called back to ask her out.Read

Two killed by exploding donkey bomb blasts

TWO people were killed and six more injured by DONKEY bomb blasts yesterday.Read

British Al Qaeda terror mastermind ‘killed’ by US strikes is... STILL ALIVE

TERROR mastermind Rashid Rauf is top of a most wanted hit list in Pakistan despite US claims that they killed the Brummie Al Qaeda chief in an air strike.Read

Fourth arrest in attempted murder investigation in Warwickshire

Police investigating the attempted murder of a man found seriously injured underneath his own car in Warwickshire have arrested a teenage girl. Read

English Defence League and socialist protesters in violent rampage through Birmingham streets

VIOLENT thugs brought Birmingham to a standstill yesterday as they rampaged through the city centre, brandishing sticks and hurling bricks at massed ranks of riot police.Read

Birmingham £100,000 diamond heist raiders 'paid by Mr Big'.

TWO Birmingham robbers who snatched £100,000 of diamonds from a Jewellery Quarter store have told cops how they were paid by a shadowy Mr Big to carry out the daylight raid.Read

Brummie mastermind who ran drugs ring from Panama 'prison break' cell

COPS want to extradite a Brummie criminal mastermind from Panama, where he has been running an international drugs ring by mobile phone from his prison cell.Read

Thieves steal car from dying man in Birmingham

CROOKS stole a car from the home of a bedridden cancer patient while he lay dying upstairs.Read

Wolverhampton Wanderers and Nottingham Forest fans charged with affray

Five men have been charged with affray following a football match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Nottingham Forest earlier this year.Read

Coventry armed robbers jailed

Two Coventry men have begun jail sentences for their part in a terrifying armed robbery at a Warwickshire supermarket.Read

Birmingham dog stole by knife thugs

A pet dog out for a walk with its owner has been stolen by knife-wielding thieves in Birmingham.Read

Phillip Garridor could be serial hooker killer

POLICE believe the man who held Jaycee Lee Dugard captive for 18 years may have killed dozens of prostitutes.Read

Notorious sex offender and con man John Cronin goes on the run again

NOTORIOUS sex beast John Cronin is back behind bars – after slipping through the net three times.Read

Birmingham woman attempted to murder transvestite over handbag

A woman has been found guilty of attempting to murder a transvestite in Birmingham who was showered with petrol and set alight following a row over a missing handbag.Read

Life for man who started fatal Worcestershire fire

A man from Worcestershire who started a fatal fire at a neighbour's family home after being thrown out for exposing himself has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 22 years.Read

Birmingham teen recovering after Birmingham stabbing

A 17-year-old boy is in hospital after being stabbed in the stomach during a row in Birmingham.Read

West Midlands Police step up Walsall patrols after sex attack

West Midlands Police has stepped up uniformed patrols in and around Walsall Arboretum after a 45-year-old was sexually assaulted.Read

Transvestite weeps as he reveals handbag row which led to petrol attack

A transvestite wept as he described the moment when a woman threw petrol over him at his flat in Birmingham and then turned him into a human fireball.Read

Transvestite set-alight in Birmingham

A transvestite was left with "horrendous" life-threatening burns after being showered with petrol and set alight following a row over a missing handbag, Birmingham Crown Court has heard.Read

DNA Samples request from men in Kings Norton

Detectives investigating the murder of a taxi driver in Birmingham are asking men living on an estate to supply DNA samples, police said.Read

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