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  • Serving police officer charged with sexual assault on child

    A SERVING West Midlands Police officer has been charged with an historical child sex offence. Student officer PC Joseph Powell is due to appear at court charged with assaulting a child under 13 by touching between 2009 and 2011. He is also

  • Two Dudley men arrested in county lines drugs bust

    TWO Dudley men were amongst seven men who were arrested after a large quantity of Class A drugs were seized. Properties in Dudley and Birmingham city centre were raided as part of an operation to crack down on county lines drug trafficking by the

  • Police hunt registered sex offender

    POLICE are asking the public for help to trace a registered sex offender. Michael Smith has moved house, but has not let police know about his change of address, which means he is in breach of his conditions. The 24-year-old, from Birmingham

  • Teenage boy attacked by men at Merry Hill bus station

    A TEENAGE boy was badly beaten by two men - one of whom claimed to have a knife - at Merry Hill bus station. The 16-year-old victim was repeatedly punched and kicked in the shocking attack on Thursday (October 21) at around 9.25pm. Police said

  • Gunman still at large two weeks after Netherton shooting

    A GUNMAN is still at large two weeks after firing shots at a home in Netherton. West Midlands Police is investigating the shooting which happened on Crescent Road, on October 12. Gunshots were fired at the house at around 1.20am, thankfully