Fionnuala Bourke
Editor at BirminghamWorld
Editor at NationalWorld
Group Digital Editor at @ExpressandStar and @ShropshireStar at @NationalWorld
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2 weeks ago |
expressandstar.com | Fionnuala Bourke
Two men have been charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life after shots were fired in Willenhall. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565West Midlands Police has issued an update on its investigation into a firearms incident in Willenhall. Officers said that Sharif Cousins and James Gray were arrested earlier this week amid their probe into a firearms discharge in Princethorpe Road on May 26.
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2 weeks ago |
expressandstar.com | Fionnuala Bourke
Shock footage which captured a bull on the loose in Birmingham yesterday caught the nation’s attention. The black Dexter bull was seen roaming the streets near Small Heath railway station at around 9.20am - dangerously darting around traffic. West Midlands Police and Birmingham City Council said they worked together to bring the animal to safety after it was stopped by a truck as it ran towards the roundabout on Golden Hillock Road.
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3 weeks ago |
expressandstar.com | Fionnuala Bourke
A major cannabis farm in the West Midlands has been shut down after our officers seized more than 300 plants. Officers were called to Rowley Regis High Street on Friday (June 6) to assist British Gas make a property safe. Working with West Midlands Fire Service to gain entry, officers discovered a substantial cannabis farm with more than 300 plants spread across multiple floors. A man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and abstracting electricity.
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3 weeks ago |
expressandstar.com | Fionnuala Bourke
Officers on patrol in Walsall spotted a suspected shop thief wanted on recall to prisonWatch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565West Midlands Police arrested a 30-year-old man following a foot chase in Walsall while on patrol in the town centre. He was wanted on recall to prison and on suspicion of a number of shop thefts. Officers spotted the man on Thursday evening shortly after 7pm on George Street. They chased him on foot and arrested him.
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3 weeks ago |
expressandstar.com | Fionnuala Bourke
Shock footage which captured a bull on the loose in Birmingham yesterday caught the nation’s attention. The black Dexter bull, thought to be around two years old, was seen roaming the streets near Small Heath railway station at around 9.20am - dangerously darting around traffic. It has been claimed that the animal escaped from an abattoir.
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