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  • 1 week ago | birminghammail.co.uk | Naomi Desouza

    Logan Addison was sentenced at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Friday June 20 for causing the death of "beautiful and kind" Lily-May VaughanLily-May Vaughan was just 17 when she was killedA devastated mum has said "part of her died" the day her daughter was killed in a car crash caused by her boyfriend. 17-year-old Lily-May Vaughan from Kidderminster, was the passenger in a VW driven by her boyfriend Logan Addison, now 20, when it came off the A53 near Shawbury Heath in Shropshire.

  • 1 week ago | birminghammail.co.uk | Naomi Desouza

    Logan Addison was sentenced at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Friday June 20 for causing the death of "beautiful and kind" Lily-May VaughanA man has been jailed for five and a half years after he was found guilty of killing his girlfriend in a crash on February 4 2023.

  • 1 week ago | birminghammail.co.uk | Naomi Desouza

    The striking messages are being shared on billboards across the cityMore than a dozen billboards have popped up across Birmingham with striking messages to the public.(Image: ACH / BirminghamLive)More than a dozen billboards have popped up across Birmingham with striking messages to the public.

  • 1 week ago | birminghammail.co.uk | Naomi Desouza

    Two premises raided by Trading Standards officers and West Midlands PoliceWest Midlands Police Operation Fearless in action in the centre of Erdington - working with Trading Standards and Immigration EnforcementBirminghamLive's pictures from behind the scenes at two Birmingham shop raids reveal how an estimated £750,000 of illicit stock was seized.

  • 1 week ago | birminghammail.co.uk | Naomi Desouza

    Kidanemariam escaped indefinite conscription in one of the world's most secretive countries - he shares his story with BirminghamLive ahead of Refugee WeekA Birmingham refugee who fled one of the most secretive countries in the world is making a new life in the Midlands. Keen runner Kidanemariam left Eritrea in 2015 - dubbed Africa's North Korea - after serving years of military conscription, leaving his parents and siblings in search of freedom and a better life.

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Naomi deSouza
Naomi deSouza @naomi_desouza
27 Mar 25

Met some unbelievable residents at house fire wreckage scene in Birmingham yesterday. They calmly revealed they ran in and pulled their neighbour out of his burning house. He is now recovering in hospital. On the Birmingham Mail splash today @birmingham_live https://t.co/hegzgjHfCw

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Naomi deSouza @naomi_desouza
12 Mar 25

RT @graeme_brown: It’s been a nice day. I feel tremendously proud and fortunate to say Birmingham has won this nationwide award for reporti…

Naomi deSouza
Naomi deSouza @naomi_desouza
2 Mar 25

RT @jonsopel: Thought Starmer came across today as serious, thoughtful, calm, pragmatic and a leader. Yes, there have been missteps aplenty…