Stephanie Balloo
Real Life Editor at Birmingham Mail
Real Life Editor at @birmingham_live & Birmingham Mail. Specific interest in DV, RTCs, crime & injustice. DMs open/[email protected]. Views my own.
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4 days ago |
birminghammail.co.uk | Stephanie Balloo
Vulnerable people have been left unable to travel after the shocking crimeErdington Police shared a photo of the vehicle cannibalism (Image: Erdington WMP)Police are investigating after callous car cannibals stripped vans at a day centre in Birmingham - leaving vulnerable people without transport. The front bumpers of four white vans were destroyed as criminals stole the parts for cash in Erdington. The vans were targeted at a day centre in Elwood Close.
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4 days ago |
birminghammail.co.uk | Stephanie Balloo
Armed officers seized a gun, Rambo knife and a large amount of cash after tracking down a car on a major city roadA general image of a police officer(Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)A boy of 16 was arrested as armed police rushed to a major Birmingham road amid reports of a gun seen in a car. Firearms officers tracked down the vehicle before stopping the driver in Coventry Road, Small Heath, yesterday, Sunday, June 1.
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4 days ago |
birminghammail.co.uk | Stephanie Balloo
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4 days ago |
birminghammail.co.uk | Stephanie Balloo
Latest series of dramatic images from across Birmingham as council makes offer to binmen in a hope to finally end the strikeBags of rubbish and bins on the pavement in Sparkbrook today, Monday, June 2.(Image: Getty Images)These were the scenes today across Birmingham as a deal offer was made to striking bin workers, with hopes for an end to the crippling strike. Bin bags were packed with rubbish piled high, despite hand-written warnings from locals not to throw litter in the street.
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4 days ago |
birminghammail.co.uk | Stephanie Balloo
Though Leah Washington-Pugh and Joe Pugh will 'never move on' from the incident, they couldn't be happier in their lives nowA couple who were seriously injured in a horror roller coaster crash likened to 'hitting a car at 90mph' have spoken out ten years on from the ordeal. Leah Washington-Pugh and Joe Pugh, then 17 and 18, were on a date at Alton Towers in Staffordshire when the Smiler crash, a collision that garnered world-wide attention, took place.
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Youths charged with vicious attacks on other children, a bus driver and police officer - while others arm themselves with knives or 'try to steal e-bikes' https://t.co/j6p3TzCXHU
The inspiring story of a man who had a dream - and made it work out of one of the city's most deprived neighbourhoods https://t.co/ldOkzcztzu
Jamaican Pattie king Dr Wade Lyn managed to recover after being in a coma for six weeks - despite family being told four times he had only 24 hours to live https://t.co/286P3aDIz2