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Stephanie Balloo

Birmingham

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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  • Robbery hotspots revealed - including Birmingham area where someone is mugged 'every 31 hours'

    1 week ago | birminghammail.co.uk | Stephanie Balloo

    New map shows exactly where the most robberies and carjackings take place across the cityPolice operation Fearless around Erdington and the high street.(Image: Birmingham Live)More people are mugged, carjacked or threatened to hand over mobile phones in parts of Birmingham city centre than almost anywhere else in the country, new data shows. As with most crime types, robberies are more likely to take place in busy town and city centres than in residential neighbourhoods.

  • Residents finally move into controversial Perry Barr flats - but there's a new problem

    1 week ago | birminghammail.co.uk | Stephanie Balloo

    Council scrambling to identify potential parking sites because tenants who take homes there cannot park nearbyThe mum lives in the plush new apartments in Perry Barr - but there's one major issue Families have finally moved into the trouble-plagued £500 million Perry Barr flats scheme - to find they cannot park nearby.

  • Family with young baby 'forced' to move three hours from Birmingham - or face homelessness

    1 week ago | birminghammail.co.uk | Stephanie Balloo

    Young couple with six-month-old baby fear they'll be made homeless for complaining about rats and rubbish outside their temporary council housingA young dad fears his family, including their six-month-old baby, will have 'nowhere to sleep tonight' after the council demanded they leave their temporary home. Kian Jones claims he's being forced to either move four hours from Birmingham or face homelessness after he complained about rats and piles of rubbish at his temporary accommodation.

  • Police probe as car cannibals strip vans at Erdington day centre

    3 weeks 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.

  • Boy, 16, arrested as armed police swoop on Small Heath street where 'gun seen in car'

    3 weeks 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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Stephanie Balloo @JournoBalloo
1 Jun 25

Alex Smith spoke out on his spiralling mental health, PTSD, his marriage breakdown and how finally, a scheme to help veterans 'saved his life' https://t.co/ulj1tyg0nj

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Stephanie Balloo @JournoBalloo
2 Feb 25

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

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Stephanie Balloo @JournoBalloo
27 Jan 25

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