Updated 12:45am 23 May 2013

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Trio charged with £200k West Midlands police fraud

A police officer and two former civilian police workers have been charged with defrauding West Midlands Police out of more than £200,000, it emerged today.Read

Acorns Hospice worker charged with possessing child porn

A volunteer worker at a Birmingham-based charity which cares for sick youngsters has been charged with possessing indecent images of children.Read

Youth knife crime down, but no reduction in killings

A national programme to tackle teenage knife crime has not seen a reduction in the number of killings.Read

Edgbaston man shot on doorstep of own home

A man has been shot on the doorstep of his Birmingham home after answering a knock at his door in the early hours of today.Read

Family's tribute to Birmingham boy who died on trampoline

The heartbroken family of a toddler who died after collapsing while he bounced on a trampoline today described him as a “beautiful, affectionate, fun loving little boy”.Read

West Midlands Police review prison recalls system

Police have launched a detailed review of how they hunt for criminals ordered to be returned to prison for breaching conditions of their release after almost 1,000 convicts recalled to prison were still at large.Read

Honour for Birmingham man who helped police officer in street brawl

A brave member of the public from Birmingham has been honoured after racing to the aid of a police officer trying to break up a mob brawling on the streets with knives and bats.Read

Suspected robbers caught after teenagers' carjacking terror at gunpoint

A terrified teenage driver and his girlfriend were ordered out of their Seat Ibiza at gunpoint by masked men, sparking a police chase across Birmingham yesterday.Read

West Midlands Police battle to protect people from being forced into marriage

Police battling to protect people from being forced into marriage are turning to new orders to save youngsters from being taken out of the country.Read

Murder hunt launched as Birmingham man dies days after attack

A Birmingham dad-of-one has died in hospital three days after being attacked in a city street.Read

Bromsgrove financial adviser jailed for defrauding expatriates

A crooked financial adviser who targeted wealthy expatriates in the Far East with a fake get-rich-quick scheme has been jailed for six years.Read

Police claim good progress in helicopter arson investigation

Detectives hunting the arsonist who breached airport security and set fire to a police helicopter were following up “new lines” of inquiry, it emerged yesterdayRead

West Brom star Roman Bednar cautioned after drugs arrest

West Bromwich Albion footballer Roman Bednar has been cautioned by police after he was allegedly caught on camera buying cocaine.Read

Swine flu cases in West Midlands top 1,000

The number of cases of swine flu in the West Midlands has passed the 1,000 mark, according to latest figures.Read

'Missing' Polish teenager found safe and well

A Polish teenager at the centre of a major missing persons hunt across the Midlands has been found safe and well.Read

Two teenagers gunned down in Aston drive-by shooting

Two teenagers were gunned down in a drive-by shooting in Birmingham.Read

Police fears for Polish girl missing for a week

Leaflets featuring a photograph of a missing Polish girl have been handed out in Birmingham a week after she mysteriously vanished.Read

Motorbike clue to arson attack on police helicopter

The arsonist who breached airport security and torched a police helicopter used a trail bike to carry out the attack, it emerged today. Read

Chief constable warns of police shake-up

West Midlands Police could be streamlined as part of radical shake-up of the force’s structure as the credit crunch continues to bite.Read

Ex-Midland priest faces extradition over child sex abuse

A judge in California has agreed to the extradition of a former Midland priest over allegations of child sex abuse more than two decades ago.Read