Nick McCarthy - Birmingham Post

West Midlands News: West Midlands Police spends £1m in one year on consultants

Birmingham Post — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:00:00 GMT

West Midlands Police has spent more than £1 million on consultants in the last 12 months.

West Midlands News: Staffordshire Police pulls out of plans to share resources with West Midlands force

Birmingham Post — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:07:00 GMT

West Midlands police chiefs have admitted they were left stunned at the dramatic decision by the Staffordshire force to back out of plans to share resources.

West Midlands News: Police to sell Steelhouse Lane station in Birmingham city centre

Birmingham Post — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:58:00 GMT

West Midlands Police is closing a landmark Birmingham city centre police station in a desperate bid to save cash.

West Midlands News: Police target Birmingham bus routes in crime clampdown

Birmingham Post — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:10:00 GMT

Police will target busy Birmingham bus routes in a bid to clamp down a huge rise in crime which happens every March.

West Midlands News: Carer cleared of OAP abuse at Birmingham nursing home

Birmingham Post — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:15:00 GMT

A nursing home worker has been cleared of physically abusing a 91-year-old woman.

West Midlands News: Staff morale plunges at HMP Birmingham in Winson Green

Birmingham Post — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:33:00 GMT

A new report into Birmingham Prison says staff morale has plunged since privatisation – with guards also struggling to deal with rising numbers of sex offenders.

West Midlands News: Tributes to retired Worcestershire teacher Betty Yates a year on from murder

Birmingham Post — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:12:00 GMT

Friends and family of a retired teacher who was brutally murdered 12 months ago have paid tribute to her on the anniversary of her death.

Music: Review: Stereophonics, at the O2 Academy, Birmingham

Birmingham Post — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:34:00 GMT

The Welsh rockers received a heroes' welcome from the sell-out crowd that probably could have been at least twice as big.

West Midlands News: Bungling Birmingham raider had own name written on his getaway van

Birmingham Post — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:05:00 GMT

A crook jailed after using a getaway van emblazoned with his own name and contact details has won a bid to slash his sentence.

West Midlands News: Four to appear in court over £1.2million fake bank notes scam

Birmingham Post — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 06:40:00 GMT

Four men will appear in court next week charged with producing more than £1 million in fake £10 notes from a print business in Hockley.

West Midlands News: Police and crime commissioner roles will prove popular - in four years

Birmingham Post — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 06:00:00 GMT

A Conservative peer has predicted “a scramble” for police and crime commissioner jobs – in four years’ time.

West Midlands News: Memory man Andy Pope: The secret weapon of West Midlands Police

Birmingham Post — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 06:05:00 GMT

MEET West Midlands Police’s secret weapon – memory man Andy Pope

West Midlands News: Fresh appeal for witnesses to Emma Winnall attack

Birmingham Post — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:15:00 GMT

Detectives hunting the murderer of 93-year-old Emma Winnall have made a fresh appeal for witnesses three months after she was attacked in her bed.

West Midlands News: Tory and Labour police commissioner candidates to ditch privatisation plan

Birmingham Post — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Two politicians who are vying to become the first elected Police Commissioner in the West Midlands have vowed to abandon the current private partnership plans.

West Midlands News: West Midlands Police spends £500,000 on consultants amid cutbacks

Birmingham Post — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 05:38:00 GMT

West Midlands Police is paying consultants almost £500,000 – as it cuts hundreds of jobs to save £126 million.

West Midlands News: Police cuts to hit 620 front-line jobs in West Midlands and stations to close

Birmingham Post — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:13:00 GMT

A report has revealed that 620 front-line police staff will be lost in the West Midlands as part of cuts which will also see stations shut and replaced by supermarket drop-in centres.

West Midlands News: Birmingham anger over report that highlights scale of cuts in frontline policing

Birmingham Post — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 06:15:00 GMT

A report has revealed that 620 front-line police staff will be lost in the West Midlands as part of cuts which will also see stations shut and replaced by supermarket drop-in centres.

West Midlands News: Birmingham man dies after aircraft explodes over France

Birmingham Post — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:15:00 GMT

A Birmingham man died alongside his father when his aircraft exploded in mid-air over central France.

West Midlands News: Birmingham gets into Jubilee spirit as thousands take to streets

Birmingham Post — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:53:00 GMT

More than 15,000 Jubilee revellers rock and rolled back the years as they celebrated the Lord Mayor’s Show 1950s style.

West Midlands News: Former Solihull schoolboy jailed for 16 years after murdering girlfriend

Birmingham Post — Wed, 23 May 2012 07:12:00 GMT

A jealous killer has been warned to forget about "Champagne, Bentleys and girls" as he begins a jail sentence for the brutal murder of his aspiring model girlfriend.