Jul 31 2008
A man has been sectioned after two women suffered knife wounds, police said....
Jul 31 2008
Two men jailed for the manslaughter of a teenager who drowned after they forced him to go for a “punishment swim” in a water-filled claypit in Bilston have had their sentences increased by the Court of Appeal....
Jul 31 2008
Three people were injured, one of them seriously, after a dog attack at their home in Smethwick it was revealed. ...
Jul 31 2008
An off-colour gag about breaking wind is the world's oldest joke, researchers have revealed....
Jul 31 2008
A care worker has been jailed for at least 30 years for murdering a defenceless disabled man in a bid to net £70,000 from his will....
Jul 31 2008
A Black Country mother took her young son’s life to “spite” his father then killed herself, a coroner has ruled....
Jul 31 2008
Food and drink experts have crowned Severn Trent as the producers of Britain's best tasting tap water....
Jul 31 2008
An inquest is due to resume into the death of a Tipton woman believed to have killed herself after taking the life of her five-year-old son. The bodies of Emma Hart, 27, and her son, Lewis Dangerfield, were found at separate addresses on December 9 last year. A joint inquest will be held at Smethwick Council House. When the inquest was opened and adjourned in December, Detective Sergeant Graham Sanders, from West Midlands Police, told how Ms Hart was found with a wound to her wrist. It also emerged that she left three notes, one of which indicated she had killed Lewis. Post-mortem results showed that Ms Hart died of haemorrhaging, but pathologists were unable to confirm a cause of death for Lewis. In a statement released by police at the time, Lewis's father, Shaun Dangerfield, described his loss as "devastating". He said: "I cannot explain what has been taken away from me, mine and Lewis's family. "It can only be described as devastating. We would like our own private time to mourn the loss of such an amazing and extremely special little boy."He did nothing but make us smile."...
Jul 31 2008
A senior judge urged two brothers from an old farming family locked in a bitter dispute over their inheritance to “bury the hatchet” in honour of their father....
