Oct
2009
Articles from 6th Oct 2009
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Social Services report: Investigation author demands culture change at council
Oct 06 2009 | West Midlands News
The author of a damning report into “systematic failure” by Birmingham children’s social services today challenges city council leaders to provide new investment to turn the troubled department around. Read
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How West Midlands Police officers are helping to smash the worldwide horror of online child sex abuse
Oct 06 2009 | West Midlands News
In the second of a five-part series of features on specialist police departments working behind the scenes to protect the public, Birmingham Post crime correspondent Mark Cowan looks at the harrowing work of officers specialising in tackling online child abuse. Read
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Nearly 2,000 registered sex offenders being monitored in West Midlands
Oct 06 2009 | West Midlands News
The work to tackle sex offenders extends far beyond convictions at court. Read
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Warwickshire man denies killing hunt supporter
Oct 06 2009 | West Midlands News
A 54-year-old north Warwickshire man pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of a hunt supporter who was killed by the rotor blades of a gyrocopter. Read
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West Midlands detectives destroy child porn images
Oct 06 2009 | West Midlands News
Officers from the Child Exploitation and Investigation Team, who target the region’s worst child sex offenders, held a destruction day to ensure the images could never return to the streets. Read
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Appeal launched to keep Anglo-Saxon gold hoard in Midlands
Oct 06 2009 | West Midlands News
Museum bosses and city leaders have launched an appeal to keep the prized Staffordshire Hoard in the Midlands. Read
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Poverty in Ladywood area of his home city shocks Robin Hood star David Harewood
Oct 06 2009 | West Midlands News
Television star David Harewood says he is shocked by the poverty in a deprived area of his home city. Read
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Children's social services in Birmingham damned in new report
Oct 06 2009 | West Midlands News
The author of a damning report into “systematic failure” by Birmingham children’s social services today challenges city council leaders to provide new investment to turn the troubled department around. Read
