All news on the topic: Birmingham
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Rogue builder conned homeowners to fund luxury life
A rogue builder who ripped off homeowners across the West Midlands with false promises that led to a need for £1.6m of repairs has been jailed.
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Father who believed he was ’vessel of God’ kills newborn son by breaking every bone in his skull
Kadees Mohammed, 31, had a schizophrenic episode in the middle of the night before he killed his three-week-old son and attacked his wife and mother with an iron in their Birmingham home
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Boy, 3, found buried in his garden, ’died due to parents’ shocking cruelty
A three-year-old boy whose parents ‘secretly’ buried him behind their home was ‘dreadfully neglected’, a court has heard.
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Dramatic moment police wrestle man to the ground as he flees on e-bike with a loaded gun
Police officers in Birmingham wrestled a gunman to the ground as he attempted to flee on an e-bike.
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Man shot dead and another critically injured in Birmingham shooting, with a murder suspect arrested
West Midlands Police say they worked through the night to determine the cause of the shootings and are urging anyone with information to come forward.
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’Heartbroken’ TV chef shuts restaurant, leaving angry customers owed nearly £40,000
Glynn Purnell said he was "heartbroken" after taking the decision to close his Birmingham restaurant after 17 years and hundreds of customers say they are owed nearly £40,000
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Former EFL boss defends himself after angrily pushing his own player following red card
Former Birmingham boss Pep Clotet was left furious with striker Raimonds Krollis after the striker was sent off on Friday night, with the Triestina boss making his anger clear
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Serious Fraud Office investigates £112m Unite union hotel
The Serious Fraud Office is investigating the construction of a hotel and conference centre owned by one of the UK’s biggest trade unions, the BBC can reveal.
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Russia’s goal is to ’create havoc’ if responsible for DHL fires, air freight expert suggests
Goal seems to be for people ‘to lose confidence in the system’, says head of industry body after devices found in Birmingham and Leipzig
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Russian spies are accused of using a ’secret device’ to start a fire in a UK warehouse
Counter-terrorism police are investigating whether Russian spies planted an incendiary device on a plane which later caused a warehouse fire in Birmingham.
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Car has deliberately mowed down a group of people outside a nightclub
Five men were injured when a car ploughed into a crowd in a ‘targeted attack’ outside a Birmingham nightclub this morning.
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Four people are dead and dozens injured following a mass shooting in Alabama
Four people were shot dead in the street in a nightlife area in Alabama last night, according to police.
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The feud between the Burger Bar Boys and the StreetFighters has been highlighted as Britain’s most dangerous gangs are mapped out
From the rise of new Mafia groups to a violent feud that began over a video game, the Daily Star uncovers the complex and dangerous criminal landscape of the country’s underworld.
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Boy, 13, stabbed to death in Birmingham as police condemn ’absolutely tragic’ murder
A residential street in Oldbury was sealed off overnight following a stabbing as emergency services and police rushed to Lovett Avenue in Lion Farm estate at around 4pm on Thursday, August 29
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My son is dangerous online incel spewing out misogynistic hate like Andrew Tate
IT is every parent’s worst nightmare that their child will go off the rails in their school years.
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Birmingham council to sell athletes’ village homes at a loss of over £300 million
Sale of hundreds of empty homes designed, but not used, for Commonwealth Games attacked as ‘absolute scandal’
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Citizens are warned about dire services of the CrossCountry
Transport secretary had ‘no choice’ but to approve cuts – but warns she will take further action if improvements not made
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UK: Ringleader of banana-filled cocaine smuggling gang convicted
The ringleader of an organized crime group that tried to smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine into the U.K. via a container of bananas was convicted Wednesday, the National Crime Agency (NCA) reported.
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Boy, 9, in critical condition after water incident in river
West Midlands Ambulance Services rushed to the scene at the River Arrow in Alcester, Warwickshire, on Monday evening with the boy later taken to Birmingham Children’s Hospital
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Gangster who cheated the taxman to build a £2.3m castle in Pakistan repays only £1,700
The scam was exposed after cops raided his Birmingham home and found plans for a palace
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Inside the ’UK’s worst city’ where junkies deal £10 heroin in ’Oliver Twist’ crack dens and a ’wrong look gets you knifed’
Watch our video as even the local buskers say they are mugged for money by thugs
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A hitwoman who allegedly ’used a hijab in a botched UK contract killing’ has been ’detained’ in Armenia after five years on the run
She was allegedly living in a rented one-bed flat on the outskirts of Yerevan
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Scammer evading UK authorities to enjoy lavish lifestyle in Dubai caught following lottery winner fraud
Zahid Khan fled the UK just days before being sentenced for fraud to lead a high-life of driving luxurious sports cars and flying private planes before finally be extradited back to UK to serve out his time.
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Man who set fire to mosque worshippers ordered to stay in high security hospital
A man has been ordered to stay in a high security hospital for setting mosque worshippers on fire in London and Birmingham.
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Flesh-eating ‘zombie’ drug killed Britain’s first victim in our town – users with rotting wounds are flooding streets
Residents reveal drug use is leading to bigger issues in the town
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