General Election – Polling Stations Will Open 7am
The General Election will take place Thursday 12 December.
What you need to know about how it all works
Polling stations will open at 7am across the UK.
Prior to election day people should have received leaflets from the parties standing in...
Jailed for Scamming House Buyer of £55,000
A fraudster who tricked a house buyer in depositing a large sum of money into a money laundering account has been jailed.
The fraudster carried out the scam by accessing the email account of the victim's conveyancing solicitor and a...
Chop Shop Gang Stitched Up Stolen Cars
A group of men stitched together parts from stolen cars with written-off motors before selling them to unsuspecting buyers.
Mohammed Nadeem, Nadeem Arshad, Zahir Hussain and Amaan Zameer created the Frankenstein cars from stolen and written off motors.
The 'Frankenstein' motors...
Thief Raided Shop And Returned For More
A thug from Erdington armed with a knife raided a supermarket, taking cigarettes and alcohol has been jailed.
Hasrat Ahmed, 22-year-old terrified a Stechford shop worker when he raid Lifestyle Express on Flaxley Road in the early hours of October 20,...
Travel Agent Closed Leaving Worshippers Out Of Thousands of Pounds
A travel agent that has now closed has left Muslim families thousands of pounds out of pocket after booking their Hajj pilgrimage trip.
As many as 20 worshippers used Taha Travel in Small Heath to book their Hajj packages for...
Former Trustee Still Acting As Volunteer After Assaulting A Child
A former mosque trustee who was convicted of physically assaulting an eight-year-old child is still acting as a volunteer.
Over 50 demonstrators including parents gathered outside Central Jamia Ghamkol Mosque in Small Heath on 5 December furious that Saddique Hussain...
Birmingham Gurdwaras Running Voluntary Return Surgeries
Two Gurdwaras from the Midlands are among community organisations which have been helping the Home Office by offering asylum seekers advice on how to return home.
RAPAR (Refugee and Asylum Participatory Action Research) is a Human rights organisation, discovered the...
Driver Killed In Car Crash Named
A driver from Wolverhampton who was killed in a horror crash has been named as Laxman Swali.
His vehicle Peugeot 107 collided with a car transporter on Cannock Road, Shareshill, off Junction 11 of the M6 on Monday, December 2...
A Pile of Rubbish Making Residents Walk In The Road
Residents including parents with pushchairs were forced to walk in the road as a mountain of filth is left blocking the pavement on a Birmingham street outside one home.
Outside the property on Somerville Road, Small Heath a pile-up of...
Speeding Hit-and-Run Driver Jailed
A man has been jailed for killing a woman after a hit-and-run as he tried to overtake a taxi outside a Sikh temple.
The driver Vrabian Antonescu was speeding down waterloo Road, Smethwick on October 3 last year, when he...
