West Midlands

since 2025 › Jan › 20 (Mon) @ 06:46 UTC

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5 hours ago

We lost everything after our daughter's toy karaoke machine exploded and burned our house to the ground - it wasn't even plugged in and hadn't been used for a year

found 2025 › May › 07 (Wed) @ 20:20 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Emma Logan watched in horror as the blaze ripped through her beloved house in Walsall Wood, West Midlands, on Wednesday afternoon.

14 hours ago

‘It’ll be solemn, enshrining his ashes’: statue of Lemmy to be unveiled in his home town of Stoke-on-Trent

found 2025 › May › 07 (Wed) @ 11:40 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Cast in bronze by sculptor Andy Edwards and containing the legendary Motörhead frontman’s DNA, the effigy underscores the West Midlands’ rock heritage

“That’s the street where Lemmy lived,” says sculp…

19 hours ago

New build estates plagued with constant problems

found 2025 › May › 07 (Wed) @ 06:50 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Residents at new housing estates in the West Midlands describe living with landslips and broken street lights.

8 days ago

Moment house is destroyed in huge explosion that left two men with serious burns: Video shows debris flying across street before pair are spotted fleeing on foot

found 2025 › Apr › 29 (Tue) @ 17:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Debris was seen scattered across the street after Shrewsbury Close in Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, was rocked by the huge blast.

20 days ago

Shocking moment 'innocent' man is executed in drive-by shooting in front of horrified parents and children in revenge attack

found 2025 › Apr › 17 (Thu) @ 10:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Connor Brookes, 20, was executed with a shotgun in Blakenall Heath, Walsall, West Midlands on July 8 while he sat in a van with his friend Bradley Sladyszy.

25 days ago

Met Office issues red alert warning as Britain basks in glorious sunshine - while map shows temperatures set to plummet from tomorrow

found 2025 › Apr › 12 (Sat) @ 11:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Sunday will see most of the UK facing medium or high alerts, while very high warnings will remain in place for London and the South East of England, the East, the West Midlands and the East Midlands.

Pauline Black: ‘My most unappealing habit? Bluntness’

found 2025 › Apr › 12 (Sat) @ 08:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The Selecter singer on being told she was adopted aged four, falling offstage, and a close brush with death

Born in Essex, Pauline Black, 71, worked as a radiographer before becoming lead singer of th…

26 days ago

Woman, 22, is accused of manslaughter after 14-month-old boy dies at nursery as business owner is also charged

found 2025 › Apr › 11 (Fri) @ 16:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Noah Sibanda died following an incident at Fairytales Day Nursery in Dudley, West Midlands just before Christmas on December 9 in 2022.

32 days ago

'Trump's tariffs will kill this town': 9,000 Jaguar Land Rover workers and all the local firms that depend on them fear the worst with Britain's car makers in the front line of US President's 'Independence Day' trade war

found 2025 › Apr › 05 (Sat) @ 11:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Solihull residents have expressed concerns for the future of the West Midlands town, which is home to one of Jaguar Land Rover's five UK manufacturing plants.

33 days ago

Dramatic images show huge blaze raging at wildlife spot - as witnesses warn it is 'spreading rapidly'

found 2025 › Apr › 05 (Sat) @ 00:15 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Snaps show a huge blaze has lit up the night sky in orange in the West Midlands county as crews tackle the flames.

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