Broxtowe Borough Council has honoured four individuals with Freeman status for their decades of community service, including youth work, charity fundraising, heritage promotion, and strategic leadership.
An Albanian national who returned to the UK illegally has been sentenced to prison after police discovered £1,200 worth of cocaine concealed in an elaborate car door compartment in Staffordshire.
West Midlands Police have arrested six individuals following a serious disorder in Coseley where a gun was fired and a man was forced into a vehicle. The victim has been located and is not seriously injured.
Four men have been sentenced to a total of 124 years for the calculated doorstep shooting of grandmother Jacqueline Rutter in Merseyside in 2022.
A 14-year-old has pleaded guilty to murdering 12-year-old Leo Ross in Birmingham. The Crown Prosecution Service built a compelling case using CCTV, forensic evidence, and witness testimony.
Thousands will gather for the free Mansfield FireLight Festival in Titchfield Park on February 20-21, featuring a fire garden, light trail, and family-friendly activities.
Queen Street Neighbourhood Resource Centre in Burton upon Trent has been awarded £5,000 from Persimmon Homes to enhance its community garden with new SEND equipment.
A 24-year-old Birmingham man has been charged with supplying heroin and crack cocaine after police seized drugs, phones, and a custom grillz in a Handsworth raid.
Three men have been charged following an alleged assault on two elderly Sikh men outside Wolverhampton railway station last August. The victims, aged in their 60s and 70s, were hospitalised but later discharged.
A 57-year-old man has pleaded guilty to causing a devastating gas explosion in Derby that destroyed multiple homes and forced residents to evacuate.
Aland Ahmed, 23, was convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl in Nottingham in 2022. He fled the country before trial and was sentenced in absentia to nine years in prison.
St Werburgh's Catholic Church in Chester marks its 150th anniversary and Feast of St Werburgh with special Mass and free concert featuring local musicians including the Onslow Quartet.
City Hospice and St David's Cardiff have raised over £45,000 through a two-year charity partnership, funding home-based palliative care, counselling and bereavement support for families across Cardiff.
Warwick Crown Court hears prosecution case against two men accused of targeting and sexually assaulting a vulnerable 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton during a summer evening.
Three men from Tamworth have been arrested on suspicion of robbery following a terrifying knifepoint carjacking in the early hours of Thursday morning.
A 15-year-old who murdered 12-year-old Leo Ross in Birmingham got 'a kick out of watching chaos unfold' after random attacks on vulnerable victims, police reveal.
The heartbroken mother of Leo Ross says her life is forever changed after her 'baby' was stabbed walking home from school, as his 15-year-old killer pleads guilty to murder.
A 15-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to murdering 12-year-old Leo Ross, who was fatally stabbed while walking home from school in Hall Green, Birmingham, last January.
A teenager has admitted murdering 12-year-old Leo Ross, who was fatally stabbed in a Birmingham park, devastating his local community and sparking widespread grief.
Heartbreaking CCTV shows Leo Ross's last walk home before being fatally stabbed in Hall Green. The 12-year-old is remembered as a lovely boy by his devastated family and school.
Shocking bodycam footage reveals a 15-year-old murderer pretending to be a concerned witness after fatally stabbing 12-year-old Leo Ross in Birmingham.
Serco Restart Scheme staff volunteer and fundraise for Wales Air Ambulance in tribute to Bella Chandley, who passed away after being airlifted by the service.
A teenager has admitted murdering 12-year-old Leo Ross, who was fatally stabbed while walking home from school in Hall Green, Birmingham, last year.
Fourteen-year-old cat Edith, left behind when her owners moved, is the longest-stay resident at Cats Protection in Derbyshire. She needs a quiet home to manage her health.
Women affected by state pension age changes have been told for a second time they will not receive compensation, sparking outrage from campaigners.
A 23-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of assault and possession of a bladed article following a knife incident at an Asda supermarket in Leeds, which prompted a major police response.
Five members of the Galbraith family have been found guilty of a planned stabbing at The Griff caravan park in Nuneaton, where a man was attacked and fled in his pants.
A trial at Warwick Crown Court has heard harrowing allegations that two men targeted a 12-year-old girl in a Midlands cul-de-sac, with one defendant accused of multiple sexual offences.
New research identifies Birmingham neighbourhoods with the best and worst access to parks, playing fields and public gardens within 900 metres.
A major new exhibition at the University of Nottingham Museum reunites extraordinary artefacts from the Broughton Lodge cemetery for the first time since the 1960s, revealing sixth-century Nottinghamshire's European connections.