Police were called to Alder Drive in Chelmsley Wood at around 9.00pm last night (5th September) to reports of a man being stabbed. On arrival, a 19-year old man was found with stab wounds. He was taken to hospital, where his condition is currently described as stable and his injuries are not life threatening. A…

Solihull Police have released CCTV images of two people they would like to speak to after a man had his teeth knocked out in an assault in a park. The 69-year-old was walking his dog in Shirley Park at around 11.45am on 9th July, when he was approached by a man and a woman, who…

A brave mum and grandmother discovered she had life-threatening breast cancer after she was knocked over by her daughter on a sledge during a ski trip. Mum-of-three Yvonne Pickford, 55, of Olton, Solihull, had been on the annual family holiday in Valmorel, France, when the life-saving accident happened. Daughter Jenii Quigley, who was six at…

Concept plans for Shirley’s most infamous eyesore, the former Powergen site, are to go on show this month. Shirley Advance, the developer behind Parkgate, will be presenting plans at a series of public exhibitions where visitors will be able to discuss the proposals with the development team and leave their comments. The ten-acre site at…

The applicants behind controversial plans for a 4,000-plot Muslim cemetery in Catherine-de-Barnes are applying for an extra 7,000 burial spaces. If both applications by Cemetery Development Services are approved next month, it could see two neighbouring cemeteries created in Catherine-de-Barnes with 11,000 burial plots in total. Local residents have objected strongly to the plans, raising…

A man who killed his partner after learning she wanted to end their relationship has today (3rd September) been jailed for life. Clarke Dean, aged 47, stabbed to death his long-term partner, Michelle Giles, at their flat on Anchor Lane, Solihull while their 16-year-old child was on a camping trip with a friend. Just weeks…

A Jaguar worker was so desperate to try and win back the affections of his ex-girlfriend that he posed as her uncle and gave her relationship advice. Kewal Jandhu sent a series of emails to Karam Kaur, while pretending to be her relative – being supportive and urging her to give things another go. Jandu,…

A Birmingham man has been jailed for four years after leaving a woman on a mobility scooter with critical injuries in a collision after driving off from a Coventry Road petrol station without paying for fuel earlier this year. Steven Tucker, 28 from St Margarets Avenue, Ward End, admitted causing serious injury through dangerous driving…

A man accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death at their Solihull flat regularly drank more than 25 cans of lager a day, a court heard. Clarke Dean revealed his drinking habit as he told a jury he could not remember knifing Michelle Giles and cutting her throat in August 2013. Jurors heard there was…

Priceless trophies were snatched and thousands of pounds worth of damage was done when thieves smashed their way into the National Motorcycle Museum overnight. The robbers left a trail of destruction and fled with a haul of invaluable trophies – some of immense historical value to the industry and motorsport. Museum chiefs are still putting…