Local Democracy Reporter David Irwin went out on patrol in Elmdon to find out more about the Street Watch scheme: With the Land Rover factory nearby, high-vis jackets have always been a regular sight in and around Elmdon. But in the past eight months, residents may have noticed some fluorescent figures travelling in twos and…

A money launderer who claimed he paid for his house in Solihull by winning the lottery 123 times has been ordered to repay almost £500,000. Career criminal Kashaf Ali Khan was told to pay back £480,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act within three months or to go prison for four-and-a-half years. Khan, 44, was…

This is the man police are searching for following the double murder of a mother and daughter in Solihull. Janbaz Tarin, 21, is being sought over the killings of his former partner, Raneem Oudeh, and her mother, Khaola Saleem. Officers from across the force have been following a number of lines of enquiry to trace…

Detectives have launched a double murder investigation after a mother and daughter were stabbed to death in a Solihull street this morning (Monday 27th August). Police were called to Northdown Road (B91) at just after 12.30am and discovered the women, aged 22 and 49, with serious stab wounds. Despite the best efforts of emergency services…

High-profile Evening Guardians have been recruited by Solihull BID to provide a reassuring presence in the town centre on Friday and Saturday nights. The Guardians patrol Solihull town centre between 8pm-1am on Friday and Saturdays and help to reinforce the message that anti-social behaviour and crime at bars, restaurants and clubs will not be tolerated….

Plans to turn Solihull’s former magistrates’ court into a new budget supermarket have been revealed. German chain Aldi announced earlier this year that it was hoping to secure permission to demolish the old court building in Homer Road and open a new store. New designs of how the revamped site will look have now been…

A WMP spokesperson said: “Officers have worked with the youngster to draw up the artist’s impression of the attacker and are hoping that someone in the community will be able to identify him. “The young victim was attacked on 29 June at around 2.50pm, since then a dedicated team of detectives has worked flat out…

Birmingham Airport saw more vehicle crimes than any other airport in England and Wales, according to the latest crime figures. Fifty five incidents were reported between January and May 2018, more than double the total recorded in 2017. In all, there were 5,234 crimes at or close to airports in England and Wales in 2017,…

Speed cameras installed at three sites around Solihull caught more than 3,000 vehicles breaking the speed limit during a 12 month period. A Freedom of Information request to West Midlands Police revealed how many offences had been passed to the central ticket office to be processed in 2017/18. There were a total of 3,340 occasions…

A Solihull man who robbed three women on the same road within a week to fund his drug habit has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Rory O’Gorman, of no fixed address, snatched the handbags of a 77-year-old and two women in their 60s between 4 − 10 July on Stratford Road in Shirley for cash…