On Saturday 7th October, over 350 guests gathered at the National Conference Centre in Solihull, home of the National Motorcycle Museum, for Troop Aid’s highest profile event of the year – the Annual Ball. All were greeted upon arrival by a guard of honour. From young Sea Cadets to current military personnel and members of…

A man is facing jail after he was convicted of a roadside “acid” attack in which he squirted cleaning solution at two men outside a Solihull pub. Max Kelly, 23, was a passenger in a BMW driven by a friend when a confrontation took place with the victims, who had been sitting enjoying a drink…

A man suspected of opening fire on a motorist with a shotgun has been arrested by officers following a stop-check in Solihull last night (9th October). Response officers pulled over a car being driven suspiciously on Stratford Road in Shirley at 9pm and arrested a 19-year-old after checks revealed he was wanted for a shooting…

Groups of Travellers are reportedly being paid to take rubbish from bin strike-hit Birmingham to dump it in nearby Solihull, an MP has said. Tory MP Julian Knight cited this among a list of issues he said had been caused by an “unprecedented surge of Traveller incursions” in the borough. Speaking during a debate on…

Knowle & Dorridge Lions Club has raised an impressive £11,000 for local charity, Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice. The Midlands-based club, which supports charities by hosting fundraising events, donated the generous amount after selecting the Hospice as one of its three charity partners last year. The vital funds were raised by the Lion’s popular charity fundraising…

A teenager has been charged over a series of car-jackings in which lone female drivers were dragged from their vehicles. The male youth was arrested on Thursday (05/10) following a robbery in Broome Lane, Dickens Heath, where a woman was threatened with a baseball bat before her VW Golf was stolen. The 17-year-old, from Stechford,…

Armed police swooped on Earlswood Common after a fisherman was reportedly threatened in a terrifying knifepoint robbery by the lake. The victim, in his 50s, was at Earlswood Lakes where he was threatened by a man with “two bladed weapons” who then demanded money. Police said the man made off with “a small amount of…

Police are investigating after a Solihull councillor allegedly retweeted a slew of offensive and inflammatory anti-Muslim rants. West Midlands Police have confirmed they have received a complaint following retweets on Twitter made by Solihull Borough councillor Jeff Potts. He had already been suspended by his own Conservative group. He re-tweeted comments made by other individuals…

A driver who was late for work after a drinking session the night before drifted onto the off-side of the road and ploughed his Range Rover Evoque head-on into an oncoming cyclist. George Hacker was jailed for four-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to causing 35-year-old Simon Worthington’s death by dangerous driving. The 26-year-old appeared at…

A scheme giving apprentices and trainees aged 18 or under half-price travel on the region’s bus, train and tram network has been launched. The move by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) will see an extra 31,000 young people across the metropolitan area enjoy the 50 per cent discount. It will benefit those on apprenticeships…