‘An absolutely tragic event’ A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after a seven-year-old girl died following a hit-and-run in Walsall on Thursday. The girl was struck by a motorcycle on Turnstone Road in Blakenhall, with police called to the scene shortly after 7pm. The teenager is in custody and police are searching for the blue […]

2 years ago

The victim was in a coma for three days after the attack Two muggers who used bricks and a paving slab to batter a man with learning difficulties to steal just £3 have been jailed for more than 23 years. Mohammed Ali and Umair Anys carried out the “sickening attack” on the terrified victim who […]

3 years ago

‘It’s like something from war-torn Ukraine’ Residents are living in fear on one of ‘Britain’s roughest estates’ where yobs as young as eight and nine have been running riot and even ripping live pigeons apart. Blakenall, Walsall, has been compared to “war-torn Ukraine” after the area began falling into a state of disrepair during the […]

3 years ago

He was diagnosed in January, given the all clear in April, and today opened his account for the season, scoring for Plymouth Argyle

8 years ago

More than a month’s rain fell on Birmingham in just one hour on Sunday An man in his 80s had died in Walsall following flash flooding in the West Midlands. He became trapped in his car after the vehicle was submerged. West Midlands Police confirmed that they were called to the Rushall area of Walsall […]

8 years ago

The pitch lines had to be cleared so the match could finish

8 years ago