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This is the moment a screaming drug dealer was arrested by police who busted a drug line in the Midlands.

The operation, known as the 'P Line', operated across Smethwick, Wednesbury, Walsall, and Birmingham.

Asa Mcintosh, Bradley Whatmore, Hakeem Ali, Quarnay Lee-Taylor, Rees Macdonald, Waqas Hussain, and Zuhayb Abdi were all involved in the enterprise which supplied Class A drugs including heroin and crack cocaine.

Seven men were arrested last year, with a video showing 21-year-old Mcintosh screaming as police enter an address to detain him.

Read more: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/moment-screaming-drug-dealer-arrested-34641370

Maurice Middleton was out buying a paper and cigarettes in Great Hampton Street in Hockley on Sunday, July 21, 2024.

Shanise Hussain was driving an Audi A3 along the same street at speed at around 2.45pm.

Hussain was travelling at 48mph in a 30mph limit and swerved to avoid a Jaguar in the nearside lane as it indicated and moved into her lane suddenly.

She had also pressed the accelerator instead of the brake and careered onto a pavement hitting Mr Middleton, throwing him into a shop front, as well as hitting a second pedestrian.

The 65-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, with the other pedestrian suffering minor head and hand injuries.

Hussain was charged with causing death by dangerous driving and was found guilty of the offence at a hearing earlier this year.

The 27-year-old of West Drive, Handsworth, was jailed for four years and six months at Birmingham Crown Court on September 3rd.

She was also disqualified from driving for eight years and three months.

The Jaguar driver was previously convicted of careless driving in relation to his involvement.

West Midlands Police also issued the first image of the victim, Maurice, as his family paid tribute to him.

They said: “Maurice was a brilliant, kind and generous man who was loved by everyone that he met.

“His death has completely shattered us a family. He was our rock; our king and he is truly loved and missed so much every day.

“Maurice was the centre of our family, the glue that held us all together and that is why his death has completely devastated us because it has left such a big hole in our hears that nothing and none can ever fill.”

RIP Maurice.

A man who violently murdered his autistic boyfriend and left his body to decompose in his flat while he fled the city has been jailed.

More here: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/man-murdered-boyfriend-left-body-34571051

There will be new Revenue Officers checking tickets on journeys from September 13 in a bid to stop fare evasion and enforce penalty notice charges.

This aligns West Midlands Metro with national transport standards and supports efforts to reduce deliberate fare evasion across the network, according to operators Midlands Metro Limited said.

More here: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-trams-stop-fare-dodgers-34551090

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An award-winning Birmingham repairman was sacked by the RAC after he was filmed embracing controversial Raise the Colours founder Ryan Bridge.

Dad-of-three Abdul Bashir, from Saltley, was fired for gross misconduct after the footage, which showed him in uniform and in front of an RAC van, was posted on social media.

The short clip, posted on July 26, showed Mr Bashir in front of an orange RAC patrol vehicle greeting Bridge, who he described as an old friend of ten to 15 years, at the side of the road at Blythe Valley Business Park in Solihull.

He was fired after a disciplinary hearing found he should have been driving to a breakdown call at the time he stopped.

"I'm gutted. I can't sleep, I'm stressed out, I don't know what to do. My head's all over the place, I'm devastated," Mr Bashir told BirminghamLive.

More here: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/rac-repairman-sacked-after-embracing-34509248

Before and after - the damaged flower bed in Sutton Coldfield town centre (left) and the replanted area where the boys involved returned to 'make amends' (right)

A group of boys caught on camera kicking the heads off flowers in a town centre display have ‘made amends’.

The boys were filmed laughing and joking as they wantonly booted flowers in a display in Sutton Coldfield Parade on Friday, July 24.

The video drew millions of views on social media with near-universal condemnation of the vandalism.

Now police have confirmed three boys had ‘worked to put things right’ after they were identified by the force’s dedicated neighbourhood officers.

Working with them and their families, the boys returned to the town centre to replant the areas they damaged and ‘restore them to their original condition’.

A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said:

>“Our Sutton Trinity neighbourhood team set to work to investigate immediately and identified three teenage boys suspected of being responsible.

>“Once they were identified, the officers dealt with them appropriately and worked with their parents who agreed that a restorative approach would be beneficial to them.

>“On Wednesday, August 12, the boys returned to the town centre with the dedicated neighbourhood officers and partners from Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council and spent more than 90 minutes replanting the flowers they had damaged, helping restore the beds to their original condition.”

More here: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/boys-caught-kicking-flowers-sutton-34489892

This is the dramatic moment petrol bombs were thrown at partygoers and two supercars were set ablaze outside a Birmingham wedding.

Three people, clad in black, were captured on film as they launched the missiles towards cars and people outside the Royal Shalimar banqueting hall in Highgate Road, Sparkbrook - unconcerned about nearby of young people including a toddler.

Two supercars, believed to be a Lamborghini and a McLaren, were set alight during the incident last night, Wednesday, August 19. The attack was caught on the venue's CCTV and the dashcam of a passing car.

Coun Jamil Khan, Better Birmingham Independents representative for Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East, who lives nearby, said it was a shocking and worrying incident.

West Midlands Police have launched an investigation.

More here: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/watch-dramatic-moment-petrol-bombs-34488767