Stephanie Wareham
Crime19 May 2026
Woman who claimed she could not walk jailed for benefit fraud after 10k race
Helen Green, 49, told the DWP she needed crutches and was housebound but was caught on CCTV taking part in exercise classes and running 10k races.
Crime
Father who threw beer cans at officers and was bitten by police dog is jailed
Tommy McQuaker, 29, took part in a ‘siege’ on a hotel housing asylum seekers in Tamworth in the wake of the Southport stabbings.
28 Nov 2024
Crime
Married man who stabbed pregnant girlfriend jailed for at least 27 years
Filmon Andmichaen killed Liwam Bereket in woodland in Birmingham because their unborn baby was a ‘complication he was unwilling to accept’.
27 Nov 2024
UK
Man arrested after tractor driven through floodwater in Worcestershire
West Mercia Police said the 57-year-old has been released on bail while inquiries into the incident in Tenbury continue.
26 Nov 2024
UK
Prop gravestone of Dickens’ character Scrooge destroyed weeks before Christmas
The gravestone, which was a prop in the 1984 film A Christmas Carol, has become a tourist attraction in Shrewsbury, where it was filmed.
25 Nov 2024
UK22 Nov 2024
‘We will never forget you' – Harshita Brella’s family
The body of the 24-year-old was found in the boot of a car in east London on November 14.
Crime
Woman appears in court accused of murdering father-of-three in 2022
Amy Pugh was charged on Thursday with murdering Kyle Pugh in March 2022.
22 Nov 2024
Crime
Teenager accused of woman’s murder refuses to appear at crown court hearing
Deng Chol Majek, 18, would not appear via videolink from prison for the hearing at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Thursday.
21 Nov 2024
Crime
Ian Paterson colleague ‘did not feel he could take things further’ – inquest
Dr Adrian Parnell said it was ‘unusual’ when he found breast tissue left behind in some of Paterson’s patients after they had undergone mastectomies.
20 Nov 2024
Crime
Care assistant with breast cancer had ‘inappropriate’ surgeries – inquest told
Disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson said it was ‘nonsense’ that an open breast biopsy and double mastectomy performed on a patient were unnecessary.
19 Nov 2024
Crime
Woman who died of breast cancer was not operated on by rogue surgeon Paterson
An inquest at Birmingham and Solihull Coroners Court concluded Christine Gould received appropriate care but died of natural causes.
18 Nov 2024
Celebrity News
Eric Morecambe’s lifetime of treasures to go under the hammer
The entire contents of the comedy legend’s home in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, will go up for sale after the death of his beloved wife Joan in March.
18 Nov 2024
Crime
Paterson made ‘wrong decision’ to perform mastectomy on 82-year-old – inquest
Gladys Currall died of post-operative complications days after disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson performed a mastectomy on her, an inquest heard.
13 Nov 2024
UK
Ten people taken to hospital after HGV and bus carrying schoolchildren collide
Sixteen people suffered minor injuries in the collision in Leicestershire on Wednesday morning.
13 Nov 2024
Crime
Mastectomy on 82-year-old woman by Paterson ‘inappropriate’, inquest told
The surgery by rogue surgeon Ian Paterson may have shortened the life of cancer patient Gladys Currall, an inquest into her death has been told.
12 Nov 2024
Crime
Car meets ‘scourge of the Earth’, grieving father says after killer sentenced
Damian Corfield said the sentencing of his son’s killer should be a warning to anyone thinking of taking part in such events.
8 Nov 2024
Crime
Dangerous driver who killed teenagers while ‘showing off’ at car meet is jailed
The Nissan Skyline Dhiya Al Maamoury was driving had been imported from Japan and heavily modified before the fatal collision in Oldbury in 2022.
8 Nov 2024
Environment4 Nov 2024
British couple missing after Valencia floods ‘found dead in their car’
The bodies of missing couple Don and Terry Turner were found in their car on Saturday, their daughter told the BBC.
Crime
Teenager who stabbed boy in heart detained for minimum of 13 years
Muhammad Hassam Ali, 17, died in hospital hours after he was stabbed in the heart in Victoria Square in January.
1 Nov 2024
Crime
Cleavage-sparing mastectomy numbers ‘inflated’, breast surgeon tells inquest
Giving evidence remotely from prison, Ian Paterson said his version of a mastectomy was simply an ‘adaptation’, not a new procedure.
31 Oct 2024
Crime
‘Crazy’ to leave breast tissue behind in mastectomy, rogue surgeon tells inquest
Ian Paterson gave evidence at the inquest into the death of former patient Elaine Turbill from prison on Thursday.
31 Oct 2024