Three police dogs and six officers were injured during violent disorder in Tamworth and Stoke-on-Trent and seven police cars were damaged.

Joe-Lewis Tyler’s driving was ‘atrocious’, a judge said, as he jailed him for 18 years on Monday.

Mohamed Samak, 42, denied killing Joanne Samak, 49, during an appearance at Worcester Crown Court on Friday.

The former Manchester City and Newcastle player, 41, will now face Liverpool Crown Court on August 27.

Alice Dearing has urged people to only swim where it is safe after two boys died in separate incidents in the West Midlands last week.

Matt Richards is hoping to win gold in the 200m freestyle on Monday evening.

Muhammad Hassam Ali, 17, died in hospital hours after he was attacked with a knife in Victoria Square, Birmingham.

Simon Shotton, 49, was killed in a ‘ferocious attack’ by Benjamin Atkins, who then dismembered his body and dumped his remains.

Tyrese Johnson, 16, was described as a ‘kind, loving young man’ by his family after his body was recovered from a reservoir in the West Midlands.

Kelly Reilly, 33, died following an attack by her pet dog on Monday.

Joshua Hillstead, from Birmingham, died the day after being pulled from the River Arrow in Alcester, Warwickshire.

Daniel Larman and Kieran Okocha-Sleight, both 21, are accused of killing Thomas ‘Tommy’ Boom in a Northampton park.

Muhammad Hassam Ali was stabbed in the heart as he sat with his friend in Birmingham city centre in January.

Aurman Singh, 23, was attacked and killed as he made a delivery in Shrewsbury last year.

Muhammad Hassam Ali, 17, died hours after he was stabbed in the heart in Birmingham city centre in January.

Muhammad Hassam Ali, 17, died of his injuries after he was allegedly followed and stabbed in Birmingham city centre, a court has heard.

Muhammad Hassam Ali died of a single stab wound to the chest after he was attacked in Victoria Square in Birmingham.

Shaun Emmerson was going through a psychotic episode when he stabbed his mother, Christine, to death.

Connor Brookes, 20, was shot in Blakenall, Walsall, on Monday.

Shaun Emmerson, 51, was said to be experiencing a psychotic episode when he killed his mother Christine, 71, at their Lincolnshire home.