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.
Politics
Decision not to hold Birmingham pub bombings inquiry ‘deeply disappointing’
Two bombs planted in the Mulberry Bush and Tavern in the Town pubs also killed 21 people and injured up to 220 other victims.
30 Oct 2025
Crime
Hockey coach who claimed wife stabbed herself found guilty of her murder
Mohamed Samak, 43, denied murdering Joanne Samak, 49, claiming he woke up at around 3am on July 1 last year to see her stabbing herself at their home.
29 Oct 2025
UK
Man charged in connection with ‘racially aggravated’ rape of woman in Walsall
John Ashby, 32, has been charged with one count of rape and sexual assault in relation to the attack of the woman who he did not know.
28 Oct 2025
UK28 Oct 2025
King heckled over Prince Andrew’s relationship with Epstein
Crowds waited for hours to catch a glimpse of Charles as he visited Lichfield Cathedral before heading to the National Memorial Arboretum
Crime
Two people deny part in alleged kidnap and murder of man in 2019
Tomasz Samel suffered 75% burns after he was kidnapped from his home in Birmingham in March 2019.
24 Oct 2025
UK
Two people arrested by police investigating rape of Sikh woman are bailed
A 49-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman were arrested on Friday on suspicion of two counts of rape.
20 Oct 2025
Politics
PCC urges ‘immediate review’ into decision to ban Israeli fans from Villa match
Simon Foster has requested a review into the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from the game against Aston Villa next month.
17 Oct 2025
Crime
Former Pc cleared of sexually assaulting woman while on duty
Daniel Gentles, 22, was found not guilty at Warwick Crown Court on Wednesday after jurors deliberated for three hours.
15 Oct 2025
Crime
XL bully owner whose dogs fatally mauled man admits two offences
Ian Price, 52, died in hospital after being attacked by two XL bully dogs in Stonnall, Staffordshire, in September 2023.
15 Oct 2025
Crime14 Oct 2025
David Coote admits making indecent image of child
The ex-official appeared at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday in connection with an allegation relating to a category A video, the most serious kind.
UK
Woman held over deaths of two young children detained under mental health laws
Meraj Ul Zahra, aged two, and Abdul Momin Alfaateh, aged three, were pronounced dead at a house in Stafford on Sunday morning.
13 Oct 2025
UK
Community ‘really sombre’ after two children pronounced dead, neighbour says
Ben Lowe came to lay flowers in memory of two-year-old Meraj Ul Zahra and three-year-old Abdul Momin Alfaateh who died on Sunday.
13 Oct 2025
UK
Man arrested in connection with ‘racially motivated rape’ of Sikh woman bailed
The victim, reported to be a British-born Sikh in her 20s, told police that a racist remark was made to her during the sexual assault.
17 Sept 2025
UK
Sex assaults motivated by race absolutely appalling, says Home Secretary
Shabana Mahmood’s comments came as she spoke about a ‘racially motivated’ rape in Oldbury in the West Midlands.
15 Sept 2025
UK
Police investigate ‘racially motivated attack’ after Sikh woman reports rape
It is understood the British-victim was told by her attackers: ‘You don’t belong in this country, get out.’
12 Sept 2025
Crime
Man denies murder of sex worker who was strangled
The body of Shara Millar, 41, was found in Smethwick in the West Midlands on August 11.
12 Sept 2025
Crime
Addict who brutally beat 94-year-old man during burglary is jailed for murder
Paul Topham, 46, carried on burgling Harold Monk’s home as he lay dying on the floor after a ‘brutal and sustained’ assault.
11 Sept 2025
Politics
Nando’s-style grading won’t keep pupils safe or boost good teaching, union says
Schools in England will be graded across a variety of different areas.
9 Sept 2025
Politics
Ruth Perry’s sister says Ofsted reforms put school leaders ‘at risk of public shaming’
Professor Julia Waters, sister of Ruth Perry, said Ofsted’s new plans are just a cosmetic rebranding of the same ‘unreliable and punishing system’.
9 Sept 2025
Crime
Woman who claimed husband took own life jailed for at least 13 years for murder
Amy Pugh, 34, told a 999 call handler her husband Kyle Pugh had taken his own life, but had inflicted the injuries on him herself during a fight.
5 Sept 2025