West Midlands Police

Man In Court Over Birmingham Bus Stabbing

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.03.2013 | UK

A 22-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Christina Edkins, who was stabbed on a bus as she made her way to school. Phill...

Man To Be Charged With Murder Of Christina Edkins

PA | Posted 12.03.2013 | UK

A man is to be charged with the murder of a 16-year-old girl who was stabbed on a bus on her way to school. West Midlands Police said they have bee...

Christina Edkins Bus Stabbing: Arrested Man Sectioned

Posted 08.03.2013 | UK

A 22-year-old man arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing a 16-year-old schoolgirl on a bus was tonight sectioned under the Mental Health Act, polic...

Police Release Picture Of Bus Stabbing Suspect

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.03.2013 | UK

Detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old schoolgirl on a bus have issued a picture of the suspect as they appealed for witnesses t...

Schoolgirl 'Died Of A Single Stab Wound To The Chest'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.03.2013 | UK

Christina Edkins, the schoolgirl who was killed on a bus on the way to school, died of a "single stab wound to the chest" police have confirmed. Th...

'I Can't Believe It.. I Keep Sobbing And Crying'

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 07.03.2013 | UK Universities & Education

Students and school teachers have been paying their tributes to Christina Edkins, the schoolgirl stabbed to death on a bus on Thursday morning. The...

Man Arrested Over Fatal Stabbing Of Birmingham Schoolgirl

PA | Posted 07.03.2013 | UK

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/07/christina-edkins-tributes-stabbed-birmingham-bus_n_2827991.html?1362668290&utm_hp_ref=ukA 22-year-old man h...

Lucy Sherriff

Stabbed Schoolgirl Tweeted About 'Worrying Man On The Bus'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 07.03.2013 | UK

Christina Edkins posted a tweet about a "worrying" man on the bus just weeks before she was stabbed to death on her way to school, The Huffington Post...

'I Chase Him. I Bite Him. Bad Man. He Tasty': Dog's Witness Statement Lands Police In Hot Water

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 20.04.2013 | UK

West Midlands Police is being investigated after jokingly filling out a witness statement in the name of a force dog and signing it with a paw print. ...

CCTV Shows Driver Ploughing Into Woman And Toddler

The Huffington Post UK | Tom Moseley | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK

Shocking CCVT footage showing the moment a woman and a toddler are mown down by a hit-and-run driver has been released by police. Officers are hunt...

Help! I Can't Get Served At The Drive-Thru

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.02.2013 | UK

West Midlands Police is hosting a 24-hour tweetathon of bizarre, ridiculous and trivial 999 calls in an attempt to make people think before they conta...

Missing Brother And Sister Found 'Safe And Well'

PA | Posted 23.01.2013 | UK

A brother and sister who had been missing for much of the day have been found safe and well, police said tonight. Sophie Fletcher, 12, and her 10-y...

Cover your Tracks Or Get Your Collar Felt

PA | Posted 18.01.2013 | UK

The wintry conditions sweeping the country put the skids under two crime suspects who were arrested after police tracked footprints left in the snow. ...

WATCH: Hoodie Walks Into A Lamppost

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.11.2012 | UK Comedy

Ah, there are few sights more joyous in the modern world than that of a jumped-up little berk losing face by walking into a lamppost. And this 24-seco...

Birmingham Pair Jailed Over Police Gun Attack During Riots

PA | Posted 09.10.2012 | UK

Two men have been handed lengthy jail sentences after being found guilty of taking part in a pre-planned gun attack on police officers during the summ...

Murder Probe After Man Hit By Car

PA | Posted 05.09.2012 | UK

Detectives have launched a murder inquiry after the death of a man who is believed to have been knocked down by a car. West Midlands Police said a ...

M6 Motorway Closed After Serious Accident

PA | Posted 13.08.2012 | UK

A stretch of the M6 motorway has been closed after a serious collision that killed a horse and left a number of people injured. The southbound carr...

WATCH: Driver Drunk On Plum Brandy Drives Wrong Way Down M6

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 10.08.2012 | UK

A Hungarian lorry driver drove the wrong way for three miles in the dark down one of the country's busiest motorways - after getting drunk on home-mad...

Woman Stabbed To Death In Taxi

PA | Posted 07.08.2012 | UK

UPDATE: Police tonight arrested Junior Saleem Oakes, also known as Mohammed Saleem (Salim) Junior Oakes, 28, on suspicion of the murder of a 22-year-o...

Body Found In Search For Missing Boy In Quarry

PA | Posted 25.07.2012 | UK

Emergency services searching a quarry for a missing 14-year-old boy have found a body. West Midlands Police said the body of a young male was recov...

Three Men To Appear In Court Over Terror Charges

PA | Posted 10.07.2012 | UK

Three men will appear in court today charged with terrorism offences after firearms were found in a car stopped by police on the M1. West Midlands ...

Suspects Bailed In Couple Killing Case

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.06.2012 | UK

Two people arrested on suspicion of murdering a couple who were shot dead at a house have been released on bail. West Midlands Police said the 23-y...

21-Year-Old Man Attacked Outside A Mosque In Birmingham Dies

PA | Posted 07.06.2012 | UK

A man who was critically injured when he was attacked outside a mosque has died. The 21-year-old suffered serious head injuries and had been on a l...

Schoolboy Arrested After Assault Outside Mosque Left Man Critically Ill

PA | Posted 04.06.2012 | UK

A schoolboy has been arrested by detectives investigating a serious assault that left a man critically ill in hospital. The 15-year-old boy, from t...

Murder Inquiry Launched After 93-Year-Old Woman Dies From Attack Injuries

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.05.2012 | UK

Emma Winnall, 93, who was attacked in her home in Moseley, Birmingham, nearly a month ago, died this morning of complications arising from her injurie...