Man charged with West Bromwich murder
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DETECTIVES have charged a man with murder following an incident in West Bromwich in the early hours of Monday 14 May.
A 32-year-old man was charged with murder late last night and will appear at Sandwell Magistrates Court this morning (17 May).
Officers were called to an address on High Street at around 3:15am by the ambulance service after a 26-year-old woman suffered a serious head injury. She later died in hospital on Tuesday 15 May.
A 32-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of murder, the woman was later released without charge.
Delays on the M5 due to police incident
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There will be delays on the M5 near to junction four for the next few hours whilst emergency services continue to deal with a police incident.
Police were called at around 10.25 am after receiving a report of a person had fallen from a motorway bridge.
Motorists are having to exit southbound at junction four and re-enter the motorway via the island.
This is causing heavy congestion on the motorway and currently northbound traffic is heavy from junction four to Frankley services.
Motorists are advised to take alternative routes if possible
Robbery at Palfrey jewellery store
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POLICE in Walsall are appealing for information following a robbery at a jewellery store in Palfrey.
The incident occurred at Yasmin Jewellers, Milton Street, Palfrey, Walsall on Friday 6 April at approximately 4pm.
Three men smashed their way through the security controlled door before stealing a tray of display bangles.
Police appeal for witnesses to cash in transit robbery
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DUDLEY Police are appealing for witnesses after a cash box was snatched from a postal delivery van driver yesterday morning (26 April).
The incident happened outside the Post Office in Russells Hall Road just before 9.30am.
The van driver was threatened with an axe before the male offender jumped on the back of a white scrambler type motorbike with an accomplice in an alley way off Langstone Drive.
Brother and sister attacked in Dudley robbery
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A YOUNG woman has been treated in hospital after robbers broke into her house in Dudley, attacking her and her brother.
The three men forced their way into the house, on Selborne Road, in the early hours of Saturday morning, 14 April, and woke the 19-year-old victim, and her 18-year-old brother.
The men forced the woman from her bed, snatching a gold chain from around her neck, before dragging her around the house and demanding money and jewellery.
She was repeatedly punched, whilst her brother was pushed down stairs and also assaulted. Both victims received medical treatment after their ten-minute ordeal, having suffered nasty cuts and bruises.
