Britain

Independent candidates across Birmingham have formed an electoral pact in a coordinated effort to challenge Labour’s control of the city council ahead of local elections on 7 May. The alliance …

A driver jailed for causing a high-speed crash near Birmingham City FC’s St Andrew’s Stadium had previously been convicted as part of a violent car-jacking gang whose sentence was increased …

Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish volunteer emergency service have been destroyed in a suspected anti-Semitic arson attack outside a synagogue in north London. The vehicles, part of the Hatzola …

Two men accused of murdering a father-of-two in Keighley have denied the charge during a court appearance. Suhail Choudry, 35, died in hospital on 11 February, three days after he …

Footage has captured the moment a car ploughed into front gardens and parked vehicles in Birmingham, causing extensive damage before two men left the scene. The incident happened on Burney …

Three young men who died in a multi-vehicle collision in Halifax have been named as Corey Graham, 22, Cass Bryant and Thomas Reilly, both aged 21. The three were travelling …

A senior council worker repeatedly raised concerns over a decade that children as young as 11 were being sexually abused in and around High Street mini-marts in the West Midlands, …

Three young men, including 22-year-old Corey Graham, have died and a fourth is in a life-threatening condition following a serious collision involving three vehicles in Halifax. Emergency services were called …

An armed robber was heard pleading “get me out of here” after becoming trapped inside a Coventry convenience store he had just targeted in a knife-point raid. Jordan Peebles, 32, …

A man has been jailed for 40 months after defacing Qurans at a Leeds hospital and later writing an antisemitic message while in police custody. Ibrahim Iqbal, 36, of no …