Stephanie Wareham

Suspended chief constable Nick Adderley (Jacob King/PA)
UK

Misconduct panel ‘must recuse itself’, suspended chief constable’s lawyer says

The barrister representing Nick Adderley, of Northamptonshire Police, said the panel chairman has a ‘closed mind’ about his client’s honesty.
31 May 2024
Jacob Billington was killed when mentally ill knifeman Zephaniah McLeod stabbed eight people in Birmingham (West Midlands Police/PA)
Crime

Family of man killed by schizophrenic knifeman will never recover, inquest hears

Jacob Billington, 23, was fatally stabbed by Zephaniah McLeod as he enjoyed a night out with friends in Birmingham in September 2020.
26 Feb 2024
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UK

First picture of ‘cheeky’ two-year-old who fell into river is released

Xielo Maruziva was with family members when he fell into the fast-flowing River Soar in Leicester on Sunday.
21 Feb 2024
Newly-appointed district judge Matthew Mawdsley suffered fatal injuries in a collision on the A38 Aston Expressway on December 16 2022. (West Midlands Police/PA)
Crime

Uninsured driver accused of causing judge’s death may face new trial

Jurors failed to reach a verdict on whether Elliott Nash, 33, caused the death of district judge Matthew Mawdsley as he crossed a busy road.
21 Feb 2024
Forensic officers at the scene on Freeth Street in Ladywood, Birmingham, after Liwam Bereket was fatally stabbed. (Jacob King/PA)
Crime

Married man fatally stabbed pregnant girlfriend in woodland, court hears

Liwam Bereket’s unborn baby could not be saved after she was stabbed in the neck, prosecutors told Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday.
20 Feb 2024
Kairo Jax Hollick had two complex skull fractures caused by blunt force trauma, resulting in catastrophic brain injury (West Midlands Police/PA)
Crime

Father guilty of manslaughter of his six-month-old son

David Hollick, 29, sat with his head in his hands as jurors returned their verdicts on Monday.
19 Feb 2024
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UK

Public urged to stay away from river as search goes on for missing two-year-old

Water levels at the scene are dangerous, Leicestershire Police assistant chief constable Michaela Kerr said.
19 Feb 2024
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Politics

Labour’s ‘ecstatic’ new Wellingborough MP says result shows people are ‘fed up’

Gen Kitchen achieved the second largest swing from the Conservatives to Labour at a by-election since the Second World War.
16 Feb 2024
Matthew Mawdsley had been appointed a district judge just weeks before he suffered fatal injuries in a collision in Birmingham (West Midlands Police/PA)
Crime

Driver who hit judge ‘was uninsured, speeding and smoked cannabis before crash’

Matthew Mawdsley, 54, suffered fatal injuries after being hit as he tried to cross a busy road in Birmingham, a court heard.
12 Feb 2024
Wallis Webb, 65, was found dead at a property in Birmingham on Tuesday (West Midlands Police/PA)
Crime

Man in court charged with murder and fraud after ex-councillor found dead

Sakander Hussain, 25, appeared via video link from prison for a short court hearing in connection with the alleged murder of Wallis Webb, 65.
12 Feb 2024
Wallis Webb, 65, was found dead in Erdington, Birmingham, on Tuesday (West Midlands Police/PA)
UK

Man charged with murder and fraud in connection with death of former councillor

Wallis Webb, 65, was found dead in Erdington on Tuesday, West Midlands Police said.
11 Feb 2024
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Crime

Bargain Hunt star faces trial for 'assault and coercive behaviour'

Auctioneer Charles Hanson, 45, appeared at Derby Crown Court on Wednesday for a brief hearing to enter pleas.

7 Feb 2024
Carl Ellitts has pleaded guilty to the murder of 48-year-old Roy Deeley-Price (West Midlands Police/PA)
Crime

Man jailed for 27 years for ‘brutal and merciless’ murder of father-of-two

Carl Ellitts, 26, was branded a ‘bully and a coward’ by a judge as he was sentenced for a string of crimes committed during a four-day ‘rampage’.
5 Feb 2024
Villa Park was the scene of ‘serious violence’ before a Europa Conference League match between Aston Villa and Legia Warsaw on November 30 last year (Nick Potts/PA)
Crime

Football fan who had knife during ‘disorder’ outside stadium banned from matches

Legia Warsaw fan Konrad Blaszkowski had a knife in his pocket but was not involved in violence outside Villa Park on November 30 last year.
1 Feb 2024
Liberty Charris and Ben Corfield died in November 2022 (West Midlands Police/PA)
UK

Man charged over death of teenage pedestrians

Liberty Charris, 16, and Ben Corfield, 19, died when a car crashed into a group of pedestrians in Oldbury, near Birmingham, in 2022.
31 Jan 2024
Deborah Burgess sold her car to her best friend Louise Smith for £1 after winning £1 million on the lottery (National Lottery/PA)
UK

Lottery winner sells car to best friend for £1 after scooping £1m prize

Deborah Burgess wanted to help her friend out after finding out she had won a life-changing £1 million.
30 Jan 2024
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Health

Force refers itself to watchdog over attacks before three killed

Valdo Calocane, 32, carried out attacks known to police weeks before stabbing three people to death in Nottingham

29 Jan 2024
Gracie Spinks was 23 when she was killed in Duckmanton, Derbyshire, in June 2021 (Family handout/PA)
Crime

Parents of woman stabbed to death welcome efforts to help stalking victims

Gracie Spinks, 23, was killed by a former colleague she had reported to police for stalking her.
26 Jan 2024
The Independent Office for Police Conduct also said the officer could not have foreseen the actions of the van driver (Nottinghamshire Police/PA)
Crime

Pc ‘not in pursuit’ behind van driven by Calocane ahead of collision – watchdog

Nottinghamshire Police referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct for investigation after the incident in June last year.
25 Jan 2024
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Crime

Families criticise hospital order for Nottingham knifeman who killed three

Valdo Calocane, who has paranoid schizophrenia, killed three people and injured three others while in the ‘grip of a psychotic episode’.
25 Jan 2024
Jack Edwards, 24, died on December 7 following an attack close to a skate park in Nottingham (Nottinghamshire Police/PA)
Crime

Teenager denies murdering man who died after suffering ‘significant head injuries’

Jack Edwards, 24, died in hospital two days after he was reportedly attacked near a skate park in Nottingham.
25 Jan 2024