Transport and Logistics Network
Staycationers say a Spitfire plane misfired above a caravan park, lost altitude and narrowly missed trees moments before crash landing in a field.
The historic aircraft, which had two people onboard, remains in the mustard field today after dramaticall…
The new vans have helped to catch speeding drivers across the West Midlands
05:30, 12 Apr 2025
Head of the roads policing unit, Supt Gareth Mason, alongside PCC Simon Foster (Image: West Midlands Police)
The number of speed enforce…
An officer has been taken to hospital after a police van overturned whilst on a 999 emergency.
West Midlands Police said the van struck a car at the junction of Coventry Road and Forest Road shortly before 2.50pm today.
An officer was taken to hospita…
The number of speed camera vans in the West Midlands has doubled from four to eight
08:41, 08 Apr 2025Updated 08:52, 08 Apr 2025
A speed enforcement van (Image: West Midlands Police)
Figures have shown some of the worst cases of sp…
A Midlands driver who killed a ‘beloved’ mum on the M40[1] has been jailed. Akashdeep Singh had been disqualified from driving at the time of the crash, with his actions slammed as ‘stupid, reckless and selfish.’
Singh, 24, was driving a Peugeot Boxer[…
There are long delays on the M6 near Birmingham after a lorry shed a load of gravel on the highway.
Two out of four lanes of the M6[1] were closed between junction 5 for Castle Bromwich and junction 4A the M42 link road on the southbound carriageway.
T…
30 minutes agoEleanor LawsonBBC News, West MidlandsFamilyFour teenagers have been jailed over a fatal crash in Staffordshire during a race between two stolen cars that killed a retired teacher on New Year’s Day. Joan Hill, 73, died on the A5 near Longf…
Joan Hill, 73, died as her car was struck by the driver of a stolen Ford Kuga who was racing another teenager
19:55, 27 Mar 2025
The two drivers were racing when Joan Hill was killed in a fatal collision. (Image: Staffs Police)
Four teens have been j…
An air ambulance was among the 999 response to a serious collision in Warwickshire. Police closed off a section of the A423 between Southam and Long Itchington earlier this afternoon (March 24).
It follows a collision between a lorry and a pedestrian o…
Two men from Warwickshire were caught with a stash of guns in their truck following a police chase on the M1. Shera Virk and Joseph Steele were inside Ford Truck which failed to stop.
Police on patrol on the M1 in Nottinghamshire spotted the suspected …