41 West Midlands fire officers were presented with medals for long service and good conduct after completing 20 years of service. The photograph shows (left to right) Fred Ball (Walsall), Ralph Benton (Willenhall), Geoff Bytheway (Brierley Hill), William

Tasharif Ali suffered a skull fracture when he fell through a factory roof trying to retrieve a football, and police officers from Acocks Green police station presented him with a personal stereo donated by Domec store in Warwick Road to replace one which

More than 30 West Midland Police officers received long service and good conduct medals at a ceremony at the force’s training cetnre in Birmingham. Wearing long service medals after the presention are, from left, Sergeant Douglas Jennings from Smethwick,

Twenty-four West Midland Police officers have received awards for long service. The recipients pictured are Pc Malcom Prince holding up his medal with, from left, Pc Graham Rolls, Inspector Reginald Pearce, Sergeant Ronald Watkins, Pc Ivor Winfindale and

West Midlands Police have scooped a top award for their community projects. The force was voted England regional winners in the Royal Anniversary Trust Challenge. Chief Superintendent (right) Kevin Birch is pictured showing Detective Inspector Sylvia Asto

Councillor Bill Archer believed that a block of empty shops and office space could be converted into flats and was planning to put his proposal to Sandwell Council. Derek Davies of Avion Holdings is quoted.

Sandwell police had issued hundreds of posters, featuring images of the three men killed in sub post offices (Sidney Greyland, Derek Astin from Accrington and Donald Skepper from Harrogate) as part of attempts to catch the killer. The Post Office, the Nat

Deborah was following her father’s footsteps into the police force by starting a course at Aston University as part of her trianing, while her father, from Doe Bank Road in Ocker Hill, and based at Brierley Hill, was receiving a long service medal. Wednes

A ladder found during a spring clean at BTH in Blackheath was identified as belonging to a vintage 1911 Dennis Model N fire engine, and the two were reunited. John Davis is mentioned. The photograph shows Tom Quick (left) and Martin Webster on the engine.

Renovations at the property, which had been bought by the Providence Group, had uncovered the diary. The photograph shows Dr Noel McArthy and Geoff Grainger inspecting the diary, and Fred Blakemore is quoted.