West Mercia Police is on track to make planned cuts of almost £40 million by March next year – but will suffer if it is forced to make further savings, according to a report released today.
It has been three years in the planning and West Midlands Chief Constable Chris Sims believes the force's tie-up with private consultancy firm Accenture is the face of 21st Century policing.
A hike in car parking charges in a Black Country borough will come into force next week in a move which will boost council coffers by £100,000.
All but one youth club in Wolverhampton closed last night after crippling council cuts became reality in the city.
A full entry list of 160 cars has been confirmed for the ever-popular MAC Classic, a 100mile run through the countryside for vintage, classic and modern sports cars, which will culminate with a run up the iconic Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb course on Sunday.
Businesses could be forced to relocate to make way for a new link road in Kidderminster, it has emerged.
A terrified family were forced to flee their home and have it fumigated after hundreds of potentially deadly spiders were found – in a bunch of bananas bought from a local shop.
Increasing council tax is necessary to protect frontline services as cuts bite, a police chief said today.
Albion today left Nicolas Anelka and Claudio Yacob behind nursing injuries as the squad flew to Spain seeking a new 'identity' under Pepe Mel.
Some patients, outpatients and mothers-to-be in a Mid Wales town will have to travel to other towns for treatment while its hospital undergoes an upgrade, health bosses revealed today.
Dyfed-Powys Police could cut up to 120 jobs over the next three years as the force tries to reduce its budget by £11.5 million.
Gale-force winds were battering the UK today – with gusts of up to 70mph expected in the West Midlands.
A review of policing in England and Wales was today recommending a cut in the number of forces, raising the prospect of a merger between West Mercia and Warwickshire forces.
Almost £1 million is to be handed to police forces in the region to get more criminals to apologise to their victims before they are sentenced.
This isn't the moth you're looking for – the markings on this creature discovered at a Shropshire business bears more than a passing resemblance to a Storm Trooper from the hit Star Wars films.
