West Midlands zoo keepers say they were scared their flamingos might blow away in the strong winds.

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Fears flamingos ‘might blow away’

A pet shop in the West Midlands is trying to find a new home for a young crocodile thought to have been abandoned on its doorstep.

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Crocodile found outside pet shop

Forensic teams search a block of flats in the West Midlands where a 10-year-old missing boy was found following a suspected kidnapping.

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Boy kidnap probe flats searched

A 20-year-old woman from the West Midlands dies after her electric wheelchair rolled off a pier and plunged into the sea in Dorset.

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Wheelchair woman in sea fall dies

Six men and a woman are arrested in Birmingham in an anti-terrorism operation, West Midlands Police say.

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Seven held in anti-terror raids

Car maker Jaguar Land Rover is expected to confirm plans for a new engine plant in the West Midlands, employing hundreds of people.

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New plant for Jaguar Land Rover

PC Phil Hollingsworth offers a demonstration of the electric Taser gun to Claire Marshall at the West Midlands Police public order training centre in Shropshire.

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VIDEO: Riot training: Testing a taser gun

New footage taken during the riots in Birmingham has been released by West Midlands Police.

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VIDEO: CCTV footage of ‘shots fired at police’

New footage taken during the riots in Birmingham has been released by West Midlands Police.

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VIDEO: CCTV footage of ‘shots fired at police’

A bereaved father’s plea for calm in Birmingham helped to quieten tensions in the area, the chief constable of West Midlands Police says.

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Police praise for father’s words

A gecko is sent on a 120-mile journey from the West Midlands to Berkshire after it climbs inside an envelope.

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Gecko’s accidental 120-mile trip in parcel

West Midlands Police officers who were forced to retire are invited to return to the force and work for free.

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Axed police asked to work for free

Virtually every police cell in the West Midlands force failed safety tests, inspectors say.

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Inspectors condemn force’s cells

More than 1,000 Auto Windscreens workers in Derbyshire and the West Midlands are to lose their jobs after attempts to find a buyer for the firm failed.

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Windscreen repair firm jobs lost

Growing a weapons grade fruit in the East Midlands

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