The issue of knife crime is on the rise when it should have come down. Knife killings has now become the norm instead of the exception. This situation is unacceptable and a blot on the government for failing to combat it robustly. At present...

We understand from media reports that knife crime in this country is on the increase again.The worrying figures published indicate that the number of knife offences went up by an alrming rate. Last year was London’s bloodiest when 135 people...

llegal cigarettes and tobacco packets were found hidden behind a mirror in a Dudley shop during a trading standards bust. The team from Dudley Council discovered 242 packets of cigarettes and tobacco when they raided Dudley Stores in October...

A centre in Handsworth that helps thousands of struggling women from across the city is about to close for the last time.

Obesity has become an epidemic in this 21st century. It is ironical that in poor countries people die of malnutrition and hunger while in rich nations people are dying on account of obesity related illnesses. Obesity is now acknowledged as the...

On March 8th we celebrated International Women’s Day. It is a day we celebrate how much women have achieved. We celebrate the many ways that women have advanced in various careers and roles as independent, autonomous persons able to strive toward...

I think excessive media coverage of rising knife crime might actually be encouraging attention-seekers to carry on stabbing. Maybe twisted individuals get a kick out of seeing the results of their appalling acts on television or splashed across...

A teenage supporter of Islamic State (IS) has been convicted of planning a terror attack with a hunting knife.

CCTV images of eight people have been released after a large amount of cash was stolen from a shop in Scraptoft.

Two men guilty of "cutting drugs on an industrial scale" have been jailed for more than 20 years. Dealers Mohammed Tanvir and Mohammed Sirfraz were arrested after officers found more than six kilos of heroin at an address in St Saviours Road...