A robber who tore gold earrings from an elderly woman in the street has been jailed.

A Birmingham businessman honoured by the Queen has been named and shamed in a government list of employers who failed to pay its workers the minimum wage.

A businessman who lost his entire stock in a city factory unit blaze says he is living in fear after the half-million pound fire left him unable to pay his suppliers.

Seven men found living in squalor in an overcrowded Small Heath home have been arrested as part of a huge national crackdown to deport immigrants working and living illegally in the country.  The men, whose ages range from 24 to 41, were found...

A Hajj travel firm and its director have been ordered to pay £43,000 after being convicted of misleading customers over ATOL protection. Islam Freedom Limited was found guilty of several offences last year following an investigation by Trading...

A boy of nine who was allergic to some types of fish died after eating fish fingers for his school dinner, an inquest heard. Mohammed Ismaeel Ashraf suffered a suspected allergic reaction and collapsed at Al-Hijrah School.

Kalavati Mistry, a Hindu, and Miriam Jefferson, who is Jewish, have finally tied the knot more than 20 years after they first met on a training course. The couple had a traditional Hindu ceremony in Kalavati’s hometown of Leicester, months after...

A father caused the death of his wife and teenage son by carelessly driving too fast in torrential rain, it is alleged.

Places of worship can cause conflict within communities and there should be a restriction on their numbers in ‘secular’ Leicester, a councillor has said.

The former chairman of governors at an Islamic school in Birmingham has been banned from managing schools. Waseem Yaqub, who served on the governing board of Al-Hijrah School in the city, was found to have engaged in inappropriate conduct which...