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Major road flooded and house partially destroyed after water main bursts
Crews arrived on the scene in Tipton at around 2pm on Monday (October 14) after the burst pipe sent water gushing 20 foot in the air.
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Boy 'didn't want to be black anymore' after being sent home for 'too short' hair
Josiah Sharpe's school in Tipton said his 'skin fade' style didn't fit with policy standards.
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Mum stabbed in chest for refusing to hand over car keys
The woman was attacked in Tipton High Street, Black Country, after dropping her child off at nursery.
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Masked men storm store and cashier held at gunpoint
They quickly grab things from the shelves while a weapon is waved in the cashier's face.
Read the full story ›Investigation underway after man dies in flat fire
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West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service have tweeted to say a man has died in a flat fire in Tipton this morning.
They are investigating the cause.
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Police release CCTV after Tipton teenager's death
An investigation was launched after 19-year-old Kaydel Williams was found dead in Hunton Road, Erdington on Friday 9 October.
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Robber who had to abandon 'heavy' bag of stolen goods loses challenge to sentence
A robber who had to abandon stolen cigarettes worth £9000 because they proved too heavy has had his challenge of his sentence rejected.
Reece Melvin Jones from Tipton was one of three men who targeted an Asda shop in Darlaston in December 2015.
The gang threatened a security guard with a wrench as they took thousands of pounds worth of cigarettes in a large builder's bag. But it proved so "full and heavy" that they could not get it through the doors and abandoned it.
Jones was arrested after a police chase, but had challenged his sentence because of his youth and relatively minor previous convictions. But Mr Justice Fraser pointed to the threats, including with the wrench, the treatment of the security guard and the resisting of arrest.
“Four-and-a-half years was not manifestly excessive and this appeal is dismissed,” ruled the judge.
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Man who sexually abused and filmed young boys jailed
Stuart Langford targeted vulnerable young boys, offering them money and gifts in order to control and sexually abuse them.
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Dog left neglected in garden shed for three months
Tyson was in such a bad way that RSPCA officers couldn’t tell what breed he was.
Read the full story ›Report: Husband of woman who died due to infected gastric band speaks to ITV News Central
The husband and daughter of a woman who died after a gastric band operation have been speaking to ITV News Central about their loss. Lisa Twining, from Tipton, died last month after the band became infected.
Operations to fit the bands are carried out in the thousands by the NHS every year, and they are considered an effective way to lose weight when other methods have failed.
But as this family found out to their cost, the procedure is not without its risks. Rebecca Burrows reports.