AI cameras catch almost 19,000 seatbelt and phone offences in two weeks as Mayor urges drivers to “belt up and switch off”
A child sitting on a front seat passenger’s lap and a driver holding a phone with both hands were among the images captured.
Automotive & Transport
Crime
Black Country
Crime
Dudley
Dudley MP joins police on patrol as Operation Advance targets crime across the borough
Sonia Kumar MP spent the morning with West Midlands Police officers during a day of intensified action against organised and violent crime, road.
Crime
Transport
Rail crackdown as cable theft delay costs double to £6.8m
In 2025/26, passengers across Britain’s railways faced over 3,300 hours of delayed due to cable theft, vandalism and obstruction – delays equating to.
Crime
Culture
Starmer leads national drive to eradicate antisemitism after wave of attacks
Prime Minister convenes cross-society summit at Downing Street as government pledges record £58m to protect Jewish communities Sir Keir Starmer is bringing together.
Crime
Education
Justice
Novus wins West Midlands prison education contract
Education provider to deliver Ministry of Justice’s new Prisoner Education Service across eight public prisons from September Novus, one of the UK’s leading.
Crime
Tech
£26m fund to cut knife crime including in West Midlands
New tech targets knifing hotspots to within 0.1 of a square km West Midlands Police is among 27 forces across England and Wales.
Crime
Culture
£50m fund to tackle knife crime and violence against women
Five research and innovation projects aim to make streets safer and rebuild trust in policing and justice UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has.
Crime
Culture
Politics
West Midlands MP hails landmark law cracking down on street harassment
Jess Phillips says new legislation ends era of women being forced to manage their own victimisation A landmark law giving police stronger powers.
Blockchain
Crime
People
New tool to combat blockchain money laundering created by Birmingham tech pioneers
University of Birmingham experts have created a self-improving algorithm to identify suspicious patterns A groundbreaking new tool to combat money laundering on blockchains.
AI
Crime
Tech
UK leads global fight against deepfake threat
The move comes after a 16-fold increase in online deepfakes in the past two years Britain has launched a world-first framework to detect.