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Teenager convicted of killing boy stabbed in Birmingham

A 15-year-old youth has been cleared of murdering another teenager but convicted of his manslaughter. Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court deliberated over three days before acquitting four other defendants of murdering 14-year-old Dea-John Reid, who ...

30 Mar 2022 at 20:55

Woman dead and man fighting for life as locals describe heroic house rescue

A woman has been found dead after a house collapsed following a gas explosion which saw heroic neighbours pull one casualty to safety. A man is in a life-threatening condition after the blast at the terraced home in Dulwich Road, Kingstanding, ...

27 Jun 2022 at 10:54

Man fighting for life after gas explosion in Birmingham

Man fighting for life after suspected gas explosion in Birmingham

A man is in a life-threatening condition and a house has been destroyed after a gas explosion in Birmingham. West Midlands Police said they were called just after 8.30pm on Sunday to the incident on Dulwich Road in Kingstanding. One house has ...

27 Jun 2022 at 03:14

Witnesses relive fearless rescue from fireball house

Around a dozen fearless members of the public dug through rubble to rescue a seriously injured man from a burning building after a gas explosion caused the terraced house to collapse, witnesses said. The bloodied victim was carried to safety ...

27 Jun 2022 at 16:41

‘Decades-old’ faulty gas pipe join thought to be source of deadly house blast

A 79-year-old great-grandmother died in a “very significant” house explosion, thought to have been caused by a “decades-old” faulty copper gas pipe join, an inquest has heard. Retired pub landlady Doreen Mace, originally from Erdington, ...

16 Jan 2023 at 16:08

‘Brave’ rescuers praised by family following fatal gas blast inquest

The family of a 79-year-old great-grandmother killed in a house blast triggered by a “decades-old” faulty copper gas pipe have praised “brave” rescuers who tried to save her. An inquest jury concluded on Tuesday the death of retired ...

17 Jan 2023 at 15:36

Car driver who ploughed into dog walker, killing pet, injured in bike crash

A driver who ploughed into a dog walker, flinging his victim into the air and killing her pet, has had his sentencing delayed after he was knocked off his bicycle by a car. Kallum Aish, then 17, was at the wheel of a Renault Clio ...

07 Jan 2022 at 13:55

Fatal blast caused by ‘accidental’ gas leak in home, say investigators

Fatal gas blast caused by ‘accidental’ gas leak in home, say investigators

A gas explosion which destroyed a terraced house, killing a 79-year-old grandmother, was likely caused by an accidental gas leak in the home’s pipework, an investigation has found. The cause of the fatal blast in Dulwich Road, ...

01 Jul 2022 at 09:15

Six arrested after woman hit by van on golf course during police chase

Six men have been arrested in connection with the death of a woman hit at a golf club by a van being chased by police. Suzanne Cherry, 62, of Aldridge, Walsall, died in hospital after she was struck at 10.25am on Friday April ...

19 Apr 2025 at 20:08

Woman found dead at scene of house destroyed in gas explosion

A woman has been found dead at the scene of a house destroyed in a gas explosion in Birmingham, a fire service has confirmed. Emergency services have been at the site in Dulwich Road, Kingstanding, through the night ...

27 Jun 2022 at 09:53

Fatal house gas blast victim believed to be 79-year-old woman

A woman who died when a gas explosion destroyed a terraced house is believed to be a 79-year-old mother, with investigations into the cause continuing. The pensioner, understood to be Doreen Rees-Bibb, died after a ...

28 Jun 2022 at 12:52

Kingstanding residents rescue trapped man from rubble following blast

Heroic residents have described how they clambered past flaming debris, through dust and rubble shortly after a suspected gas explosion to pull an injured man alive from the ruins of a house. The man is in a ...

27 Jun 2022 at 07:59

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