West Midlands

Police accused of inaction as woman mauled in dog attack

Helen Colbourne was out walking her cockapoo Digby when an off-leash chow chow knocked her to the ground and sank its teeth into her leg. The attack in Walsall left the 50-year-old in agony with a deep, six-inch circular bite mark that has required repeated hospital treatment. But her husband Rob said that after eventually […] […]

South Yorkshire

Hillsborough: Police forces agree cover-up compensation for victims

Two police forces are to pay damages to more than 600 people over a cover-up which followed the Hillsborough disaster. The South Yorkshire and West Midlands forces agreed the settlement earlier this year following a civil claim. Nobody has ever been convicted over police actions following the disaster, in which 96 Liverpool fans died in […] […]