A BRADFORD driver has been fined more than £400 and disqualified for doing 61mph on a motorway. Qaasim Hussain, 27, of Fagley, was caught by a speed camera on the M6, near Birmingham, between junctions seven and eight, on November 17 last year. This is a smart motorway and the speed limit had been dropped to 40mph at the time Mr Hussain was coming through. He was driving at 61mph in a BMW. The case was heard at Birmingham Magistrates Court last Thursday (April 29), but Mr Hussain did not attend. He was fined £440, disqualified from driving and hit with five points on his licence.
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image captionPeggy Wright suffered serious injuries as she jumped from a window to escape the flames
A man has been charged with murder after an 83-year-old woman suffered fatal injuries jumping from a window in her burning home.
Peggy Wright died in hospital after a fire broke out at her house in Balsall Heath, Birmingham, on 18 April.
A 52-year-old man was also hospitalised with burns after the blaze in Lapworth Grove and is still recovering.
As well as murder, Mark O Brien, 46, was charged with attempted murder and arson with intent to endanger life.
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Smethwick stabbing
Tributes have been paid to a teenager who was chased into a shop and fatally stabbed in Smethwick.
Derlarno Samuels, 17, was found with knife wounds inside a car after it crashed in Heath Street at around 4.20pm on Saturday, West Midlands Police said.
He was taken to hospital, but died around an hour later.
Derlarno Samuels (West Midlands Police/PA)
It is understood that 10 minutes before Derlarno was taken to hospital, he was chased into a shop in Waterloo Road and attacked with a knife.
Cam-Ron Dunn, 18, who was arrested in the early hours of Sunday, has been charged with murder, police said.
By Press Association 2021
Smethwick stabbing
Tributes have been paid to a teenager who was chased into a shop and fatally stabbed in Smethwick.
Derlarno Samuels, 17, was found with knife wounds inside a car after it crashed in Heath Street at around 4.20pm on Saturday, West Midlands Police said.
He was taken to hospital, but died around an hour later.
Derlarno Samuels (West Midlands Police/PA)
It is understood that 10 minutes before Derlarno was taken to hospital, he was chased into a shop in Waterloo Road and attacked with a knife.
Cam-Ron Dunn, 18, who was arrested in the early hours of Sunday, has been charged with murder, police said.
By Press Association 2021
Smethwick stabbing
Tributes have been paid to a teenager who was chased into a shop and fatally stabbed in Smethwick.
Derlarno Samuels, 17, was found with knife wounds inside a car after it crashed in Heath Street at around 4.20pm on Saturday, West Midlands Police said.
He was taken to hospital, but died around an hour later.
Derlarno Samuels (West Midlands Police/PA)
It is understood that 10 minutes before Derlarno was taken to hospital, he was chased into a shop in Waterloo Road and attacked with a knife.
Cam-Ron Dunn, 18, who was arrested in the early hours of Sunday, has been charged with murder, police said.