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CORPORATE Communications is celebrating after receiving two nominations for national public relations awards. The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Excellence Awards, which celebrate the top communication campaigns each year, will see the campaign for No Deal in Birmingham – which promoted the work tackling drugs in Birmingham East -  competing in the ‘Public Sector Campaign’ category. And Communication Officer ... Read More »

A GROUP of young people from the Prince’s Trust Team in Sedgley, run by WMP and Wolverhampton City College, has been raising money to help benefit the local community. The young people organised a sponsored game of football against officers and have also taken part in a number of ‘bag packs’ at Iceland food store in Stourbridge town centre and ... Read More »

THREE GANG members are facing lengthy jail terms after killing a businessman as he delivered mobile phones to a Coventry shop. Ali Jawaid was ambushed outside Benzer Communications on 9 November 2011 by the men who made off with his van and its £13,000 cargo of phones and accessories. Two of the group ambushed Mr Jawaid − 24-year-old Gregg Robertson ... Read More »

FOLLOWING on from the success of ‘The Arches’ – a repository of stored surplus furniture which can available for redistribution around the force – the Facilities Unit at Lloyd House now manages a central ‘Swap Shop’ for unwanted items such as stationery, ring binders and key boxes. For those old enough to remember the Saturday morning Swap Shop hosted by ... Read More »

A NEW team set up to tackle theft in Birmingham city centre has arrested eight people and recovered dozens of mobile phones in its first two weeks of existence. The Birmingham pro-active theft team – comprising eight police officers and two PCSOs – was set up a fortnight ago to specifically target opportunist thieves and pick pockets suspected of targeting ... Read More »