Birmingham headlines: Dramatic footage shows raid at Jewellers in Sparkbrook

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Birmingham headlines 23 February: Dramatic footage shows raid at Jewellers in Sparkbrook
Five men were convicted of carrying out a daytime raid at a jewellers in Sparkbrook, stealing £300,000 worth of 22 carat gold jewellery. Five men were found guilty of conspiracy to rob and possessing an offensive weapon and will be sentenced next month.

Footage released by the National Crime Agency shows the moment a Vietnamese people smuggler was arrested. Hai Xuan Le smuggled people from Vietnam to the UK in the back of lorries while living in Handsworth. He was the lynchpin in a wider global network and has now been jailed.

Jemima Khan was in Birmingham to promote her new movie What's Love Got to do with It? - a film about a British woman who decides to film her neighbours journey to Pakistan to experience a different approach to finding love. The films stars Asim Chaudhary and Shabani Azmi.