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Deborah Anderson, with children Sarah and Jason. Inset: Malcolm Anderson

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Jenna Whittingham is fired by Lord Sugar in The Apprentice after wine promoting failure

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Mat Kendrick, our man at Villa

Aston Villa: Mat Kendrick's 8-point plan to transform club

  • I wish Aston Villa all the best for the future - Alex McLeish
  • Aston Villa only want a new manager - not a director of football
  • Roberto Martinez won't move to West Brom or Aston Villa - Dave Whelan
  • Aston Villa: Darren Bent - I will come back stronger for England
  • Aston Villa: Stay away from Roberto Martinez blast angry Wigan Athletic fans
  • Aston Villa forum watch: Paul Lambert gets the nod at www.villatalk.com
  • Aston Villa managerial vacancy update: Mick McCarthy is NOT a candidate for the job
  • Dave Ismay: It's time for Aston Villa to give this City something to shout about
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Birmingham City FC news

Jack Butland

Jack Butland on why Birmingham City's Dave Watson will be a hit for England

  • Birmingham City: Colin Tattum talks finances, Chris Hughton and latest team news
  • Birmingham Mail Back Page: Thursday, May 17th, 2012
  • Birmingham City secure David Murphy on new deal
  • Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung in anxious wait over frozen assets appeal
  • Birmingham City: Jack Butland on standby for England squad
  • Birmingham City: Former Aston Villa boss Big Ron Atkinson tips Chris Hughton to move to West Brom
  • Tom Ross Column: Aston Villa must get it right for the future of the club
  • Former Blues star Jermaine Pennant given suspended jail term
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West Bromwich Albion FC news

Roberto Martinez

Roberto Martinez won't move to West Brom or Aston Villa - Dave Whelan

  • West Brom: My Baggies blunders will haunt me - Martin Fulop
  • West Brom: Aston Villa situation could speed up Baggies in manager hunt
  • West Brom: Chris Lepkowski on management vacancy and latest player news
  • Birmingham Mail Back Page: Thursday, May 17th, 2012
  • West Brom: Ben Foster praises 'best free transfers ever'
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Broad Street Christmas party

WHEN rising folk star Lucy Ward felt in dire need of a posh frock for the recent BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, the Derbyshire songstress knew exactly where to go. May 18 2012

  • Michael Winslow is the Man of 10,000 Voices
  • A FAULTY sound system wasn’t the only notable misfortune to hit Joy Division on a fateful Birmingham gig on Friday, May 2, 1980.
  • Boys are back in town when Guns N' Roses play LG Arena Birmingham
  • Denise Welch in Steel Magnolias on stage in Birmingham
  • Birmingham Bands Directory: Milestone Road
  • Birmingham Bands Directory: The Undercover Aces
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Aston Villa and WBA fans from Birmingham raise the flag at the North Pole

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  • Life in 1972 as Spaghetti Junction opened
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  • Brave Tamworth girl Poppy beats brain cancer after eight-year battle


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Princess Royal is handed the Olympic Torch during the official handover ceremony

Olympic Flame is handed over to London May 17 2012

  • Liverpool FC approach Wigan Athletic's Roberto Martinez about vacant manager’s job
  • Peter Hain contempt case shelved
  • Ahmadinejad 'blocked from Olympics'
  • World News in brief for May 17, 2012
  • Donna Summer dies aged 63
  • Sam Hallam’s murder conviction quashed by court of appeal (VIDEO)
  • Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant secures £125m investment after ‘ground-breaking’ deal (VIDEO)
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Celebrities in tweetathon for the homeless

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Members of the celebrity Twitterati are to join a campaign to help find missing children. Read

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