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Landlord of Digbeth pub in noise row attacks council

THE manager of a pub threatened with closure over noise has lashed out at council chiefs.Read

Reforms inevitable for MP's expenses after latest controversy

WITH two ministers caught up in a row over expenses for second homes, reforms look inevitable.Read

Renault Laguna Sport Tourer can rival BMW

I DON’T know if it’s modern life and people refusing to take difficult decisions when they go on holiday about what to leave behind, but the number of estates on the road seems to be growing exponentially.Read

Laguna create a Tourer de force

I DON’T know if it’s modern life and people refusing to take difficult decisions when they go on holiday about what to leave behind, but the number of estates on the road seems to be growing exponentially.Read

Newly-unveiled Shakespeare portrait to go on show in Stratford

A PREVIOUSLY unknown painting that may be the only surviving portrait of Shakespeare painted during his lifetime has been unveiled.Read

Young people invited to decorate wall with their art work

YOUNGSTERS in Birmingham followed in the footsteps of graffiti artist Banksy when they were invited to decorate a wall with their art work.Read

Golden girl Miss Birmingham promotes Euromillions jackpot

MISS Birmingham became the golden girl yesterday as she was covered from head to toe in gold body paint and draped in £85,000 worth of gold jewellery.Read

Man has heart attack after chasing gang in Sutton Coldfield

A HAVE-A-GO hero remained in hospital today after suffering a heart attack when he chased a gang who crashed their stolen car into a house in Sutton Coldfield.Read

Have-a-go hero has a heart attack

A HAVE-A-GO hero remained in hospital today after suffering a heart attack when he chased a gang who crashed their stolen car into a house in Sutton Coldfield.Read

A BRITISH couple rescued near the Bermuda Triangle after drifting for 40 days at sea were heading back to the UK today.

Stuart Armstrong and his partner Andrea Davison said they “stared death in the face” during the ordeal which began after their yacht’s rudder broke 1,200 miles from Antigua.Read

A BRITISH couple rescued near the Bermuda Triangle after drifting for 40 days at sea were heading back to the UK today.

Stuart Armstrong and his partner Andrea Davison said they “stared death in the face” during the ordeal which began after their yacht’s rudder broke 1,200 miles from Antigua.Read

Union leader's crisis warning at summit for Jaguar Land Rover

A TOP auto industry summit was today told of crisis-hit Jaguar Land Rover: “If these plants go, they go forever.”Read

Developers promise majority of work in a £1.2billion Birmingham school's upgrade will go to local contractors

MIDLAND companies will receive the lion’s share of work for a £1.2 billion schools upgrade, said the developer awarded the project.Read

Tributes pour in for former Aston Villa and Wolves midfielder Paul Birch

FORMER Aston Villa and Wolves midfielder Paul Birch has lost his long, hard battle with bone cancer at the age of just 45.Read

Medics dismissed malaria

SOLICITORS claim a bin man died after five Midland doctors ignored his concerns that he had malaria and wrongly diagnosed him with food poisoning.Read

Appeal after man dies in mystery M5 incident

DETECTIVES issued an appeal for witnesses today following the death of 22-year-old man who was found injured on a motorway.Read

Police seek witnesses after fatal crash on M5

Cops are hunting the cheeky prankster who tore down the 50 mph signs on the B5000 near Polesworth, Warwickshire, and replaced them with second-hand national speed limit signs.Read

Police visit Brewood after double shooting

POLICE community officers were in a stunned Midland village today seeking help from local people after a double shooting left a millionaire businessman dead and his partner in hospital.Read

POLICE community officers were in a stunned Midland village today seeking help from local people after a double shooting left a millionaire businessman dead and his partner in hospital.

Residents in the leafy Staffordshire village of Brewood, near Cannock, named the couple as former steel firm owner Lord Howard Worthington and 47-year-old Julie Rees.Read

‘Lord’ dies in

A MAN has been left dead and a woman injured in a double shooting in a Midland village.Read

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