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Rotting mice found at Smethwick cash and carry

A MIDLAND cash and carry firm where dead mice were found rotting in traps has landed a court bill of more than £26,000.Read

Summer football drought over for Birmingham City fans

DEDICATED Blues fans geared up for the new season by cheering on their revamped side in Ireland.Read

Cofton Park in Longbridge turns pink for cancer run

THE sky was grey but thousands of runners were in the pink during Birmingham’s latest Race for Life event.Read

Sutton Coldfield magistrate jailed for seven years for blackmail

AN INNOCENT man was told by a drug-addict magistrate he would be murdered unless he handed over cash.Read

Duo take woman's £200 in Wolverhampton bank distraction

THIS duo took £200 from a woman’s bag after distracting her in a bank by asking for her help to complete a paying-in slip, police said.Read

Former West Bromwich Albion star to undergo head surgery

FORMER West Bromwich Albion star Lee Hughes is set to undergo head surgery for a problem brought on by diving while he was on honeymoon.Read

Fears grow for missing deaf Walsall woman

FEARS are growing for the safety of this profoundly deaf Walsall woman who has been missing for more than a week.Read

Doves release opens charity walk ten years after Aldridge schoolgirl's murder

TEN white doves will be released before an annual charity walk marking a decade since it was set up in the name of a Midland schoolgirl stabbed to death in a motiveless attack.Read

Bearwood brothel evidence 'withheld' in case

A JUDGE has revealed new evidence that could undermine the prosecution against a man serving a seven-year jail term for running a lucrative Midland brothel.Read

Health chiefs fail to ban killer doctor

THE Midland family of a pensioner killed by a GP’s overdose of painkillers have hit out at German authorities for allowing the bungling doctor to continue treating patients.Read

Residents claim victory as plan for Streetly autism service dropped

MIDLAND residents have claimed victory in their fight to stop a local home being turned into accommodation for young adults with autism.Read

Missing teen sweethearts' 'come home' plea from distraught Black Country parents

THE distraught parents of teenage sweethearts missing from their Midland homes for almost a fortnight have been handed fresh hope of their safe return.Read

Aldridge detective in £3,600 benefit fraud

A MIDLAND detective who turned to benefit fraud after hitting “rock bottom” when he lost £100,000 in the collapse of a Spanish property venture has avoided a prison sentence.Read

Fears grow for the safety of two Midland 15-year-olds

FEARS are growing for the safety of these Midland teenagers, who are believed to have gone missing together.Read

Distraction duo take pensioner's cash in Wolverhampton

AN 85-year-old woman was the victim of this distraction duo who took her purse after watching her take money from a cash machine.Read

Wolverhampton Royal Navy man in skipper rescue

A MIDLAND-raised Royal Navy sailor helped save the life of a gravely-ill fisherman in the middle of the English Channel.Read

Three held on overnight metal raids in Sedgley

THREE young men were arrested following a spate of lead thefts overnight in the Midlands.Read

Dudley man missing without essential medication

FEARS are growing for the safety of this Midland man who has been missing without essential medication for nearly a week.Read

Probe launched over Wolverhampton schoolgirl tragedy

DEVASTATED Midland schoolgirls could be offered counselling over the death of a classmate, who is believed to have committed suicide.Read

Walsall drugs dozen get 45 years' prison

A DIRTY dozen drug dealers have been jailed for a total of more than 45 years after a huge crackdown in the Midlands.Read