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Attacked Digbeth landlord tells how box of crisps saved his life

A POPULAR pub landlord attacked and left for dead has told how a box of crisps saved his life.Read

Aston Villa legend Paul McGrath launches new singing career

IT COULD be one of the unlikeliest bids for pop stardom ever – Villa legend Paul McGrath has launched a new singing career.Read

Fairy jobmother in Birmingham to dish out advice

A HUGE queue snaked around the Birmingham’s Victoria Square as hundreds waited in the rain for TV’s Fairy Jobmother to cast her employment spell.Read

Legendary Birmingham theatreland sandwich bar faces closure

A POPULAR hole-in-the-wall sandwich bar which has served city office workers, passers-by and a string of celebrities over three decades could be bulldozed away.Read

Birmingham teenagers join Army with oath of allegiance

IT WAS a proud but also apprehensive day for teenagers from across Birmingham as they took the first steps of their military career.Read

Former X Factor star Curtis Moore helps Birmingham charity

A TEENAGER who was kicked off the X Factor after pictures emerged of him brandishing a knife is donating the proceeds of his debut single to a Midlands charity which helps disadvantaged youngsters.Read

Solihull Hospital breast operation patient set for payout

A PATIENT of a Midland breast cancer surgeon at the centre of a recall is set for a payout after the NHS hospital where he worked apologised, her lawyers have claimed.Read

100 homes hit by Virgin Media phone fault

AT least 100 households in Birmingham have been left without landline telephone services fter a hardware failure.Read

Music: East 17 back on the road

TWO decades ago, East 17 were a force to be reckoned with – chalking up 18 top 20 singles and four top ten albums.Read

Wolves fan banned from Molineux for racial slur about West Bromwich Albion's Peter Odemwingie

A WOLVES season ticket holder has been banned from Molineux after posting a racist remark about Albion star striker Peter Odemwingie on Twitter.Read

Suzy Lamplugh's mum dies

THE mother of murdered estate agent Suzy Lamplugh died without finding out what really happened to her daughter.Read

Birmingham riots: Police overwhelmed at support from public

WEST Midlands Police has been “totally overwhelmed” by the support from people across the city following the response to the outbreaks of violence across the region.Read

Thousands turn out for sad farewell to men killed in Birmingham riots

A COMMUNITY and a city stood as one to pay respects to the three men killed in the Birmingham riots.Read

Birmingham City fans on edge of seat for Europa League match

BIRMINGHAM City fans hailed last night’s match an historic moment as they took to a European pitch for the first time in 50 years.Read

Aston cancer sufferer sailed with Dame Ellen MacArthur

A TEENAGE cancer sufferer from Birmingham got the chance of a lifetime to sail on a yacht with record breaker Dame Ellen MacArthur.Read

'Priceless' boost for Elgar collection

A MAJOR collection of more than 250 “priceless” letters and postcards written by English orchestral forefather Edward Elgar to the secretary of a music society have been given to the Elgar Birthplace Museum in Worcester.Read

Tenant returns from Afghan visit to find locks changes and furniture gone

A COUNCIL tenant returned from a family visit abroad to find the locks of his home changed and his furniture gone.Read

V Festival goers urged not to use sat-navs

Police and Staffordshire Country Council have issued advice for the 90,000 people expected to attend the event in Weston-under-Lizard, near Stafford, from August 19 to August 22.Read

Churchmen call for an end to the violence in West Midlands

MIDLAND clergymen demanded an end to the violence.Read

Transplant school girl too ill to fly home but mum told to buy new ticket

THE mum of a transplant patient has told how she was forced to pay £300 for new flights after her daughter was struck down with illness during a charity sports contest in Northern Ireland.Read