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Emma Cullwick

Emma Cullwick

Niki Evans

X Factor's Niki back home in Tamworth

SHE may not have been crowned the winner of this year's X Factor but Niki Evans was given a star's welcome when she returned to her Tamworth home. Read

3M Streetwise survey.

Birmingham parents urged to take part in 3M Streetwise online road safety survey

PARENTS in Birmingham were today being reminded to have their say about what steps should be taken to slash the number of children being killed or seriously injured on the city's roads. Read

Lee Ryan

Pop star Lee Ryan joins up with schoolchildren's choir in Birmingham

THOUSANDS of pupils from almost 100 schools across Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country joined pop star Lee Ryan to form the world's largest children's choir. Read

Jack Straw MP

Straw admits 'we got it wrong' over Birmingham probation centre

CABINET minister Jack Straw admitted "we got it wrong" after being confronted by campaigners against the probation centre in Kitts Green. Read

Bus

West Midlands Travel puts up bus fares in the New Year

BUS passengers in the West Midlands are to face an inflation-busting rise of up to ten per cent for cash fares in the New Year. Read

Passengers tell of runaway bus crash terror

A DISTRAUGHT couple today spoke of their terror when their driver-less bus rolled down a hill and crashed through two lamp-posts before smashing into a tree. Read

Smoking ban is 'good for bars' claim Birmingham owners

CLUBS and pubs today slated Birmingham landlords who called on the Government to lift the public smoking ban amid fears it is wiping the city off the entertainment map. Read

Car crash victim Colin Smith.

Family of Birmingham car crash victim Colin Smith talk of their pain at his death

THE sister of Birmingham man Colin Smith today told how her family had been "ripped apart" by his death in a car crash. Read

Police

Murder hunt as man stabbed to death in Birmingham

A DISABLED man was today found murdered in a sheltered housing complex in Moseley, Birmingham. Read

The No 84 bus after it collided with a tree on Pershore Road South in Kings Norton.

Police investigate why Birmingham bus smashed into a tree

POLICE and bus officials were today investigating how a runaway double-decker packed with terrified passengers ploughed into a tree in Birmingham after the driver apparently left the vehicle. Read

The No 84 bus after it collided with a tree on Pershore Road South in Kings Norton.

Nearly 20 hurt as bus hits tree in Birmingham

NEARLY 20 passengers were hurt when a double decker bus ploughed into a tree on the Pershore Road South in Birmingham this afternoon. Read

The pub smoking ban.

Birmingham Mail readers call for an end to pub smoking ban

BIRMINGHAM Mail readers have voted in their hundreds to call on the Government to lift the controversial ban on smoking in public places. Read

Bullring lights switch-on winner Sheila O'Brien.

Prize winner Sheila O'Brien to join Jamelia for Bullring lights switch-on

SHEILA O'Brien is celebrating after being chosen to join pop star Jamelia on stage to turn on the Christmas lights at Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre. Read

Fran Lyon

MP John Hemming backs woman who fled to Birmingham from social workers

A PREGNANT woman has fled to Birmingham to escape social workers who are threatening to take her baby within minutes of her giving birth. Read

smoke

Birmingham pubs call for lift of smoking ban amid fears of trade crisis

PUB landlords in Birmingham today urged the Government to lift the smoking ban amid fears it is killing the city's once booming entertainment industry. Read

Police

Girl is dumped by car thief in Birmingham

A FRIGHTENED toddler was dumped by the side of a Birmingham road after a thief stole the car she was sitting in and sped off. Read

Take That

Couple's wedded bliss at Take That's Birmingham gig

HOLLY Davies will 'Never Forget' the night her boyfriend proposed to her - on stage at a Take That concert in Birmingham. Read

Niki Evans

Family rally on the streets of Birmingham for X Factor's Niki

THE family of X Factor finalist Niki Evans hit the streets of Birmingham in a bid to encourage the public to vote for her to win the talent show. Read

Niki Evans on the X Factor.

X Factor Niki is too good for Simon Cowell, says family

THE family of X Factor hopeful Niki Evans from Tamworth have said she will bounce back after last week's savaging at the hands of TV Mr Nasty Simon Cowell. Read

West Midlands Ambulance Service.

Car park crash kills pensioner in Solihull

A PENSIONER was killed in a collision with a car outside a Solihull cinema, ambulance chiefs said today. Read

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Emma Cullwick is the Birmingham Mail's Chief Reporter who has previously worked as a Health Correspondent and Features Editor for the Worcester News and Home Affairs Correspondent for the Gloucester Citizen.

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