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Cutting attacks on 999 crews

A POSTER campaign was being launched in the Midlands today to stop thugs attacking emergency workers.Read

Birmingham Mail Editor Steve Dyson with Paul Tilsley and Carl Chinn

£550m revamp for New Street

THE long running campaign to make New Street a 21st century gateway to Birmingham ended in success today... thanks to YOU.Read

Artist impression of New Street station

New Street victory

NEW Street station is to undergo a £550 million transformation into a prestigious gateway to Birmingham.Read

Fury over wait on bridge work

ANGRY villagers are to stage a public meeting tomorrow in a bid to force Solihull Council chiefs to start work on a damaged bridge which they claim is making their lives a misery.Read

The scene in George Road, Erdington

Car ploughs into restaurant

FOUR people fled their homes in their nightclothes today after a Land Rover ploughed into a Birmingham Indian restaurant below and burst into flames.Read

Andrea Hancox

Teetotal and 9 stone lighter!

AN alcoholic and tipping the scales at almost 22 stones, Andrea Hancox was so depressed she had become a virtual recluse.Read

Spring clean for baby sale

FAMILIES are urged to sell their second hand toys and clothes at a fund-raising event in aid of a charity which provides a life-line to mums-to-be and new parents.Read

Leela jumps in for Poole seat

YOUNG legal eagle Leela Widger is aiming for the top after being named as a general election candidate at just 23.Read

Megan Pugh

Birmingham beauty to be face of Avon

A TEENAGER from Birmingham has become the new face of make-up giant Avon - thanks to England footballer Wayne Rooney's fiancée Coleen McLoughlin.Read

Niki Evans

Slimming op for X Factor Niki

MIDLAND X Factor star Niki Evans is going under the knife to get a new slimmer figure, she revealed today.Read

Fresh plea on robbery

POLICE today reap-pealed for witnesses to an armed robbery at a Midland store which left staff terrified.Read

Battling residents fear ghetto estate

CAMPAIGNERS battling plans for a new Solihull estate today called for an independent probe into the noise levels potential new homeowners may have to endure.Read

Show up for a £2k lifeline

A CHARITY could close in just three months time unless more people snap up tickets to a last-ditch fund raising event to keep the organisation alive.Read

Tributes to 'loving' man

THE funeral of a Solihull man who died when his car crashed and burst into flames takes place today.Read

Scheme winning war over conmen

A PILOT scheme set up in Solihull in a bid to thwart rogue traders has proved such a success it is to be rolled out across the country.Read

Airport threat misses target

VILLAGERS were left stunned by letters which appeared to tell them they would have to give up their homes for an expansion of Birmingham International Airport.Read

Barston Bridge

Appeal to repair 'unsafe' bridge

FAMILIES and workers in a Solihull village today claimed a damaged bridge is threatening to cost people's lives.Read

£250,000 of gems snatched from NEC

POLICE today launched an investigation after £250,000 worth of diamonds were stolen in a gems heist at the NEC – a year almost to the day after a similar theft there.Read

Terror 'risks' over garden flats plan

CAMPAIGNERS battling plans to build homes in the back gardens of a Solihull road today claimed terrorists could use the properties to spy on neighbouring Birmingham airport.Read

Edward Dent concert

Magic tribute to tragic Edward Dent

A CONCERT has been staged in Birmingham featuring music based on a story written by a boy shortly before he lost his battle with cancer.Read

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