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James Cartledge

James Cartledge

Alert on charity conmen

TRICKSTERS posing as charity fundraisers are trying to profit from Birmingham families' kindness, the Evening Mail can reveal today. Read

£100 a ticket to see the Stones

ROLLING Stones fans are being told it will cost them £100 to watch their heroes return to Birmingham. Read

Fuel pumps running dry

PANIC buying by Midland motorists was closing a growing number of petrol stations across the region today as long queues continued to build up. Read

Battler is defiant to the end

A FUN-loving husband died the way he lived, bringing smiles to the faces of all who knew him. Read

Families to step up health unit battle

FURIOUS residents battling plans for a mental health unit on their doorsteps may launch a second legal challenge. Read

Brum pub is one of Britain's best

IT WAS Laurel and Hardy's favourite watering hole - and now a Birmingham pub is back from the dead and rated among Britain's best. Read

Child killer 'should rot in prison'

AN INFAMOUS child killer accused of snatching a city schoolgirl 40 years ago today should rot in jail for the rest of his life, an MP has urged. Read

Skydiver survives parachute terror

SKYDIVER Ryan Evans cheated death when he crashed to the ground at 50mph as a charity parachute jump ended in terror. Read

Singer leads city talent hunt

THEY were rocketed from the Rum Runner to rulers of the pop world - and Birmingham's most famous musical sons today backed ten unsigned bands to follow in their footsteps. Read

Clothes con costs M&S £10,000

HIGH Street giant Marks & Spencer was today fined £10,000 for passing off clothes made on the cheap in India, Egypt and Romania as designer Italian outfits to unsuspecting city shoppers. Read

M&S Italian range made in India

HIGH street giant Marks & Spencer passed off clothes made on the cheap in India, Egypt and Romania as "designer Italian" outfits to unsuspecting Birmingham shoppers. Read

Burns girl battles back after ordeal

WHAT a difference a year makes. Shae Thomas touched the hearts of families across the Midlands when a petrol bomb thrown into a Birmingham store left the six-year-old with agonising facial burns. Read

City graduate in hurricane terror

A BIRMINGHAM University graduate caught up in the devastation of hurricane-ravaged New Orleans today told of her terror as anarchy broke out in the place she sought shelter. Read

OAP ripped off by rogue repairers

A HOME improvement firm ripped off a frail city pensioner and left a string of debts in its wake. Read

Now you know how it feels!

IT'S a thought to fill Birmingham drivers with glee - hated traffic firm Control Plus is being fined instead of doing the fining. Read

Lives blighted by bullying workman

MANY of David Singh Saund's victims came forward to tell the Evening Mail of their misery over his shoddy workmanship. Read

Jail sentence for cowboy builder

COWBOY builder David Singh Saund - exposed by the Evening Mail for ripping off customers across Birmingham - has been jailed for refusing to pay his fines. Read

Our Olive is cooking with gas!

MOVE over Gordon Ramsay, there's a new cook in town. Read

Sick diver in jail fear

A SERIOUSLY ill pensioner at the centre of a holiday insurance wrangle could be thrown into an Egyptian jail over medical expenses of up to £40,000. Read

Relief as mum avoids jail in kidnap row

A BIRMINGHAM mum kicked out of Britain after being accused of kidnapping her own daughter has avoided a jail sentence in Canada. Read

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Birmingham-born James Cartledge is a general reporter who also works on the Birmingham Mail's newsdesk.

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