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Company of fusiliers which lost four Midland men in Afghanistan tour returns to UK

A COMPANY of British fusiliers which lost seven soldiers – including four from the Midlands – on a six-month tour of Afghanistan were returning home today.Read

The wrecked ambulance.

Two locked up for ambulance smash in Birmingham

A TALENTED Birmingham boxer who left a paramedic fighting for life after he ran a red light as he tried to escape police was starting a four-year sentence today.Read

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LDV creditors 'to get nothing'

HUNDREDS of creditors of van-maker LDV are set to receive “little or nothing” following its £75 million crash – with paltry dividends of less than 1p in the pound, it emerged today.Read

Hodge Hill MP Liam Byrne admits his six-month battle to save LDV had failed

BIRMINGHAM MP Liam Byrne admitted his six-month battle to save LDV had failed – and described the business’s Chinese buyers as “asset-strippers”.Read

UB40 to play The Rainbow pub in Digbeth

BIRMINGHAM music legends UB40 are coming to the aid of a closure-threatened city pub by performing one of their most intimate gigs in years.Read

Snap up top prizes with Love Where You Live competition

CALLING all snap-happy Mail readers – here’s your chance to show off the best of the Midlands and win top prizes.Read

Chris Sims: The way forward on tackling yob behaviour

I READ with interest the comments of the Home Secretary emphasising the expectation he has that anti-social behaviour should be treated as a priority by police.Read

Spitfire sisters' memories of flying iconic fighter

THE only two sisters to have flown Spitfires during the Second World War have been reunited with one of the legendary fighter planes after nearly 70 years.Read

Birmingham's leisure boss side-steps questions over £1 million big screen fiasco

BIRMINGHAM’S leisure boss side-stepped an embarrassing grilling over the city’s £1 million big screen fiasco – but served only to highlight confusion about the project.Read

Labour city councillors call for children's care bosses to resign after damning inquiry

LABOUR bosses have demanded the resignation of the Tory politician responsible for looking after Birmingham’s most vulnerable children after an inquiry condemned the department he runs as unfit for purpose.Read

Spitfire sisters' memories of flying iconic fighter

THE only two sisters to have flown Spitfires during the Second World War have been reunited with one of the legendary fighter planes after nearly 70 years.Read

Businessman's offer to help save care home from closure

A BIRMINGHAM businessman today offered fresh hope to one of Britain’s oldest women at the centre of a battle to save her care home.Read

Shadow chancellor Osborne proposes pay freeze for many in public sector

CONSERVATIVES unveiled a series of cost-cutting measures including a pay freeze on most public sector workers, as shadow chancellor George Osborne insisted “we are all in this together”.Read

Jaguar Land Rover chief says some of the firm's production must shift overseas to avoid import tariffs

JAGUAR Land Rover must shift some production overseas to avoid import tariffs set by the Chinese government, the company’s chief executive has warned.Read

Warwickshire gyrocopter pilot denies manslaughter of hunt member

A MIDLAND man has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of a hunt supporter who was killed by the rotor blades of a gyrocopter.Read

Erdington woman who died in police custody had fresh graze on forehead and hand wound, paramedics tell inquest

A BIRMINGHAM woman who died in police custody had a fresh graze on her forehead and a puncture wound on her hand, paramedics sent to help her told an inquest.Read

Funeral firm is offering a unique VW camper van hearse for your final journey

A MIDLAND funeral firm is offering Volkswagen fans the ultimate send-off – by using a VW camper as a hearse.Read

35th Signals Regiment signs off for last time in Victoria Square

THEY risked life and limb with incredible acts of bravery but members of the 35th Signal Regiment waved an emotional goodbye in Birmingham over the weekend.Read

Cannock couple find their back garden has disappeared

A COUPLE returned home from Lanzarote to discover most of their back garden had disappeared.Read

TV charts the highs and lows of wounded soldiers at Selly Oak Hospital

TONIGHT millions of television viewers can see for the first time how soldiers horrifically injured serving their country are treated at a Birmingham hospital.Read