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Santas sprint round park for charity

SANTA might be busy making sure lots of childrens' stockings will be filled with goodies this Christmas. Read

Holy comic strip heaven Batman!

ZAP, POW, and ARRRRGH. Read

The thugs who shamed a city

THEY appeared the height of respectability. But today they can be revealed as violent football thugs. Read

Appeal to help find killer gunmen

DETECTIVES today said witnesses may have spotted killers fleeing through crowded streets after gunning down a 24-year-old Birmingham father-of-two. Read

Man is quizzed on gun killing at shop

A 44-YEAR-OLD man was today being questioned over the shooting of a popular Birmingham shopkeeper. Read

City is going down the tubes!

A GROUP of warbling whingers are taking website YouTube by storm with their moans about Brum, buses, the price of beer and Second City life in general. Read

City drugs pair jailed in Dubai

TWO Birmingham men will serve four years in a Dubai prison after they were convicted of drugs offences, the Foreign and Commonwealth office has confirmed. Read

Food for thought as the big show opens

IT was eat, drink and be very merry at the NEC as the BBC Good Food Show opened its doors. Read

Switched on to a memory

A TWINKLING tree has became a beacon of light and hope for Birmingham families. Read

Anger as another pupil is knocked down

A BOURNVILLE head teacher has criticised city traffic chiefs after another one of her pupils was knocked down by a car. Read

Brum's Christmas bonanza

CHRISTMAS in Birmingham will be a glittering affair this year. Read

Sentamu: Muslim veil is too divisive

Dr John Sentamu, now the Archbishop of York, said the veil causes Islamic women to "stick out" and that no minority should be allowed to impose its belief on the rest of society. Read

Friend pays tribute to stab victim

A CLOSE friend of a Birmingham man stabbed during a noise dispute between two neighbours has spoken about his "senseless" death. Read

City road that's worth £340,000-a-year...in fines!

A BUSY Birmingham road is turning into a parking ticket goldmine with hard-hit drivers being struck with hundreds of thousands of pounds in parking fines. Read

Band are McFly-ing high

IT may have been cold and very wet but when you are a McFly fan and your heroes in town are in town, minor things like the weather simply don't matter. Read

Dad's fury at £60 parking fine

A BIRMINGHAM father was left fuming after he parked in a "parent and toddler" bay - and was fined £60. Read

Family hit out at TV billboard

BILLBOARDS bearing the slogan "Who Says Nothing Good Ever Came out of America" are causing offence across Birmingham, the Advertising Standards Authority says. Read

Posh nosh guide dishes up a treat

BIRMINGHAM has been listed as one of the top places in the country for dishing up the best grub. Read

Dentist 'too busy to kill'

A BIRMINGHAM dentist accused of ordering an arson attack in which a six-year-old girl died said he was too occupied with work to have been involved. Read

Man hurt in smash

A MAN is recovering in hospital after the car in which he was travelling in went off the road and smashed into a petrol sign early today. Read

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Jasbir Authi covers central Birmingham and is a general news and court reporter. Her journalism training was carried out here in the city at the Sunday Mercury and Birmingham Mail newspapers.

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