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Neighbour from hell is evicted

A SPARKBROOK tenant has been evicted after making life a misery for his neighbours.Read

Midland TV group helps to uncover lost Alf Garnett episodes

HE was the bald, bespectacled bigot whose racist and sexist outbursts left a nation in fits of laughter and rage.Read

Funeral details for Castle Bromwich soldier killed in Afghanistan

THE HEARTBROKEN family of soldier Joe Murphy, who died in Afghanistan, have announced details of his funeral.Read

The Bull, Coleshill Road, Furnace End, Coleshill

THIS green and pleasant land of ours is littered with old-fashioned pubs.Read

New vision for Weston-Super-Mare pier one year after fire

A FIRE-ravaged pier at Birmingham’s favourite seaside resort is being reborn 12 months after being gutted in a huge blaze.Read

Jewellery Quarter apartment residents fight service charges hike

ANGRY Jewellery Quarter residents have enlisted the help of their MP after a hike in service charges.Read

Hindus celebrate in the centre of Birmingham

THOUSANDS of Hindu devotees lined the centre of Birmingham for a lively and colourful religious festival.Read

Man dies after being found injured in Hopwood

POLICE sealed off Birmingham streets today after a man was fatally injured at the side of a road.Read

Newtown angler fined for fishing without a licence

A BIRMINGHAM angler caught no fish but netted himself a big fine after he failed to buy a correct licence.Read

POLICE were today investigating the death of a cab driver found fatally injured on a roadside amid unconfirmed reports his vehicle had been stolen.

At least two suspected crime scenes were sealed off after the dying man was found in Wast Hills Lane, Hopwood, on the border of Birmingham and Worcestershire.Read

Fun ways to engage with 2012 Olympic Games

BRUMMIES are being encouraged to grasp the excitement as the 2012 London Olympics gets ever more closer.Read

Fifty years on, former scouts meet up to relive historic jamboree

DIB dib dib – misty-eyed former scouts were taken back 50 years at a reunion in Birmingham.Read

Fundraising bash for city’s new RSPCA centre in Frankley Green

IT WASN’T quite Crufts but the mutts thought it was magic...Read

Cinema encounter leads to Livingstones celebrating diamond wedding anniversary

SOME might say it was an old-fashioned trick which paid off well.Read

Birmingham pubs join forces for charity

Regulars at The Hare & Hounds in Minworth, The Church Tavern in Perry Barr, the New Billesley Hotel in Kings Heath and St Bernard’s Grange, Sheldon, are asked to dump unwanted school items at collection points.Read

Man arrested after serious assault in Kingstanding

A MAN has been arrested following an attack in which a man was left seriously injured.Read

Joseph Chamberlain heritage row over Highbury Hall

THE great-great granddaughter of Joseph Chamberlain has accused Birmingham City Council of failing to organise crunch talks to secure the future of Highbury Hall.Read

Policing plea from Bishop Derek Webley

A LEADING Christian anti-gun campaigner who made history after becoming the first independent member of the force’s ruling West Midlands Police Authority to be elected chairman plans to launch a major listening campaign.Read

One dead in M42 pile-up

ONE person died and several others were seriously injured in an horrific Midland motorway multiple pile-up which left some vehicles on fire.Read

Lorry crash closes parts of M42 near Birmingham

THOUSANDS of drivers faced delays today after part of the M42 was closed after a major crash which left a lorry on fire.Read

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