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'Abusive' job seeker purge

LOUTS who abuse job centre staff are to get a knock on their door from police. Read

Taxi boss lent cash illegally

A MIDLAND taxi firm boss has been convicted of illegal money lending and ordered to pay up £75,000 to stay out of jail. Read

City war on extremists

A PIONEERING raft of new measures designed to prevent violent extremism from taking hold in Birmingham was being launched today. Read

Smith launches a £1m war on guns

THE blight of guns and gangs in Birmingham is to be targeted in a £1 million Government crackdown. Read

Ban orders for gang suspects

MORE than 20 suspected gang members have been hit with civil banning orders in a pioneering effort to stamp out gang culture blighting inner-city Birmingham. Read

I feared for our lives

A PENSIONER was dragged to the ground and savaged by a large dog as she walked with her granddaughter. Read

£3,000 TV... no money for a licence

A BIRMINGHAM licence dodger has made it on to a national league of shame of lame excuses for not buying a TV permit. Read

Man held over OAP killing

A BIRMINGHAM man was today arrested for the murder of a pensioner in her city home. Read

Gunning for criminals

AN INNOCUOUS looking office block in the heart of Birmingham is set to become the front line in the battle against gun crime. Read

Gems clue to granny killer

MURDER police today appealed to jewellers to help trace £1,000 gems stolen from a pensioner's home. Read

Curious incident of the shot in the night-time

A MAN today spoke of his horror after finding a bullet lodged in his living room sofa. Read

Poster blitz in hunt for OAP's killer

We are printing hundreds of posters calling on the community to help catch the killer of Kings Heath mum-of-five Mohinder Kaur. Read

Police probe after 60-year-old is stabbed

A PENSIONER on her way home from shopping was stabbed in a random and unprovoked attack by a knife-wielding man. Read

Robbery warning to pupils on buses

CHILDREN returning to school after the summer holidays are the targets for a new anti-robbery blitz by police and bus chiefs. Read

Mohinder Kaur

Police appeal over gran's murder

THE killer of an elderly Birmingham grandmother found murdered in her own home may have confided in someone, police believe. Read

Woman, 60, in stab attack horror

A PENSIONER on her way home from shopping was stabbed in a random and unprovoked attack by a knife-wielding man. Read

Zat Knight

Villa star Zat - I'm innocent

ASTON Villa's new star Zat Knight today told how he was arrested in a Birmingham drugs raid - but strongly protested his innocence. Read

Mohinder Kaur

Gran 'died after raider gagged her'

A FRAIL elderly grandmother may have been killed by a burglar who tried to silence her after breaking into her home. Read

Villa back star after drug raid

ASTON Villa's new star Zat Knight was arrested in a drugs raid just hours before being signed - but the club today insisted he was innocent. Read

Police

Daughter's plea for help to find thugs

THE daughter of an elderly couple terrorised in their Birmingham home by masked thugs today called on the community to name them. Read

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Mark Cowan is crime reporter for the Birmingham Mail.

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