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A floral tribute to murder victim Mohinder Kaur.

Friendly OAP was murdered

A FRAIL, elderly woman who was discovered dead in her Birmingham home was murdered, police revealed today. Read

Cash

Absent fathers owe kids £46m

STAY-away dads in Birmingham and the Black Country owe their children a whopping £46 million in maintenance payments, it emerged today. Read

Birmingham triathlon.

Pleasure and pain in survival of the fittest

IT was survival of the fittest in Birmingham over the Bank Holiday weekend as hundreds of triathletes competed in the ultimate fitness test. Read

Police

Police probe gran's last moments

MYSTERY surrounds the "suspicious" death of a frail elderly woman whose body was discovered in her Birmingham home. Read

Suffolk Street Queensway.

Bridge is set to be bulldozed

A BIRMINGHAM landmark seen by millions of motorists driving through the city centre will today disappear from the skyline. Read

An armed police officer

M5 closure hits holiday getaway

THOUSANDS of Birmingham families joining the Bank Holiday getaway faced traffic chaos today after a gun attack on police forced the closure of a main motorway. Read

Police

Machete gang rob newsagents store

A SECURITY guard was injured in an attack by machete-wielding robbers as he delivered cash to a Midland newsagents. Read

Gerry Tobin

Fourth person held in M40 bike murder probe

DETECTIVES investigating the fatal shooting of a biker on the M40 motorway in Warwickshire have arrested a fourth man, police said. Read

Police

Armed robbers attack OAPs in own home

AN elderly couple were attacked in their Birmingham home by armed thugs including one wearing a Scream-style horror mask. Read

Emma Wilson

City lead in missing woman hunt

A WOMAN missing from her Midland home for more than a week may be in Birmingham, police said. Read

Armed raid on city shop

STAFF at a tool shop in Birmingham were held up at gunpoint today by an armed gang who struck as they were taking in a delivery. Read

Gerard Tobin

Three hundred calls over biker killing

POLICE probing the murder of M40 biker Gerard Tobin were today sifting through new evidence after a "positive" public response to appeals. Read

McDonald's

'Grudge' theory behind McDonald's arson

POLICE are looking into the theory that a blaze which gutted a popular fast food restaurant may have been started by someone with a grudge. Read

Joel Nubie

Hunt for killer - 10 years on

MURDER squad detectives today made a fresh appeal for help to trace the prime suspect in the killing of a Birmingham teenager. Read

McDonald's

Burger bar blaze CCTV appeal

A POPULAR Birmingham fast food restaurant destroyed by fire may have been targeted in an arson attack, it emerged today. Read

Sgt Sarah Chater

Police woman is honoured for bravery

A BOBBY honoured for her bravery at the hands of a crazed knifeman today admitted: "I thought I was going to die". Read

Police warning as man in court on model's murder

MURDER squad officers investigating the disappearance and possible killing of a Birmingham man today urged people with information to "come to us before we come to you". Read

Andre Nunes

Man in court on Nunes murder charge

A MAN appeared in court today charged with the abduction and murder of Andre Nunes, who vanished without trace almost two years ago. Read

Police hunt knifeman after attack

A MAN was knifed in a street stabbing in Birmingham city centre. Read

Andre Nunes

Man due in court over murder of male model

A MAN will appear in court today accused of the kidnap and murder of a former male model who went missing two years ago. Read

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Mark Cowan is crime reporter for the Birmingham Mail.

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