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Praise for Brum terror police over arrest

ARMED Midland police criticised for zapping the 'Burka Bomber' with a stun gun have today finally been praised for their heroic actions. Read

Race ace Jenny gears up for the track

LIFE is about to get much faster for beat bobby Jenny Sleath as she gears up to race the best women drivers in the country for a coveted motor sport career. Read

Detectives to get stab vests

DETECTIVES across the West Midlands are getting their own knife-proof vests as part of a new safety drive - three years after an officer was stabbed to death. Read

Man stabbed in pub horror

A MAN was repeatedly stabbed in a frenzied knife attack as he enjoyed a drink with pals in a popular city pub. Read

Midlands 'no terror hotspot'

CLAIMS the West Midlands has been identified as the al-Qaeda hotspot of the country were today dismissed as wide of the mark. Read

Airport cocaine man is jailed

A NIGERIAN man has been jailed for nine years after being caught trying to smuggle cocaine with a street value of £160,000 into Birmingham. Read

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Web hope in hunt for drug dealer

A MAN wanted for questioning about drugs offences has become the latest to appear on a website of Birmingham's Most Wanted. Read

The scene of the crash in Great Hampton Street

Police officers cleared over crash death

TRAFFIC police have been cleared of any link to the death of a teenager killed when the car he was in crashed into a shop while being followed by police. Read

Smooth-talking fraudsters jailed

A GANG of smooth-talking conmen enjoyed a "champagne lifestyle" on the back of small businesses they ripped off to the tune of £350,000. Read

Mohammed Basharat's killer captured on camera

Police in plea to catch CCTV killer

POLICE have released CCTV footage of a gunman executing Birmingham shopkeeper Mohammed Basharat to BirminghamMail.net in a bid to catch the killer. Read

Knifeman in street attack on couple

A MAN was repeatedly stabbed in the back when a knifeman lashed out at him and a woman in a street attack. Read

An armed police officer

Security stepped up at city airport

BIRMINGHAM, July 2 2007: armed police stand next to a bullet-proof Land Rover behind a road block. This was the scene at Birmingham International Airport today, preventing cars getting anywhere near terminals. Read

Police set to re-open unsolved cases

MORE than 100 previously unsolved crimes across the West Midlands could be re-opened by police as part of a national review of forensic techniques. Read

The speed camera on Watery Lane Middleway

New speed camera still out of action

A NEW speed camera to catch boy racers has still not been switched on - almost two months after it was revealed it had been put in the wrong place. Read

Two stabbed in garage forecourt row

A MAN was stabbed in the neck and another in the leg when a row exploded into violence on a Birmingham petrol station forecourt. Read

The climber making his way up the Selfridges building

Selfridges climber: I was stupid

THE Selfridges spider-boy who stunned the city by scaling the iconic shop today said: "It felt like being on top of the world." Read

Let Nicola's killer die in jail - grandad

THE grandfather of Birmingham student Nicola Dixon said her evil killer should die in jail. Read

Five held in child sex raids

FIVE suspected perverts were arrested in the West Midlands as part of an investigation which smashed Britain's biggest ever paedophile ring, it emerged today. Read

Death crash PC to be charged

A POLICE officer is to be prosecuted over the death of a Midland mum-of-three who was killed in a road smash as he answered an emergency call. Read

Police at the scene of the siege on Ethel Street

Police launch murder probe after siege

ONE man died and two other people were seriously wounded in a violent clash which sparked a siege at a Birmingham house. Read

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Mark Cowan is crime reporter for the Birmingham Mail.

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