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New arrest over pub shooting

A FOURTH person was today being quizzed over the shooting of three people at a packed Birmingham pub. Read

Pair recovering after shooting

Pair recovering after shooting Read

Keeping peace on the streets

BEHIND the scenes work by police and community groups is helping to win the war on gun crime, a senior officer said today. Read

Officers probe 30 terror plots

SOME of the 30 investigations into terror plots in the UK have their "roots or interest" in the West Midlands, it has emerged. Read

Two hurt in pub shooting

TWO men were today recovering in hospital after being shot in what is thought to have been a Yardie attack in a packed Birmingham pub. Read

Dole fiddler told to pay up

A BENEFITS cheat who stole £74,000 of taxpayers' cash in a "systematic fraud" has been ordered to pay up or face jail. Read

Police keep an extra eye on the action

POLICE are wearing Robocop-style head cams in a hi-tech crime fighting crackdown in Birmingham. Read

Charity thief 'the lowest of the low'

A THIEF was today branded the 'lowest of the low' for stealing a Midland charity box. Read

Drug choker for smuggler

A SUSPECTED drug smuggler stopped by Customs officers at Birmingham Airport tried to escape detection by swallowing a package of heroin. Read

Police quiz man over woman's death

A MAN was today being quizzed by detectives today after a woman was found dead at a house in the Midlands. Read

Driver fled hospital after cheating death

A DRIVER who cheated death in a crash which brought Birmingham to a standstill has limped away from his hospital bed before police could question him. Read

Wraps are off on China's MG

THE Chinese dignitaries may have been delighted but it was a bitter-sweet moment for a group of former Longbridge workers as the new-look MG rose from the ashes of Birmingham's manufacturing heritage in a factory far away from home. Read

Police hunt OAP attackers

DETECTIVES want to quiz two men over an attack on an elderly man in his own home. Read

Police in blitz on suspected drug dealers

MORE than two dozen suspected drug dealers have been arrested in a blitz on the illegal heroin trade in inner-city Birmingham, police revealed today. Read

Coroner releases body after family row

A GRIEF stricken family today moved a step closer to being allowed to bury their mother after a coroner agreed to release her body to them. Read

Two charged over bus attack

TWO men have been charged over a violent attack that brought terror to a Birmingham bus. Read

Gun gang in gems theft

A CITYWIDE manhunt was underway today for a gang of robbers who targeted a jeweller's store. Read

Plucked to safety

A HIGH-RISE rope team rescued two window cleaners after their electronic cradle jammed on the side of Birmingham's Mailbox. Read

We want something good to come from our tragedy

THE family of a promising Birmingham accountant killed by her ex-fiancé are to use their loss to tackle the knife culture blighting Britain. Read

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Mark Cowan is crime reporter for the Birmingham Mail.

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