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Tribute to tragic PC after 80 years

A SPECIAL constable killed more than 80 years ago is to be honoured by the police after officers managed to track down his daughter. Read

Passengers hurt as trams crash

A NUMBER of passengers were injured today when two Midland Metro trams crashed into each other on the same stretch of track in Birmingham. Read

The thugs who shamed a city

THEY appeared the height of respectability. But today they can be revealed as violent football thugs. Read

Man is arrested over dog mauling

A MAN has been arrested over a sickening attack in which a student was savaged by a dog in Birmingham. Read

City is going down the tubes!

A GROUP of warbling whingers are taking website YouTube by storm with their moans about Brum, buses, the price of beer and Second City life in general. Read

Trader shot dead in grudge attack

A SHOPKEEPER was gunned down out-side his Birmingham store in what is believed to have been a grudge attack. Read

Robbery terror gang strike again

A BIRMINGHAM dad and his two adult children were tied up and terrorised by a brutal gang of robbers who are believed to have struck four times in the Midlands over the past few days. Read

Stop the gun law - for Meshack's sake

THE heartbroken parents of an innocent Birmingham man gunned down on his 20th birthday have vowed to use their pain to stop violence spreading. Read

Where on earth's the Bullring?

WHERE'S the Bullring? That's the question on the lips of many proud Brummies logging on the Google Earth to find the new cityscape strangely missing. Read

Link theory in gang raid terror

A GANG who bound and tortured a terrified Midland man in front of his wife and daughter may have struck again, it emerged today. Read

Petition launched on Justin killer's sentence

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to appeal the "pathetic" sentence handed to hit-and-run killer of tragic schoolboy Justin Murphy. Read

Man tortured with boiling water in robbery

A MIDLAND man was bound and beaten in front of his wife and daughter by a gang of burglars who then Read

Shooting probe as man wounded

POLICE were today searching a street outside a Birmingham store following reports of a shooting. Read

Canal boats armada in floating protest

BIRMINGHAM'S tranquil network of canals looked more like the M6 at rush-hour as scores of narrowboat owners converged on the city in a floating protest against waterways cutbacks. Read

Pit bull could have killed me

THESE are the terrible injuries suffered by a man savagely mauled by a vicious Pit Bull terrier-type dog while walking through a Birmingham park. Read

Shaken and stirred by Bond beauties

A BEVY of beautiful Bond girls and Bond baddies had a licence to thrill film fans who headed to Birmingham for a major film and TV show. Read

Drug swoop nets £120,000 cannabis plants haul

LOST in a sea of leaves - bobbies Audrey Kavanagh and Michelle Mansell wade through a chest-high field of cannabis which was seized in the city. Read

New role for Brum legal eagle

A LEGAL eagle who worked to help innocent men quash convictions has landed a job at a body set up to probe miscarriages of justice. Read

New role for legal eagle

A LEGAL eagle who worked to help innocent men quash convictions has landed a job at a body set up to probe miscarriages of justice. Read

Police disabled project gets national go-ahead

AN award-winning Midland police project that has helped disabled people into work is to be rolled out to forces across the country. Read

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Mark Cowan is crime reporter for the Birmingham Mail.

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