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Attacker hits mum with housebrick

A YOUNG mum was battered over the head with a housebrick in a chilling attack in front of her two-year-old son. Read

Teen facing stab charges

A TEENAGER has been charged over a stabbing which left two men seriously wounded in a knife battle between rival gangs in Birmingham city centre. Read

Woman held over death fall

A WOMAN was today being questioned by police after a man apparently fell to his death from a block of flats in Birmingham. Read

Three drivers in knife terror

A VAN driver was bundled from his vehicle by a knifeman who had moments earlier threatened two other motorists. Read

Bomb alert package a false alarm

THE suspicious package that sparked a mid-air terror alert on Birmingham-bound jet contained only hand tools, it emerged today. Read

Dr Who eccentric 'taunted to death'

A HARMLESS eccentric, nicknamed Dr Who because of the way he dressed, may have been taunted to death by a gang of yobs outside a supermarket. Read

Nine flee from massive blaze

NINE people were forced to flee from their homes as fire ripped through a row of shops in Birmingham. Read

Police call off recruits drive

POLICE in the West Midlands are having to put a freeze on recruitment after a record number fitted the bill thanks a successful on-line campaign. Read

U-turn after mid-air alert

A TRANSATLANTIC passenger jet bound for Birmingham was forced to turn back after a mid-air terror alert. Read

Hotel offer is cat's whiskers

TALK about creature comforts! Read

New blitz on boozy teenagers

ALCOHOL has been banned from the streets of Stockland Green in a new crackdown on booze-fuelled yobs. Read

OAPs tricked out of savings

AN ELDERLY couple had their life savings of thousands of pounds stolen by a "despicable" conman who tricked his way into their Birmingham home. Read

Bill move in merger wrangle

POLICE chiefs in the West Midlands are to bill the Government for tens of thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money wasted on failed merger plans. Read

Trucker in court on deaths

A GERMAN lorry driver has been charged over the deaths of four people killed in a horror crash which brought a Midlands motor-way to a standstill. Read

Chaos as M6 crash kills four

FOUR people died in an horrific pile-up that brought the Midlands motorway network to a standstill. Read

CD in honour of tragic dad

THE anguished family of a man who died in police custody will today gather to mark the third anniversary of the incident. Read

Police blitz on sat nav thefts

SAT nav thieves are hitting 10 dozy drivers a day in the West Midlands in a crime craze that has already cost motorists a whopping £800,000. Read

Police in blitz on car crime

POLICE today declared "psychological war" on car-jackers who break into Midland homes and terrorise occupants before stealing their vehicles. Read

Ken thanks life-saving cop Ann

LUCKY Ken Poyner has planted a well deserved smacker on the cheek of lifesaving cop Ann Parsons who stepped in when he suffered an arrest with a difference. Read

Jail threat for noisy music fan

THE LYRICS to a hip-hop track Joseph Greer used to blast out at all hours of the day and night go "then one day she can't take it no more and decide to leave". Read

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Mark Cowan is crime reporter for the Birmingham Mail.

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