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Firefighters face blazing grass crisis

THIS is the scene of devastation as flames ripped through a picturesque Midland beauty-spot - just one of scores of grass fires in the region. Read

Students pay the price for living in Brum

BIRMINGHAM is becoming more expensive for university undergraduates, according to a new cost of living survey out today. Read

Jimmy's Lebanon blog proves popular

A FORMER Birmingham Mail reporter has found fame on the worldwide web with a revealing record charting the daily struggle to help innocent victims of the Middle East conflict. Read

Police community officers in safety row

COMMUNITY patrol officers in Birmingham today accused senior police chiefs of gambling with their lives in a row over stab-proof vests. Read

Reward to track city model's kidnappers

MURDER detectives in Birmingham today offered a £5,000 reward for help nailing those behind the kidnap and murder of a former model. Read

Police step up patrols over booze crime

EXTRA police patrols are being put on around Birmingham city centre over the coming month to tackle booze-fuelled crime. Read

CPS feared Powell trial failure

LAWYERS told the family of Michael Powell that the prosecution of ten police officers could fail just two days after it started, it emerged today. Read

Anger at £7m cost of custody death trial

THE decision to spend £7 million of taxpayers money prosecuting ten policemen over the death-in-custody of Michael Powell was today slammed by rank and file officers. Read

DNA helps put sex beast behind bars

SERIAL sex beast Duncan Turner was back behind bars today after he was nailed by the sort of DNA techniques seen on the hit TV show CSI. Read

Blitz on railway football thugs

TRANSPORT cops have meet with train operators to draw up plans to drive soccer thugs into the sidings. Read

Sports day in honour of tragic PC

THE anguished colleagues of a police officer killed in the line of duty are to hold a sports day in his honour. Read

Man held over 'Millionaire's Row' shooting

DETECTIVES were today looking into whether a family whose Millionaires' Row home was targeted by gunmen could have been victim of a business vendetta. Read

One in six drivers drunk at the wheel

ONE in six drivers was found boozed-up behind the wheel during a summer-time blitz on drink-driving in the West Midlands. Read

Gunmen fire shots at luxury mansion

A FAMILY was in hiding today after gunmen targeted their Midland Millionaires' Row home in a drive-by shooting. Read

Mum speaks out in vicar kiss scandal

THE family at the centre of the "vicar's kiss" storm today spoke out about their ordeal in a bid to set the record straight. Read

Cleared nurse banned for life

A NURSE cleared by a jury of raping a terminally ill patient of 74 has been struck off for a "complete betrayal of trust". Read

Former city priest raped girl in a church

A FORMER Birmingham priest has been convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl in church more than 20 years ago. Read

OAP's wrists broken in hoodie attack

A VIOLENT hoodie robbed a pensioner, breaking both her wrists and shattering her lifelong ambition. Read

Prison terms for cashpoint gang members

ROMANIAN gangsters who looted the bank accounts of cashpoint users across Birmingham have been jailed. Read

Dad's relief as teen attacker is jailed

A DISABLED father of two terrorised at knifepoint in his home today spoke of his relief after his teenage attacker was jailed. Read

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Mark Cowan is crime reporter for the Birmingham Mail.

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