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Two wounded in Birmingham double shooting

A TEENAGER and another man were injured when a gun-toting thug sprayed a packed internet cafe and barber shop with bullets. Read

Probe after Birmingham sword attack

MENTAL health chiefs have ordered an internal inquiry into treatment surrounding a paranoid schizophrenic who attacked a pensioner and police officer in a knife rampage in Birmingham. Read

Police

Teenage boy is stabbed to death in Birmingham

A TEENAGE boy has been stabbed to death in Birmingham. Read

Probe on Birmingham cop killer Glaister Butler closes

AN INDEPENDENT inquiry into how the care in the community system failed cop killer Glaister Butler could soon be completed, three years after it was announced. Read

Armed raid at Sparkhill bank

A GUN-toting robber opened fire in an armed hold-up at a Birmingham bank. Read

Shark student Lauren Smith, of West Bromwich.

Here's the weather jaws-cast, says student Lauren Smith

MICHAEL Fish had better watch out because Jaws could be after his job, according to a Black Country student. Read

Be Smythe

Missing boy was unhappy at moving home

A MISSING 10-year-old boy who sparked a major police alert in Birmingham apparently ran away because he was unhappy at moving home. Read

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham Vincent Nichols.

Scientists to meet church leaders over embryo research

SCIENTISTS have offered to meet church leaders in an effort to calm the growing row over embryo research. Read

The house ravaged by fire in Balsall Common

Man rescued from roof of burning home

A MAN was plucked to safety from the roof of his burning Midland home in a dramatic rescue by firefighters. Read

Missing boy found safe and well

A YOUNGSTER who went missing as he made his way home in Birmingham was this afternoon found "safe and well", police said. Read

Police

Police close suspected drugs den in Birmingham flat

POLICE have slammed the door shut on a suspected drugs den blighting a Birmingham community. Read

Be Smythe

Police appeal over missing Birmingham boy

POLICE today issued an urgent appeal for help to trace a boy of ten from Birmingham who vanished as he made his way home from a friend’s home. Read

Nehemiah Bryce

Gunman waited for shooting victim

A GUNMAN who shot dead a Birmingham man is thought to have lain in wait for him and opened fire as he tried to escape, it emerged today. Read

Failed tube bomber wore dress

ONE of the failed July 21 suicide bombers donned a burkha in a bid to escape police. Read

Men wanted in relation to violence at Manchester City and Blues.

'Thugs' caught on film

THESE are the two men police want to trace in connection with violence which marred a Premiership football clash between Manchester City and Blues. Read

Diane Johnson

Family's plea on 'horrific' gun murder

THE heartbroken family of a man gunned down in Birmingham made an emotional appeal this afternoon for help to catch his killers. Read

Aliou Cissé

Agent speaks out over Birmingham City police raid

A TOP Premiership agent today spoke for the first time on speculation that the fraud police raid on Birmingham City was over the transfer of Aliou Cissé to Portsmouth. Read

Police raided Blues over Cissé deal

A TOP Premiership agent today spoke for the first time on speculation that the fraud police raid on Birmingham City was over the transfer of Aliou Cissé to Portsmouth. Read

Six injured in smash on M-way

TWO people were taken to hospital and a further four injured after a six-vehicle smash on a Midland motorway. Read

Six hurt in M42 smash

TWO people have been taken to hospital and a further four injured after a six-vehicle smash on a Midland motorway this afternoon. Read

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Mark Cowan is crime reporter for the Birmingham Mail.

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