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Former Birmingham Lord Mayor, Mike Nangle, is battling cancer

FORMER Lord Mayor Mike Nangle, one of the city’s most popular politicians, today revealed he is battling pancreatic cancer.Read

Amputee solider takes his first unaided steps

A BRAVE Birmingham soldier who lost both of his legs in an explosion in Afghanistan has left hospital and has taken his first few unaided steps.Read

Anti-social man’s flat in Kings Norton will be repossed

BIRMINGHAM City Council will repossess a flat in Kings Norton from an anti social resident who has been threatening neighbours for two years.Read

Tamworth schoolteacher suspended over claims he forged coursework

A Midland schoolteacher has been suspended after every single member of an English A level class complained that a teacher had corrected course work to boost exam pass rates.Read

Violence threatens to shut down GR Cafe Bar in Birmingham

POLICE want to shut down a city centre bar after two consecutive nights of brutal and “unprecedented” violence left its customers with horrific injuries.Read

Erdington MP Siôn Simon: I leaked plans to cut youth services

THE mystery man who leaked details of plans to cut city youth services by £1 million to the Birmingham Mail can be revealed today as Erdington MP Siôn Simon.Read

Mason Edwards

Birmingham-born soldier killed in training horror

A BIRMINGHAM-born commando has been shot dead in a training accident.Read

Birmingham youth services face £1m in cuts

YOUTH services will be slashed across Birmingham in a city council push to save nearly £1 million, it can be revealed today.Read

Robert Mansell

Survivor pays tribute to Solihull pilot killed in Caribbean plane crash

BRAVE Midland pilot Robert Mansell sacrificed himself to save passengers when his plane ditched into the Caribbean sea, tearful survivors confirmed today.Read

Loan con hell over for Acocks Green mum

A DISABLED Birmingham mum who was saddled with a £28,000 debt after her callous carer secretly re-mortgaged her home has finally had her “debt” wiped clear.Read

Nick Griffin

Birmingham leaders’ fury over BNP show

THE Bishop of Birmingham today said the city would rise above the ‘petty’ views of BNP leader Nick Griffin in the wake of his controversial TV appearance.Read

Police release CCTV footage after man caught killing dog

POLICE today released shocking footage of a man dragging the lifeless body of a dog through a city park seconds after he strangled it to death.Read

Police use own articulated lorry to check on motorway drivers

POLICE are using their own articulated lorry in the fight against dangerous truckers on Midland motorways.Read

Birmingham teenager locked up for stabbing bus driver

A TEENAGE thug who stabbed a bus driver in Birmingham was today behind bars, thanks to an appeal in the Birmingham Mail.Read

Review: High School Musical II at Wolverhampton Grand

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AN ARMY of hysterical pom pom waving seven-year-olds welcomed High School Musical II to the West Midlands last night.Read

131 pupils struck down with Norovirus at Redditch school

MORE than 100 pupils at a Midland school have been struck down by the winter vomiting bug Norovirus.Read

Steve Ogilvie outside his home in Sutton Coldfield.

Birmingham man left with £1,217 bill after police raid home

AN INNOCENT man has been left with a £1,217 bill for a new front door because police spotted air conditioning units and thought he was growing cannabis.Read

MORE than 100 pupils at a Midland school have been struck down by the winter vomiting bug norovirus.

St Bede’s Catholic Middle School in Holloway Lane, Redditch, will remain open, but all after-school activities and outside trips have been cancelled.Read

AN INNOCENT man has been left with a £1,217 bill for a new front door because police spotted air conditioning units and thought he was growing cannabis.

Steve Ogilvie was at work when police smashed their way into his Sutton Coldfield home because they thought he was cultivating the drug.Read

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