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Joy for Redditch teenagers as shelter plan backed

TEENAGERS in Redditch were today given the green light to build an outdoor shelter for after school hours and weekends. Read

The Editors, National Indoor Arena

BILLED as their biggest ever gig, Editors did not disappoint in front of their faithful Birmingham fans at the NIA. Read

Seismogram showing the earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 (ML) on the Richter scale

Birmingham rocked by earthquake

THE Midlands was rocked by a huge earthquake which shook the UK today. Read

Newton Faulkner, Carling Birmingham Academy

I TOOK my mum to this gig. That is the type of singer-songwriter Newton Faulkner is. Read

Jacqui Smith

Campaign goes to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith

HOME Secretary Jacqui Smith MP was forced to agree to an unexpected meeting with human rights campaigners when activists protested outside her Redditch headquarters. Read

Fazana Iqbal with children Zainb and Zuhaib

Just one adult can prevent a tragedy

MUMS, dads and children as young as three today made an impassioned plea for a lollipop man or woman to come to their rescue. Read

Bikers on track with cash grant

BMX bikers in Redditch were today celebrating after scooping a cash grant towards their Olympic dream. Read

City streets booze blitz

BIRMINGHAM today moved a step closer to becoming an alcohol-restricted zone. Read

We have it licked!

KIND-hearted Birmingham Mail readers are answering the call for more lollipop men and women. Read

Children help keep Brenda on patrol

GRANDMOTHER Brenda Mann has been a lollipop lady for more than 40 years. Read

Criminal hunt in public view

CRIMINALS in Redditch will have their details posted up in the town centre within seconds of committing an offence, West Mercia Police revealed today. Read

Eileen Poole and Warwick

Warwick's a lickable best friend

A GUIDE dog from Solihull has been immortalised on a special edition Royal Mail stamp. Read

New bid to end scourge of bullying

ANTI-BULLYING leaders are set to interview hundreds of Worcestershire schoolchildren and their teachers to put an end to the problem. Read

Crackdown on boozing teens

MARAUDING gangs of under-age drinkers in Worcestershire have prompted a police crackdown. Read

Ros Pettigrew

Join the Birmingham Mail's army of lollipop lifesavers

MORE than 130 schools across the Midlands do not have lollipop men or women, a Birmingham Mail investigation reveals today. Read

Go for 2012 gold, bosses are urged

LONDON'S 2012 Olympic Games are set to be targeted by dozens of Worcestershire companies as they try to secure up to £30 billion in contracts. Read

Benefit fiddler in court

A MAN claimed nearly £5,000 in illegal benefits payments, magistrates in north Worcestershire were told. Read

Pubs ban for drunken thug

A VIOLENT thug has been banned from more than a dozen pubs in Bromsgrove. Read

Crushing warning to town boy racers

DOZENS of boy racers are terrorising a Worcestershire town centre with high speed car chases. Read

Record numbers hitting youth poll

WHOEVER said today's young people are not interested in politics have not been to Worcestershire. Read

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Worcestershire reporter Paul Bradley splits his work duties between stories in his Redditch, Bromsgrove and Kidderminster patch and reports and investigations in Birmingham. He works from an office in Redditch and an office in Birmingham. He is also a video journalist.

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