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Faults found at 'poor' nursing home

A BIRMINGHAM nursing home where a grandmother was found strangled in her wheelchair was found to have almost 40 faults needing attention during an inspection several months earlier, an inquest jury heard. Read

Party on night of patient tradegy

A DRUNKEN Halloween party ended in tragedy at a Birmingham nursing home when a patient was found strangled in her wheelchair, an inquest jury were told. Read

Tragedy gran 'sleeping well'

A GRANDMOTHER who was found strangled in her wheelchair at a private Birmingham nursing home was seen sleeping for long periods just before she died, an inquest jury heard. Read

Gran found strangled in wheelchair

A GRANDMOTHER was found strangled after being left overnight in a wheelchair at a Birmingham nursing home, an inquest jury heard this afternoon. Read

Homes on old Rover site in Birmingham will not solve housing crisis, expert warns

HUNDREDS of new homes planned in the Longbridge redevelopment will have "virtually no effect" on a housing crisis nearby, a housing chief claimed today. Read

The Mercian Regiment parades in Worcester.

Heroes welcome in Worcester for the Mercian Regiment

HUNDREDS of brave Midland soldiers from the Mercian Regiment returned home from Afghanistan relieved to be back from the dangers of front line duty. Read

PCSO Lindon Lloyd.

PCSO Lindon Lloyd praised for campaign against mini-moto riders

CRUSADING Midlands police community support offficer Lindon Lloyd has entered the record books after targeting nearly 100 mini-moto riders. Read

Prison

Teenagers who dropped rubble on to a speeding train are jailed

TWO Midland teenagers were today sentenced to a total of thirteen and a half years for dropping a 45lb block of masonry onto a speeding train. Read

Rat infestation at homes near factory site

RESIDENTS living near the former Rover factory at Longbridge have been inundated with a plague of rats after it was demolished, it was claimed today. Read

Tributes to teenage Sudden Adult Death Syndrome victim

A TEENAGE schoolgirl who died in her sleep just days before she was due to pick up her GCSE exam results was a victim of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, a Birmingham coroner heard. Read

Crowds turn out for Christmas lights switch on

McFLY and the Sugababes started the festive season with a bang as thousands of fans poured into Birmingham for the big Christmas lights switch-on. Read

Violent clashes after Birmingham derby

BLUES and Villa fans were involved in violent confrontations after the Second City derby reached its dramatic climax. Read

Rubiks Cube challenge in Birmingham

IT'S the brain-teasing pastime which has left generations of players pulling their hair out in frustration. Read

Law and order.

Shame of train horror louts

A YOUTH pleaded guilty to endangering a train driver's life after he threw a 45lb lump of brick at a speeding freight train. Read

John Thacker, who died in the car crash that also killed his son Matty.

Crash driver was a 'fantastic father'

A DAD who tragically died alongside his ten-year-old son when their car smashed into a tree was today remembered as a "fantastic" father. Read

Happy couple Marcus Surridge and Irene David.

With this pumpkin I thee wed...

WHEN love-smitten policeman Marcus Surridge decided to propose to his Birmingham girlfriend he knew he had to make it special. Read

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Classic sounds beat the yobs

GANGS of troublesome teenagers finally met their match at a Midland foodstore - after staff bombarded them with Vivaldi, Chopin and Tchaikovsky. Read

Police

Dad and son die in smash

A DAD and his son died in an horrific two-car smash on a busy Midland road where one vehicle was shunted into a tree. Read

The NHS

The £23m hospital blunders bill

BIRMINGHAM hospitals have paid out more than £23 million to patients in compensation claims over the last five years, a Birmingham Mail investigation can reveal today. Read

David Davis MP

'Gangsters' to blame for deaths, says Tory

SHADOW Home Secretary David Davis today blasted the Government for their "lackadaisical" approach to gun crime in Birmingham. Read

Author Profile

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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