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Mark Quinsey is posthumously awarded the Badge Of Honour

SAPPER Mark Quinsey today became only the third person to be awarded a Badge of Honour medallion on behalf of the people of Birmingham.Read

Noel Edmonds and Jasper Carott at charity ball for injured soldiers

A GRAND charity ball aimed at raising cash for injured soldiers has been given the backing of Jasper Carrott and Noel Edmonds.Read

Mark Quinsey is posthumously awarded the Badge Of Honour

SAPPER Mark Quinsey today became only the third person to be awarded a Badge of Honour medallion on behalf of the people of Birmingham.Read

Diving tragedy of 'talented but modest' Hednesford diver

Carl Spencer, aged 37, described as an “extremely talented but modest man” was a director of Hednesford based firm Spencair, and part of a 17-member crew commissioned by the National Geographic magazine to film the wreck of HMHS Britannic.Read

Old and New Birmingham Lord Mayor's at show

IT WAS an emotional farewell for Birmingham’s outgoing Lord Mayor Chauhdry Rashid and a warm welcome to his replacement Councillor Michael Wilkes at one of the city’s most prestigious civic bashes.Read

Old and New Birmingham Lord Mayors at show

IT WAS an emotional farewell for Birmingham’s outgoing Lord Mayor Chauhdry Rashid and a warm welcome to his replacement Councillor Michael Wilkes at one of the city’s most prestigious civic bashes.Read

Old and New Birmingham Lord Mayors at show

IT WAS an emotional farewell for Birmingham’s outgoing Lord Mayor Chauhdry Rashid and a warm welcome to his replacement Councillor Michael Wilkes at one of the city’s most prestigious civic bashes.Read

Duck race in Kidderminster to raise charity funds

A MIDLAND carnival is set to go quackers with the launch of its annual fund-raising duck race with the backing of Kidderminster Carnival’s queen, 18-year-old Ruth Keenan.Read

Duck race in Kidderminster to raise charity funds

A MIDLAND carnival is set to go quackers with the launch of its annual fund-raising duck race.Read

Soldiers march to Freedom in town

BRAVE soldiers who lost comrades in Afghanistan have been granted the freedom of a Midland town.Read

Birmingham fans want England to host World Cup in 2018

FOOTBALL fans in Birmingham today gave a unanimous thumbs up to England’s bid to host the World Cup in 2018.Read

Fans want England to host World Cup in 2018

FOOTBALL fans in Birmingham today gave a unanimous thumbs up to England’s bid to host the World Cup in 2018.Read

Destroyer HMS Daring to be given Freedom of the City

HMS Daring and her 190-strong crew will be given the Freedom of the City later this year, it was revealed today.Read

Birmingham stages UK’s first Veggie Pride festival

VICTORIA Square was transformed into “vegetable square” when Veggie Pride hit Birmingham this weekend.Read

Police moved to prevent violent reaction to Villa fan's death

A HUGE city centre police operation prevented Birmingham from transforming into a battleground for football hooligans in the hours immediately after the death of Christopher Priest.Read

THE family of murdered Aston Villa fan Christopher Priest today praised a jury for “seeing through all the lies” of his killer, Lee Mockble.

As Mockble, aged 21, began a life sentence, they said they now had to try to rebuild their lives without their son. Mr Priest, aged 26, of New Oscott, was mown down and killed by a Volkswagen Golf driven by Mockble, of Robin Hood Lane, Hall Green.Read

THE family of murdered Aston Villa fan Christopher Priest today praised a jury for “seeing through all the lies” of his killer, Lee Mockble.

As Mockble, aged 21, began a life sentence, they said they now had to try to rebuild their lives without their son. Mr Priest, aged 26, of New Oscott, was mown down and killed by a Volkswagen Golf driven by Mockble, of Robin Hood Lane, Hall Green.Read

Jury set to consider verdict in Aston Villa fan death case

THE jury in the Lee Mockble murder trial was today expected to retire to consider its verdict.Read

Record number of fun runners in Knowle charity event

A RECORD number of fun runners dusted off their trainers to raise thousands of pounds for charity in this year’s Knowle fun run.Read

Tesco tills hit by tech

TESCO checkouts at stores across the West Midlands were this morning out of order due to a computer glitch.Read

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