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Best of British fries up a culinary treat

IT’S official – this year’s Taste of Birmingham festival is going back to British.Read

Soldiers run a 65 mile marathon for charity

A YOUNG Birmingham soldier used to the deserts of Iraq is setting his sights on the Dorset woodlands to raise cash for charity.Read

Families soak up the sun at Lichfield Bower festival

THOUSANDS made the most of the bright sunshine and descended on Lichfield for the city’s ancient annual Bower festival.Read

Fun for the all the family at the Bower festival

THOUSANDS made the most of the bright sunshine and descended on Lichfield for the city’s ancient annual Bower festival.Read

Police appeal after four killed in M6 crash

THIS mangled wreckage was today all that remained of a car involved in a “horrific” crash which killed four men after a driver went the wrong way down the M6 near Birmingham.Read

Teen yob found guilty of missile attack on museum

A YOUNG vandal who hurled a metal pole through a window of a Birmingham museum has been found guilty of criminal damage.Read

Bullring chemical leak: Business as usual for centre

BOSSES at Birmingham’s showpiece Bullring shopping centre insisted it was business as usual after the mall reopened following a major chemical leak.Read

Swine Flu: Four new cases in West Midlands

FOUR new cases of swine flu have been confirmed in the West Midlands.Read

More than 50,000 revellers at Pride festival, organisers say

THE streets of Birmingham were awash with colourful sights and sounds as the city staged the annual Pride festival under brilliant blue skies.Read

Sparkhill church set to benefit from big cash boost

A LANDMARK Victorian church in Birmingham is set to benefit from a big cash boost.Read

Big is beautiful in palm paradise

“THIS place is magic,” the taxi driver tells me as we make our way along the main trunk route into the extraordinary Palm Jumeirah resort.Read

Documentary project to record memories of deaf pensioners

ELDERLY deaf people in the West Midlands have joined together to document their experiences to help youngsters with similar disabilities.Read

Car boot boost for Birmingham community centre

A CAR boot sale will be held in Birmingham to raise cash to help maintain a popular community centre.Read

Birmingham showcase for Muslim women musicians

AN international consortium of female Muslim musicians from the UK, Denmark and Holland is to perform in Birmingham.Read

Birmingham housing association appoints new chairman

BIRMINGHAM group, the Family Housing Association, has appointed Tony Wehby – the 41-year-old director of West Bromwich-based Anglo Holt Construction – to chair its board of management.Read

Charity quiz night returns at Stirchley club

A POPULAR quiz night returns this month to boost the coffers of a hospice in Selly Park, Birmingham.Read

Police hunt woman who killed Birmingham 11-year-old in hit-and-run

THE mother of a popular Birmingham-born youngster killed in a hit-and-run has today spoken of her ‘lovable’ son.Read

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