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Battle over city homes

RELAXED planning laws make it easier than ever for family homes to be converted into student houses, Selly Oak residents have complained. Read

Injured crash couple fight for life

AN elderly couple were today fighting for their lives after their car crashed into a tree. Read

City celebrates St Patrick's Day in style

IT WAS cold enough to freeze the froth on your Guinness, but it didn't stop more than 80,000 revellers from taking to the streets to celebrate Birmingham's 11th St Patrick's Day parade. Read

Schoolgirl 'stood no chance' in blaze

A TRAGIC Birmingham schoolgirl murdered by arsonists as she slept in her bed never had a chance of surviving the blaze, detectives said today. Read

Tributes at scene of fatal crash

MESSAGES of love and bouquets of flowers were piled high today around a tree where three young Birmingham men were killed. Read

Female Tories woo city vote

FORGET the blue rinse, today's female Tory trademark is more likely to be in leopardskin shoes - or so it seemed as some of Britain's top women Conservatives gathered in Birmingham. Read

Big Mac to go in axe blow

BURGER fans are clearly not "lovin'" their McDonald's - one of Birmingham's oldest branches has had its chips after 22 years of trading. Read

Medical centre launches book scheme

GETTING into a good book may be just what the doctor ordered - and patients will be able to do just that while waiting at a city medical centre. Read

Registry office set for final ceremony

IT'S a place which has symbolised some of the happiest and saddest moments in thousands of people's lives for the past four decades. Read

Residents battle reservoir plans

DEVELOPERS may have the green light to build homes on one of the city's most treasured open spaces, but they still have a fight on their hands from hundreds of angry residents. Read

Last ditch talks in battle of reservoir

LAST ditch talks have been held with developers who are poised to build up to 90 homes on the shores of an Edgbaston beauty spot. Read

The wrong date that went right

THEY met while they were both waiting for other dates to turn up, but 60 years on Pat and Fred Brown are more than happy with the change of heart they had all those years ago. Read

Appeal to clean up 'slum' street

FAMILIES and conservationists have renewed calls for action over one of the main gateways into Birmingham they say has degenerated into a slum. Read

Vice fighters up for prize

A DYNAMIC group of volunteers who have masterminded a six-year crusade to rid their neighbourhood of prostitutes and pimps have been tipped for a national award. Read

What a daft place for a lamp post!

STEVE Mould might be leaning on the lamp post but it certainly isn't on the corner of his street - bungling engineers have put it smack bang outside his front door. Read

Gymnast Hayley in school fitness push

IT MAY be more than 20 years since former Olympic gymnast Hayley Price competed in the 1984 games in Los Angeles, but she can still keep youngsters on their toes. Read

Religious groups in Springer demo

CHRISTIANS more used to praying in pews became demonstrators to voice their outrage at Jerry Springer - The Opera at the Hippodrome. Read

Trevor returns to see tower block toppled

A CHUNK of Trevor Crowley's past vanished in a cloud of demolition dust as a landmark city tower block was razed to the ground. Read

Attack in jail sparks probe call

THE family of an inmate at a Midland prison are demanding an inquiry after their son suffered an horrific razor blade attack at the hands of two fellow inmates. Read