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Will Oliphant

Will Oliphant

Lesley Wallace

Birmingham grandmother in council rubbish protest

A FURIOUS Birmingham grandmother took her protest about refuse collection straight to the city council by dumping her rubbish on its doorstep. Read

Birmingham Council House

Bribery claim ruled out by judge

A JUDGE has made clear that there are no allegations of bribery in the "dirty tricks" case over May's council elections in Birmingham. Read

Police

Man tried to abduct teenage girl

A KNIFEMAN tried to abduct a young Midland girl as she was out trick or treating, it was revealed today. Read

Lord Heseltine

Top Tory backing poll call

MICHAEL Heseltine has backed the Birmingham Mail's campaign to let the people of the city choose on whether they get an elected mayor. Read

Detective Constable Catherine Corbett

Suspect runs down police officer

A WEST Midlands Police officer is in a critical condition after being run down while trying to arrest a fraud suspect. Read

Net fans go ape over gorilla ad

MONKEY mania has swept the internet as fans have turned the Cadbury Gorilla ad into a cult hit. Read

Beijing Judo Club visits Birmingham.

Headlock to forge friendship

CHINA'S Beijing judo squad has visited Birmingham as part of an exchange with an Erdington club. Read

Carl Grizzle

Homeowner cleared after chase tragedy

A HOMEOWNER who was chasing a Birmingham man who fell off a bridge and died, broke down at an inquest where he said he felt responsible for his death. Read

Bus

Bus on time - or your money back

BUS passengers will be refunded by travel vouchers and may even have taxi fares paid for if their service runs late, it was revealed today. Read

John Cullen

Grief of cave tragedy man's mother

THE mother of a Solihull man swept to his death in a cave flood in Thailand today spoke of her heartache. Read

Joshua takes off with Blues stars

A BOY with severe learning difficulties had his dreams come true when he met his favourite Blues stars AND had a ride in a helicopter. Read

Anti abortion campaigner Veronica Connolly.

Anti-abortion OAP vows to fight on

DEFIANT Birmingham anti-abortion grannie Veronica Connolly, who has narrowly avoided being jailed, insisted today: "I expect to end up in court again." Read

Law and order.

Protester pays way out of jail

A DISABLED anti-abortion campaigning grandmother avoided jail after a fellow campaigner paid off a £500 fine to save her being put behind bars. Read

Tony Hall, who died of the flesh eating infection necrotising fasciitis.

'Bruises' were a flesh-eating killer

A PREVIOUSLY healthy delivery driver was killed by a flesh-eating bug as his horrified family looked on helplessly. Read

The tree lies on the crushed garage containing Bob Ward's car.

OAP's pride and joy flattened by tree

A PENSIONER locked his car in his garage to keep it safe, only for a tree to fall down and wreck it. Read

Curtis O'Halloran

Cot death tragedy of little Curtis

A GRIEVING couple today spoke of their heartache following the death of their five-month-old son. Read

BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

Sports show tickets sell out

SPORT fans have been snapped up all the public tickets for this year's Sports Personality of the Year Award at the NEC in three hours - but already the tickets are going for four times the price on Ebay. Read

Police

Baby found dumped in Birmingham

POLICE are searching for the mum of a newborn baby boy found dumped on a Birmingham doorstep this morning. Read

England rugby.

Rugby fever hits Brum

NAPOLEON Bonaparte, Jean-Michel Jarre, David Ginola - your boys took a hell of a beating! Read

The Corgi auction.

Lots of history under the hammer

BOND memorabilia came top of the lots when collectors flocked to a Solihull auction house to pick up a slice of toy history. Read

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Will Oliphant is a reporter covering news and clublife for the Birmingham Mail. He is also a video journalist covering a range of events for the website

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