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Don't let this officer be a forgotten hero

AN open letter to Michael Winner, film director and chairman of the Police Memorial Trust Read

Fred's staying on for posterity

BATTLING pensioner Fred Grove is celebrating after being given permission to stay in his canalside cottage in Digbeth. Read

Fantasia set to return

THE CBSO's popular Fireworks Fantasia concert in Canon Hill Park is in line for a comeback. Read

Now we can really party

CONGRATULATIONS to Birmingham Council leader Mike Whitby for bringing the Tory party conference to town. Read

Merger most foul

FOOTBALL fans are calling it 'Merger Most Foul' - an Agatha Christie-style mystery that will see the death of one of Birmingham's oldest non-league clubs. Read

Leader Whitby is in the firing line

BIRMINGHAM City Council leader Mike Whitby has been branded a "hypocrite" for demanding the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq. Read

Stop and listen to the man who knows

BIRMINGHAM Council is reconsidering plans to build a new central library across two sites and may now plump for just one building in Centenary Square. Read

Time for clarity over special schools

BIRMINGHAM Council claims no decisions have been made on the future of the city's threatened special schools, but official papers submitted to the government suggest otherwise. Read

Father's fear over re-write

THE father of an autistic girl who attends one of Birmingham's special schools claims the city council is shifting the goalposts to make it easier to force youngsters like his daughter into mainstream education. Read

Student caught in a north-south divide

BIRMINGHAM student Natasha Doran is about to learn a harsh lesson about life in modern Britain - she's a second-class citizen in her own country. Read

Fightback threat on equality

BIRMINGHAM Council's bid to end pay discrimination is being sabotaged by its own workers. Read

Good to see the Judge back

ALL'S well with the world. Read

Grounds for concern in homes deal delay

WHY are we waiting? That's the cry from residents in a Birmingham suburb who've still seen no sign of the new sports facilities they were promised two-and-a-half years ago when their local allotments were bulldozed to make way for a posh housing estate. Read

Give someone a rocket

NEW Year's Eve was a damp squib in Birmingham - even without the awful weather. Read

At least we know Saddam's gone

THE widely circulated pictures of Saddam Hussein's execution are grotesque, offensive - and absolutely necessary. Read

Right foot forward

THERE have been calls this week to sack Simone Clarke, the so-called "BNP ballerina" whose membership of the far-right party has been exposed by a national newspaper investigation. Read

Brum's very own leaning tower

NAVEED Mughal calls his house The Leaning Tower of Balsall Heath - and it's not hard to see why. Read

Hughes has lost his hero status

CAN a man who left one person dead and another crippled for life ever be seriously considered a hero? Read

Has QE been a victim of success?

MORE than £2 million has been unexpectedly slashed from the budget for training doctors at Birmingham's flagship Queen Elizabeth hospital. Read

Ex-Rover man stung by university 'elitism'

BIRMINGHAM University has been accused of turning its back on the local community and seeking to attract only "the Oxbridge elite" after announcing plans to scrap three courses. Read