GEOFF Horsfield today told Blues to take inspiration from the perhaps the greatest of all great escapes.
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TELEVISION style guru Gok Wan burst into Birmingham in quest to find the nation's most fashionable people.
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MARTIN O'Neill today angrily hit back at Rafa Benitez for claiming he was involved in dialogue with him for three weeks over the sale of Gareth Barry to Liverpool.
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TONY Mowbray has no plans for a mass clear-out as he prepares to freshen up his Albion squad for the Premier League assault.
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SKIPPER Gary Breen has been released by Mick McCarthy as the Wolves boss kicked off the summer overhaul to his Molineux squad.
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HAMPTON Sports brought the curtain down on this season's Coronation League when they clinched the Alliance Two title at the expense of rivals Thurlestone.
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AMIR Khan is coming to Birmingham on June 21 and he has been promised a rough ride - not from his opponent but his promoter Frank Warren.
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SUPERSUB Do-Heon Kim and Superdad Chris Brunt gave the Superheroes a day to remember as Albion lifted their first title since 1920, writes CHRIS LEPKOWSKI.
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LATE night bus services from Birmingham’s Golden Mile have been suddenly scrapped due lack of interest.
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STEPHEN Kelly today became the latest Blues player to pledge his future to the club should the worst come to the worst tomorrow.
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TONY Mowbray intends making full use of the loan system next season and may turn to the Premier League's big four in his search for possible signings.
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MICK McCarthy today vowed any successful Wolves players would be rewarded with new contracts - but that none were in the pipeline after missing out on the play-offs.
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OLOF Mellberg believes leading Villa to fifth place in his final season at the club would represent a "fantastic" achievement because he says the Premier League is tougher than ever.
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ALEX McLeish has urged Blues not to hope events go their way on Sunday - but believe.
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LAMP Wanderers lifted the Sandwell League's ADP Plant Cup after giving Greets Green 8 Locks six of the best.
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THE Black Country camp of Darren McDermott have lodged a complaint that could see Brummie Wayne Elcock lose the right to defend his British middleweight title.
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FURIOUS city planning chiefs want Birmingham’s historic Kennedy mural fully restored to its former glory in a new £150 million Digbeth Irish Quarter development.
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BLUES should have Liam Ridgewell available for the day of reckoning against Blackburn Rovers.
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WOLVES defender George Elokobi has sent his good wishes to Plymouth's Krisztian Timar as the Hungarian prepares for surgery to repair multiple fractures to his skull.
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MANAGER Tony Mowbray today admitted his phone had not stopped ringing since Albion's promotion - mainly with agents touting their players around.
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NIGEL REO-Coker has revealed he has received letters of goodwill from some West Ham supporters on the eve of his return to Upton Park.
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SCRUFFY Murphy's won the North Birmingham League Invitation Cup by eclipsing JC Lions 4-2.
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POLICE have begun the 'painstaking' process of investigating allegations of postal vote fraud during last week's local election.
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STEVE Bruce and Alex McLeish have cleared the air - and there is no problem between them.
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VILLA boss Martin O'Neill has backed Nigel Reo-Coker to beat the boo-boys at West Ham - and has even urged the midfielder take the jeers as a compliment.
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WOLVES boss Mick McCarthy today revealed striker Freddy Eastwood has been made available for transfer.
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TONY Mowbray has defended Albion's decision to scrap the civic reception - claiming the Baggies are already preparing for Premier League consolidation.
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VICTORIOUS Village wrapped up the Birmingham AFA Premier title with a 7-2 success over Handsworth GSOB.
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A MIDLAND man who saved thousands of Jews from Nazi Germany will receive a posthumous knighthood if MPs get their way.
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ALEX McLeish has told the Blues board that it’s within their realm to re-boot Blues for success.
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A £1 MILLION move by Birmingham City boss Karren Brady to become the managing director of Arsenal may have been wrecked by the police probe into football corruption.
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MIDFIELDER Nigel Reo-Coker is hoping arch-rivals Blues can do Villa a massive favour on Sunday by beating Blackburn.
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ROBERT Koren has revealed that Tony Mowbray turned into Mr Angry to help Albion win promotion.
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DAVE Edwards today argued that the silver lining to Wolves’ play-off cloud will see the Molineux men better equipped to mount a Premier League challenge should they win promotion in a year’s time.
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A £1 MILLION move by Birmingham City boss Karren Brady to become the managing director of Arsenal may have been wrecked by the police probe into football corruption.
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SKIPPER Gareth Barry - who is being linked with a move to Liverpool - showed how valuable he is to Villa when he scooped yet another Players' Player of the Year honour at last night's end-of-season awards ceremony.
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A FAMILY convicted of keeping pit bull terrier-type dogs were also involved in breeding or fighting them, a court heard.
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WOLVES defender Kevin Foley today expressed his debt of gratitude to under-fire manager Mick McCarthy.
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WEST Bromwich Albion are casting an eye over Poland's highly-rated midfielder Radoslaw Majewski.
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CANNABIS plants were discovered when officers raided a Birmingham house.
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WOLVES’ chairman Steve Morgan’s public declaration that the club should next season aim for the Championship title has been backed by midfielder Dave Edwards.
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MARTIN O'Neill has warned Liverpool they are "a million miles away" with their valuation of Gareth Barry.
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ALEX McLeish has insisted he is in it for the long haul at Birmingham City - whatever happens on Sunday.
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BUSINESS and union leaders today pledged their support to the Chinese revolution at Longbridge - with production finally due to return to the historic factory after a three-year gap.
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MARTIN O'Neill says Villa head to West Ham this Sunday "with plenty to play for" but he admits that a Blackburn win at Blues could leave them with nothing.
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ALEX McLeish will tell Birmingham City to take care of their own business on Sunday and not get wrapped up in events elsewhere.
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CHIEF executive Jez Moxey today called for “patience” from the club’s fans amid their latest play-off disappointment - and re-affirmed the message that NONE of the club’s Crown Jewels will be leaving this summer.
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JOY Haywood will have to ditch any summer diet resolutions after becoming the fourth lucky winner in the Birmingham Mail's Cut the Cost competition.
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RANDY Lerner's quest for more corporate seating in the best seats at Villa Park - the centre of the Trinity Road Stand - have moved towards fruition with the announcement of hospitality packages and prices.
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ALEX McLeish has explained the background to Wilson Palacios being allowed to slip from Blues' clutches and join Wigan Athletic.
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VITAL work to repair Birmingham’s crumbling Spaghetti Junction will begin on Monday and last for 17 months.
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A QUICK-thinking Birmingham nurse who used a belt to save a pub customer after a violent knife attack is the Birmingham Mail's latest local hero.
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A LANDMARK Birmingham pub which set some of the biggest names in British music on the road to fame is set to be demolished.
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TRIBUTES were paid today to a Midland college tutor who died in a head-on crash. Friends described Heather Linley as "vibrant, warm and enthusiastic".
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ROBBERS who killed two men during a crime spree that stretched across the Midlands were today described as “scum” by the anguished brother of one of victims.
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HUNDREDS of people have had their say on proposals for a major new £200 million store development in a Midland town centre as part of a public consultation.
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AN ESTIMATED quarter of a million shoppers will today cram themselves into the Bullring as the post-Christmas sales get into full swing.
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Health Secretary Alan Johnson has called for "radical change" in social care amid claims the system in England is heading towards a £6 billion funding gap within 20 years.
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A government minister has maintained that post office closures were necessary because the network continued to lose half-a-million-pounds every day.
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The public have been urged to donate to an appeal fund to help save the lives of those affected by the Burmese cyclone.
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Sergio Garcia became just the second European to win the Players Championship after beating American Paul Goydos at the first extra hole on Sunday.
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Cherie Blair has revealed how her husband made public the fact that she had lost the baby she was carrying in order not to cause a panic over Iraq.
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Britain's tax bill has increased by more than 50% in the past ten years under Labour, it has been claimed.
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ASTON Villa's last-ditch push to secure a UEFA Cup place ended in failure as they concluded their season with a draw at Upton Park.
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Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart has been included in Fabio Capello's England squad for the friendlies with USA and Trinidad and Tobago
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BIRMINGHAM City fans turned on chairman David Gold and co-owner David Sullivan as relegation from the Barclays Premier League was confirmed despite substitute Cameron Jerome's late double against Blackburn.
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The Burmese government is under increasing international pressure as aid agencies warned that the death toll following the cyclone disaster could reach 1.5 million.
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A teenager murdered the day after his 16th birthday was killed in an unprovoked attack after he refused to take part in a fight, police said.
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Gordon Brown is expected to try to reclaim the political initiative this week, setting out his draft Queen's Speech programme for the autumn with promises of new measures on schools and health.
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Prospects for the UK economy have worsened and the Bank of England must act swiftly if the country is to avoid a marked downturn, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has warned.
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The number of police officers wounded in shootings has increased by 60% in four years, according to figures released by the Conservatives.
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Danny Murphy's 76th-minute header kept Fulham in the Premier League as they overcame FA Cup finalists Portsmouth 1-0.
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Reading were relegated from the Barclays Premier League despite a convincing 4-0 victory over Derby.
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Birmingham fans turned on chairman David Gold and co-owner David Sullivan after their side's relegation from the Barclays Premier League was confirmed - despite Cameron Jerome's late double securing a 4-1 win against Blackburn.
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Everton clinched fifth place and UEFA Cup qualification with a 3-1 win over Newcastle.
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Aston Villa's last-ditch push to secure a UEFA Cup place met with failure as they concluded their season with an undeserved 2-2 draw against West Ham at Upton Park.
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A second-half strike from substitute Andriy Shevchenko was not enough for Chelsea to pinch the title from Manchester United.
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Ryan Giggs marked his record-equalling 758th appearance for Manchester United by steering the club to a second successive Barclays Premier League title thanks to a 2-0 win at Wigan.
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Hull KR overcame a disastrous start to comfortably book their place in the last eight of the Carnegie Challenge Cup with a 42-22 win over Huddersfield.
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A teenage boy who was murdered in his local shop had gone to celebrate his 16th birthday by buying his first Lottery ticket, his father said.
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Felipe Massa scored a hat-trick of Turkish Grand Prix victories following a fascinating tactical battle with Lewis Hamilton.
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Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore insists the idea of playing additional matches abroad has not been scrapped.
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Hull City have one foot in the Coca-Cola Championship play-off final after a 2-0 win over ten-man Watford at Vicarage Road.
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Some soldiers are so hard up they are having to be issued with food vouchers to pay for their meals, an internal Army report has revealed.
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Tony Blair's former chief fundraiser, Lord Levy, said it was "inconceivable" Gordon Brown did not know about the secret loans which led to the "cash for honours" inquiry.
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The lives of up to 1.5 million Burmese cyclone victims are in danger from diseases if clean water and sanitation are not provided soon, Oxfam has warned.
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Paul Collingwood has been named in England's 12-man squad for the first npower Test against New Zealand at Lord's - although his fitness will be monitored ahead of Thursday's start.
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A teenage boy who was murdered in his local shop had gone to celebrate his 16th birthday by buying his first Lottery ticket, his father said.
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Under-fire Leicester chief Marcelo Loffreda admitted Tom Varndell's late try had probably saved his job after the Tigers sneaked into the play-offs thanks to a bonus-point win over Harlequins.
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St Helens coach Daniel Anderson paid tribute to rivals Warrington after they lost 40-34 in a thriller to crash out of the Carnegie Challenge Cup.
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Neil Warnock warned Bristol City their celebrations at the final whistle could come back to haunt them after David Noble's last-gasp stunner sank Crystal Palace 2-1 in the first leg of their Coca-Cola Championship play-off semi-final.
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Rochdale boss Keith Hill refused to point the finger at Tommy Lee after his blunder allowed Darlington to score a late winner in the first leg of their Coca-Cola League Two play-off semi-final.
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Midfielder Mathieu Flamini has revealed he would have signed a new deal with Arsenal last summer but the 'pain' of missing out on the Barclays Premier League title influenced his decision to leave the Emirates.
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Chelsea boss Avram Grant has started planning for next season at Stamford Bridge, insisting he knows what his situation will be over the summer.
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Another 3,000 post offices could be forced to close if subpostmasters lose the right to handle state pensions and benefit payments, the Government was warned.
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A public consultation will be launched to discuss the future of social care which is heading towards a £6 billion funding gap within 20 years, it was reported.
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Science can tell us what is possible but it is up to individuals to decide what is right, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said ahead of the second reading of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.
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Junior Witter saw his dream of a domestic super-fight against Ricky Hatton go up in smoke when he lost his WBC light-welterweight title via a wafer-thin split decision to Timothy Bradley on Saturday.
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Labour could be heading for defeat in a crucial by-election in 10 days' time, according to an opinion poll.
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Prayers will be said across the UK for the thousands of people displaced in the Burmese cyclone crisis, as aid agencies face a desperate bid to get supplies and volunteers to the survivors.
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