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Peter Mandelson responds to Auto Industry Summit

Exactly one month ago leading figures from industry, politics and academia joined together at a unique Auto Industry Summit in Birmingham to draw up a strategy that would save the region’s car making industry during these unprecedented times. Read

Birmingham protestors tell of fears for relatives in Gaza

A relative of five young girls killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza joined one of the demonstrations held across Britain today in protest against the bombings.Read

Schools in bid for federation

GOVERNORS at a primary school in Solihull are considering federating with a junior school to strengthen faith-based education in that part of the borough.Read

Birmingham's Indian Elvis lands gig in Bethlehem

HE is Birminghams very own Indian Elvis who is now set to become a star of Bethlehem.Read

Birmingham Airport still flying high despite the credit crunch

BIRMINGHAM International Airport is bucking the national trend in falling passenger numbers, it was revealed today. Read

NIA rocks to sound of 6,000 young voices performing Queen classic

THOUSANDS of Birmingham schoolchildren performed the Queen classic Bohemian Rhapsody on the very stage graced by the band only weeks ago.Read

M6 gridlock after spillage

MIDLAND motorists became caught up in traffic chaos today after hydraulic fluid from a maintenance vehicle spilled over two lanes on the M6. Read

Birmingham holiday horror family win £7k

A BIRMINGHAM family whose holiday turned into a nightmare when their daughter was struck with a potentially deadly gastric disease has won a huge payout from tour operator giant Thomas Cook.Read

Two found guilty of murdering Hell's Angel Gerry Tobin

TWO members of a biker gang were found guilty today of murdering a Hell's Angel who was shot dead on the M40. Read

Thousands line Birmingham streets to welcome Santa

THOUSANDS of people lined the streets of Birmingham as Santa and his reindeer joined children from across the city for its annual festive parade. Read

Full-steam ahead for Pete Waterman at NEC exhibition

ONE of his best-known hits is The Locomotion and for music producer Pete Waterman it was full-steam ahead when he opened the Warley National Model Railway Exhibition.Read

Man dies in M6 Toll crash horror

A MAN died and three people were seriously injured in a four vehicle pile-up on the M6 Toll Motorway. Read

Fears over armed thugs targeting delivery vans in Birmingham

POLICE are to tail cash delivery trucks on their Christmas rounds across Birmingham to protect them from armed ambushes.Read

MPs call for clarity over death of Rashid Rauf

TWO senior MPs today called for the government to reveal whether it knew in advance about the US missile strike which killed a Birmingham terror suspect in Pakistan.Read

Midland Girl prepares to give birth to siamese twins

AN 18-year-old Midland girl is in hospital in Birmingham preparing to become Britain’s youngest ever mother to conjoined twins.Read

Timelord and the Daleks resume hostilities at NEC

TIME stood still at the National Exhibition Centre as Dr Who and the Daleks continued their eternal conflict. Read

Birmingham care home boss blasts power cut threat

AN angry Birmingham care home boss claims he has been threatened with having his power turned off in a dispute over an unpaid bill.Read

Morning blackout in Birmingham

THOUSANDS of people today woke up without power after an underground fault caused a blackout across north Birmingham. Read

Britain stops to salute the fallen

THREE of the last surviving veterans of the First World War joined serving soldiers in current conflicts today to mark the 90th anniversary of the day peace returned to Europe.Read

Birmingham pupils bring horror of war into focus

Youngsters visit Flanders battlefields and graves to make own filmRead

Birmingham local election results

Birmingham: Con 49; Lab 36; Lib Dem 32; Respect 3 (NoC)
Con gain 6, Lab lose 6, Respect gain 1

ACOCKS GREEN:
Amanda Baker (Green) 234
Roger Harmer (Lib Dem) 2,743
Emma Mahay (Con) 598
John O'Shea (Lab) 1,125
Tanya Whitehead (BNP) 617

ASTON:
Abdul Azad (UK Ind) 113
Abdul Aziz (Respect) 1,406
Alan Chamberlain (BNP) 105
David Goley (Green) 118
Amjad Hussain (Lab) 2,417
Ayoub Khan (Lib Dem) 2,769
Tom Nyeko Olam (Con) 206

BARTLEY GREEN:
Vivienne Barton (Con) 3,422

Julia Garrett (Lib Dem) 262
Tom Guise (Lab) 1,004
Terrence Larkin (BNP) 436
James Robertson (Green) 180

BILLESLEY:
Michael Bell (BNP) 663
Leonard Gregory (Con) 2,832
Catherine Manhood (Green) 236
Robert Wagg (Lib Dem) 414
Martin Welds (Lab) 1,633

BORDESLEY GREEN:
Hazel Clawley (Green) 248
Zafar Dad (Lab) 3,427
Graham Jones (BNP) 284
Shaukat Khan (Lib Dem) 3,558
Mary Storer (Con) 415

BOURNVILLE:
Nigel Dawkins (Con) 3,701

Victoria Marsom (Lib Dem) 592
Nathan Matthew (Lab) 1,395
Joe Rooney (Green) 1,155
Steven Thomas (BNP) 365

BRANDWOOD:
Susan Burfoot (Lab) 1,937
Frank Chance (Ind) 110
Anna Masters (Green) 307
Lynette Orton (BNP) 531
Brian Peace (Lib Dem) 472
Neville Summerfield (Con) 2,864

EDGBASTON:
Deirdre Alden (Con) 2,429

Stuart Bates (BNP) 90
Becki Cox (Green) 234
Rod Dungate (Lab) 912
Frank Jones (UK Ind) 55
Abhay Patekar (Ind) 31
Stuart Ritchie (Lib Dem) 372

ERDINGTON:
Bob Beauchamp (Con) 2,678

Simon Briscoe (BNP) 317
Christopher Hillcox (Lab) 1,187
Umar Malik (UK Ind) 82
Philip Mills (Lib Dem) 330
Mark Oley (Green) 185

HALL GREEN:
Samuel Burden (Lab) 1,123
Bob Harvey (Con) 2,290
John Ison (UK Ind) 75
Wendy Lawrie (BNP) 345
Sarah Minchin (Green) 164
Francis Wilkes (Lib Dem) 3,027

HANDSWORTH WOOD:
Gurdial Atwal (Lab) 2,591

Paul Billingham (BNP) 217
Eric Fairclough (Green) 231
Nick Jolliffe (Lib Dem) 570
Mahindarpal Singh (Con) 1,129
John Tyrrell (Soc Lab) 671

HARBORNE:
John Alden (Con) 2,717

Howard Hamilton (BNP) 193
John Priest (Lab) 1,389
Mohammed Sagier (Lib Dem) 405
Edward Siddall-Jones (UK Ind) 80
Phil Simpson (Green) 691

HODGE HILL:
Denis Adams (BNP) 526
Maureen Barnsley (Lib Dem) 1,852
Lydia Bradshaw (Green) 149
Wilf Holland (Con) 757
Peter Johnson (UK Ind) 176
Anita Ward (Lab & Co-op) 2,375

KINGS NORTON:
Malcolm Doughty (BNP) 534
Steven Heywood (Green) 235
Geoffrey Sutton (Con) 2,345
Neil Taylor (Lib Dem) 341
Amy Watson (Lab) 1,492

KINGSTANDING:
David Campion (BNP) 648
Hubert Duffy (Lib Dem) 254
Catharine Grundy (Lab) 1,376
Gary Sambrook (Con) 1,296
Geoff Tapalu (Green) 105
Terry Williams (National Front Britain For The British) 54

LADYWOOD:
Ransford Clarkson (Con) 719
Damien Duff (Green) 196
Kathleen Hartley (Lab) 1,467
Kenneth Jeffers (Lib Dem) 368
Mark Nattrass (UK Ind) 44
Lee Saunders (BNP) 122

LONGBRIDGE:
Steve Bedser (Lab) 1,720
Kevin Hannon (Lib Dem) 464
Bill Van Marle (Green) 168
Elizabeth Wainwright (BNP) 716
Ken Wood (Con) 1,997

LOZELLS AND EAST HANDSWORTH:
Raghib Ahsan (Ind) 711
Don Brown (Lab) 2,689
Ankaret Harmer (Green) 159
Sabirul Islam (Lib Dem) 1,725
Raja Khan (Community Ind (UK)) 637
Zaweed Khan (Con) 284
Zane Patchell (BNP) 61

MOSELEY AND KINGS HEATH:
Alan Blumenthal (UK Ind) 88
Alan Clawley (Green) 433
Ray Gaston (Respect) 327
Jane Howell (Lab) 2,181
Maura Judges (Con) 963
Peter Lawrie (BNP) 156
Martin Mullaney (Lib Dem) 2,476

NECHELLS:
Tahir Ali (Lab) 1,713

Janet Assheton (Green) 191
Mushtaq Hussain (Respect) 781
Nazir Hussain (Lib Dem) 710
Lynette Nazemi Afshar (UK Ind) 39
Darren Potter (BNP) 211
Fitzroy Stevenson (Con) 429

NORTHFIELD:
Andrew Coulson (Lab) 1,496
Les Lawrence (Con) 2,804
Andrew Moles (Lib Dem) 406
Leslie Orton (BNP) 1,003
Susan Pearce (Green) 231

OSCOTT:
John Cotton (Lab) 1,939
Harry Eyles (Green) 151
Graham Green (Con) 2,196
James Hamilton (Lib Dem) 304
Wilfred Palmer (BNP) 690

PERRY BARR:
Samuel Allen (Lab) 1,190
Mark Haddon (Con) 842
Raymond Hassall (Lib Dem) 2,268
Susan Morris (BNP) 443
Lester Mundy (Green) 160

QUINTON:
Caroline Badley (Lab) 2,527
Peter Beck (Green) 275
Ian Garrett (Lib Dem) 355
Josephine Larkin (BNP) 409
Peter Smallbone (Con) 2,903

SELLY OAK:
Alistair Dow (Lib Dem) 1,948

Andrew Hardie (Con) 889
Trevor Shearer (BNP) 176
Peter Tinsley (Green) 319
David Williams (Lab) 1,274

SHARD END:
Chris Barber (Lib Dem) 323
Marjorie Bridle (Lab) 1,752
Jessie Holland (Con) 1,011
Richard Lumby (BNP) 999
Mark Neary (National Front Britain For The British) 43
John Read (Green) 93

SHELDON:
Sue Anderson (Lib Dem) 3,224

Hannah Axford (Con) 586
Robert Devenport (BNP) 789
Karen McCarthy (Lab) 555
Paul Morris (National Front Britain For The British) 75
Elinor Stanton (Green) 92

SOHO:
Darren Allen (BNP) 108
Huw Davies (Green) 147
Morriam Jan (Lib Dem) 1,647
Sheera Johal (Soc Lab) 110
Chaman Lal (Lab) 2,599
David Williams-Masinda (Con) 351

SOUTH YARDLEY:
Ken Axford (Con) 526
Adrian Davidson (National Front Britain For The British) 93
Daphne Gaved (Lib Dem) 3,179
Brendan O'Brien (Lab) 1,221
John Pugh (BNP) 649
Rianne Ten Veen (Green) 177

SPARKBROOK:
Charles Alldrick (Green) 237
Mohammed Azim (Lab) 2,600
Arthur Botterill (BNP) 106
Guy Hordern (Con) 370
Talib Hussain (Community Ind (UK)) 268
Nahim Khan (Respect) 3,032
Farah Naz (Lib Dem) 466

SPRINGFIELD:
Akhlaq Ahmed (Lab) 2,433
Jerry Evans (Lib Dem) 2,559
Salma Iqbal (Respect) 1,920
Michael Jones (BNP) 162
Sam Pearce (Con) 475
Sandra Taylor (Green) 149

STECHFORD AND YARDLEY NORTH:
John Bliss (Lab) 848
Robert Clark (Con) 572
Graham Duffen (UK Ind) 154
Neil Eustace (Lib Dem) 3,098
Richard Morris (BNP) 546
Edith Roberts (Green) 85

STOCKLAND GREEN:
Franklyn Aaron (Lib Dem) 379
Matt Bennett (Con) 1,946
John Bentley (Green) 182
Carl Brisker (BNP) 339
Penny Holbrook (Lab) 1,874

SUTTON FOUR OAKS:
Maureen Davies (BNP) 341
Peter Howard (Con) 4,418
Karl Macnaughton (Green) 212
Brendan Padmore (UK Ind) 380
Richard Pearson (Lib Dem) 616
Manish Puri (Lab) 403

SUTTON NEW HALL:
Karl Benton (BNP) 458
Dennis Birbeck (Con) 3,722
Elizabeth Dowd (Lab) 691
Jim Orford (Green) 193
Jean Woods (Lib Dem) 479

SUTTON TRINITY:
Roger Barley (Lab) 818
Ulla Grant (Green) 234
Karen Lawrie (BNP) 353
Maureen Parker (Lib Dem) 545
Philip Parkin (Con) 3,394
Ray Skett (UK Ind) 191

SUTTON VESEY:
Malcolm Cornish (Con) 3,291

Gemma Orton (BNP) 369
Robert Pocock (Lab) 1,443
Stephen Shorrock (UK Ind) 211
Annabel Smith (Green) 215
Sidney Woods (Lib Dem) 507

TYBURN:
Tamara Bolger (Green) 121
Ann Holtom (Lib Dem) 1,652
Des Hughes (Lab) 1,144
Derek Johnson (Con) 1,125
Ben Lumby (BNP) 395
Sallyann Rose (Ind) 129

WASHWOOD HEATH:
Steven Austin (Green) 161
James Gibson (BNP) 170
Tariq Khan (Lib Dem) 4,342
Mohammed Rasib (Lab) 4,161
Ron Storer (Con) 328

WEOLEY:
Mina Coalter (Green) 198
Gary Davies (Lib Dem) 406
Jan Drinkwater (Lab & Co-op) 1,791
Eddie Freeman (Con) 2,389
Roy Orton (BNP) 406