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Veterans return to France

BIRMINGHAM Normandy veterans Victor Higgins and Graham Overton made the trip to France with the Taxi Benevolent Association for War Disabled. Read

Gok Wan in Birmingham

TELEVISION style guru Gok Wan burst into Birmingham in quest to find the nation's most fashionable people. Read

Late night buses in Broad Street to be scrapped

LATE night bus services from Birmingham’s Golden Mile have been suddenly scrapped due lack of interest. Read

Planning chiefs want JFK mural restored

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. Read

Call to honour Midland man who save thousands of Jews

A MIDLAND man who saved thousands of Jews from Nazi Germany will receive a posthumous knighthood if MPs get their way. Read

Police investigation into postal vote fraud allegations

POLICE have begun the 'painstaking' process of investigating allegations of postal vote fraud during last week's local election. Read

Brady's £1m move to Arsenal wrecked

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. Read

Northfield family kept dogs used for fighting

A FAMILY convicted of keeping pit bull terrier-type dogs were also involved in breeding or fighting them, a court heard. Read

Cannabis found in Acocks Green home raid

CANNABIS plants were discovered when officers raided a Birmingham house. Read

Relief in Brum as China crisis ends at Longbridge

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. Read

Driver 'made up' kidnap tale

A SECURITY van driver with mounting debts made up a story of being kidnapped and robbed at gunpoint in a country lane to steal nearly £180,000, a court heard. Read

Repair work starts on Spaghetti Junction

VITAL work to repair Birmingham’s crumbling Spaghetti Junction will begin on Monday and last for 17 months. Read

Moseley's Jug of Ale to be demolished

A LANDMARK Birmingham pub which set some of the biggest names in British music on the road to fame is set to be demolished. Read

Quick-thinking nurse is named local hero

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. Read

Tributes to tragic college tutor Heather Linley

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". Read

'Scum' killers 'should hang'

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. Read

Veterans return to France

BIRMINGHAM Normandy veterans Victor Higgins and Graham Overton made the trip to France with the Taxi Benevolent Association for War Disabled. Read

Car worker jailed in hitman case

A CAR worker has been jailed for five and a half years after he was secretly filmed trying to hire a hit man to kill his estranged wife and her lover. Read

Description clue in West Heath sex beast hunt

PICTURED is the knife-wielding sex beast at the centre of a police manhunt after a woman was sexually assaulted in an alleyway. Read

Irish pies are smiling for Cut the Cost winner

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. Read