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Oct 10 2005
MORE than 200 workers at a Birmingham laboratory, part of Britain's biggest independent photo firm, face the dole days after New Year, it emerged today....
Oct 10 2005
A DROITWICH racing car driver from the Midlands has clinched a prestigious title making him the first independent racer to lift the trophy in more than a decade....
Oct 10 2005
NETWORK Rail bosses are to host an information day in Tamworth tomorrow about latest developments on the main line towards Lichfield and Stafford. ...
Oct 10 2005
TAMWORTH people were today urged to have their say over the future of the county's top performing ambulance service. ...
Oct 10 2005
A DOG-napper is being hunted by police after he abducted a Staffordshire bull terrier from outside a Redditch supermarket. ...
Oct 10 2005
HISTORIANS are hoping to trace the families of Bromsgrove residents who were captured on film more than a century ago....
Oct 10 2005
A LITTER hit squad is targeting two Walsall areas to clean up graffiti and combat fly-tipping. ...
Oct 10 2005
TALENTED children are being sought to appear in a show heading for the Black Country which highlights the popular music of the Carpenters. ...
Oct 10 2005
THE first phase of the ambitious Wolverhampton Interchange Project was getting under way today. ...
Oct 10 2005
By Leda Reynolds ...
Oct 10 2005
EDUCATION bosses in Walsall have been given a pat on the back by the Government for cracking down on truancy. ...
Oct 10 2005
MOVES to breathe new life into a popular Cradley Heath beauty spot in a £23,500 scheme have got under way. ...
Oct 10 2005
TWO families were today amidst hundreds holding a vigil by the phone for news of loved ones caught up in the Asian earthquake disaster....
Oct 10 2005
A MAN was bludgeoned to death and an elderly man left fighting for his life in a horrifying axe attack in their Birmingham home. ...
Oct 10 2005
A MOTORCYCLIST was killed when he was thrown from his machine and collided with a car on a city street. ...
Oct 10 2005
THOUSANDS of drivers faced rush hour misery today after an overhead sign on one of Birmingham's busiest commuter routes conked out again. ...
Oct 10 2005
RESCUE teams from the West Midlands saved the lives of two people trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building within hours of arriving in Islamabad....
Oct 10 2005
MOSQUES across Birmingham today launched their own fundraising campaigns to support the thousands left destitute by the Kashmir earthquake. ...
Oct 10 2005
THE first week of the new-look Birmingham Mail finished on a high note with a six-piece jazz band playing through the streets to herald our paper's bright new era....
Oct 10 2005
A CITY cricket club has been hit for six after falling out with its tennis playing neighbours....
Oct 10 2005
A BOY of 11 was still fighting for life today three days after an accident outside his school. ...
Oct 10 2005
ANTI-terror police were today questioning four Wolverhampton men arrested in an investigation into international terrorism. ...
Oct 10 2005
MORE women in the West Midlands survive breast cancer than any other part of the country, new figures revealed today. ...
Oct 10 2005
MORE than 10 British Gas workers in the Midlands accused of sending pornographic emails to colleagues have been sacked - including a disabled single mother....
Oct 10 2005
FOUR in every ten patients with sexually transmitted diseases in the Midlands are being forced to wait TWO weeks for an appointment, shock figures reveal. ...
Oct 10 2005
VILLAGERS up in arms over plans to drive a by-pass through green belt land near their homes took to their feet in protest....
Oct 10 2005
HE'S the bobby with beat, the copper with cool - because PC Bernie Flynn has helped get hundreds of youngsters off the streets by launching his own teen disco....
Oct 10 2005
A GYM instructor caught ogling women through spy holes as they tanned themselves at a Midland leisure centre has been sacked....
Oct 10 2005
FESTIVE travellers face a second Christmas and New Year of misery in a row - because of a massive programme of engineering....
Oct 10 2005
CONTRACT cleaners and porters at Heartlands Hospital who almost went on strike over low wages are celebrating a pay rise under a new deal....
Oct 10 2005
FAMILIES have demanded extra CCTV to help fight crime and anti-social behaviour in their town. ...
Oct 10 2005
FAMILIES were today warned against having their drives resurfaced by men claiming to work for Staffordshire County Council. ...