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Jan 5 2006
MORE than 500 teachers and other school staff in Birmingham were assaulted by pupils, parents and visitors during just one 12-month period, it was revealed today....
Jan 5 2006
BARGAIN hunters scouring the internet and auctions are being warned to beware of conmen. ...
Jan 5 2006
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of Walsall father Sukhwant Singh Bassi today renewed appeals for witnesses....
Jan 5 2006
A BABY girl suffered slight burns when melted plastic dripped onto her leg in a fire early today. ...
Jan 5 2006
COMIC Joe Pasquale and a raft of panto stars dropped in to Birmingham Children's Hospital to bring smiles to the faces to sick youngsters....
Jan 5 2006
DON Hulston died doing what he loved... watching Villa score!...
Jan 5 2006
COUNCIL officers have admitted they made a mistake in asking a disabled woman to remove asbestos from her own home....
Jan 5 2006
BIRMINGHAM's coroner has ruled out holding inquests into 13 deaths at a nursing home....
Jan 5 2006
A MAN was killed when he was struck by a train in Birmingham. ...
Jan 5 2006
TWO cabbies may face prosecution after their vehicles failed to meet the grade when they were stopped and checked by safety experts....
Jan 5 2006
A CONVICTED robber who sparked a wave of revulsion when she helped terrorise a five-year-old and his mother at knifepoint is in trouble again....
Jan 5 2006
THE families of an uncle and nephew from the Midlands killed when their car crashed with an articulated lorry as they travelled to give relatives Christmas presents today spoke of their heartbreak. ...
Jan 5 2006
FIREFIGHTERS rescued a man from an Erdington tower block last night after he fell asleep while cooking his supper. ...
Jan 5 2006
AMBULANCE chiefs were left "angry and disappointed" after thieves stole a trailer used for treating casualties in major incidents....
Jan 5 2006
A MAJOR crackdown on people trafficking was launched today following a police raid which found 19 women from ten different countries working in a Birmingham massage parlour. ...
Jan 5 2006
PASSENGERS hit by rail strikes on Sundays are being offered huge discounts to travel on the affected services....
Jan 5 2006
OLYMPIC champion Duncan Goodhew today urged Birmingham's decision makers not to pull the plug on its swimming pools....
Jan 5 2006
ANGRY families who accused police of ignoring 999 calls during a night of rioting in Lozells are to hear back from officers who carried out their own investigations....
Jan 5 2006
A NEW civic square in Birmingham is being ruined by "eyesore" hoardings, it was claimed today....
Jan 5 2006
FAMILIES living near a Birmingham football club burned down in an arson attack say they are sick of developers targeting the land....
Jan 5 2006
A TEENAGE boy suffered cuts and bruises after being kicked and punched to the ground during a robbery. ...
Jan 5 2006
A POSTMAN who stole letters and packages he should have delivered avoided a jail sentence because a judge told him the prisons were too full....
Jan 5 2006
A HEROIN addict who risked the life of a teenage girl by giving her £10 to drink a potentially lethal dose of methadone has avoided jail. ...
Jan 5 2006
BIRMINGHAM is one of the ten healthiest places to live in Britain, a new survey revealed today....
Jan 5 2006
INTERNATIONAL conmen are increasingly targeting West Midlands internet surfers with crude but crafty money-making scams, the head of the fraud unit warned today. ...
Jan 5 2006
EXTRA cash was demanded for schools today to help thousands of Staffordshire youngsters reach the top of the class. ...
Jan 5 2006
MORE police will be patrolling the streets of a notorious Bromsgrove estate in a bid to crack down on drug dealing and anti-social behaviour. ...
Jan 5 2006
POLICE fear someone could end up seriously injured following several reports of missiles being thrown at moving cars in Stourport-on-Severn. ...
Jan 5 2006
VILLAGES blitzed by gravel quarrying in Staffordshire were today thrown a lifeline with cash to help rebuild shattered communities. ...
Jan 5 2006
SCORES of budding actors are needed for a Shakespeare play being staged outdoors at Lichfield this summer. ...
Jan 5 2006
YOUNGSTERS in Bromsgrove planning to take up sport as part of their New Year resolutions have been given a boost with the appointment of a new fitness guru. ...
Jan 5 2006
A CONTROVERSIAL scheme to sell off council-owned land for housing has been given the green light. ...
Jan 5 2006
SPECIAL safety barriers are to be put in place where a road bridge crosses a city rail line in a bid to prevent a rail crash disaster. ...
Jan 5 2006
THE heartbroken family of a disabled Birmingham man who died in a New Year's Day fire today spoke for the first time about their feelings of guilt at being unable to save him. ...
