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Mar 29 2006
JEWELLERY which was stolen from a historic coaching inn in Worcestershire is thought to be worth £200,000, police said today....
Mar 29 2006
WE want to see your photos and the best will be added to our online galleries or in our newspapers....
Mar 29 2006
A BIRMINGHAM promoter hoping to create a Saturday Night Live venue to rival the famous New York television show has come under fire for booking controversial comedian Bernard Manning as his first act....
Mar 29 2006
MINI metal detectors are the latest police weapon in the war on knife crime and pictured is the kind of lethal weapon officers are finding....
Mar 29 2006
A SECURITY guard had petrol thrown in his face by robbers who threatened him with a handgun before escaping with cash....
Mar 29 2006
A 23-YEAR-OLD drug dealer who callously "executed" a Birmingham nightclubber as he begged for mercy beneath a railway arch has been ordered to spend at least 30 years behind bars....
Mar 29 2006
WOLVERHAMPTON South West MP Rob Marris has sponsored a Commons motion calling for St George's Day to be made a bank holiday in England....
Mar 29 2006
LEADING city councillors today insisted the ruling cabinet decided to veto the Blues Stadium plan because the NEC was a "better deal", and not just because of the potential to clear NEC debts....
Mar 29 2006
A BIRMINGHAM man died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while "playing around" with a gun....
Mar 29 2006
FIREFIGHTERS today praised a have-a-go hero who risked his life to help save an elderly couple from their blazing Birmingham home....
Mar 29 2006
A NEW multi-million pound cinema is set to open in Redditch town centre after years of campaigning and calls from residents to boost leisure facilities in the town....
Mar 29 2006
A MOOD of betrayal hung over strikers as they rallied in Birmingham to protest against cuts to pension rights which would set them apart from other public sector workers....
Mar 29 2006
TWO drug addicts who clubbed and stabbed a disabled pensioner to death before setting the body on fire did not receive "unduly lenient" sentences, the Court of Appeal has ruled....
Mar 29 2006
THE planned rebuild of Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital could face major cuts after the Government revealed it was still deciding whether the £559 million scheme is actually affordable....
Mar 29 2006
BLUES boss Karren Brady today challenged the city council to make a U-turn and declare its interest in a super-casino for inner-city Birmingham - whilst still publicly backing the NEC....
Mar 29 2006
A TEENAGE girl was injured after being repeatedly punched in the face by a boy at her school in a dispute over a mobile phone....
Mar 29 2006
BUILDERS have started work on a part rebuild and refurbishment of a Tamworth community centre....
Mar 29 2006
OFFICERS in south Worcestershire have launched an investigation after 25 pregnant sheep worth more than £2,500 were stolen from a Malvern field....
Mar 29 2006
TEENAGE yobs damaged a barn, a car and electrical cables in a trail of destruction left while they went joyriding around a farm on a JCB and a truck....
Mar 29 2006
YOUNG thespians will mark the end of their college course in Bromsgrove by staging a production today and tomorrow to showcase their new skills....
Mar 29 2006
WHILE he was on bail for a drunken attack on a friend Brett George broke into his victim's flat and smashed it up....
Mar 29 2006
HUNDREDS of residents are joining forces to help protect one of the city's most historic garden suburbs which they fear may be under threat from developers....
Mar 29 2006
RELIEVED families are looking forward to getting a good night's sleep when speed humps are finally removed....
Mar 29 2006
A TOP secret report told Birmingham City Council that annual debts of nearly £8 million-a-year at the NEC could be wiped out if the venue's bid for a super-casino was successful....
Mar 29 2006
A WOMAN praised in a fly-on-the-wall BBC documentary is the boss of a Birmingham-based education firm that allegedly owes thousands of pounds to staff....
Mar 29 2006
AMBITIOUS plans to revamp New Street Station have been given a £10 million boost....
