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Aug 11 2006
TWO uniformed police officers today remained on guard outside a Birmingham property which was searched by police....
Aug 11 2006
THE Bank of England named and froze the assets of 19 of the 24 air terror suspects today....
Aug 11 2006
A YOUNGSTER tipped to become a future England international has been invited to study soccer in Brazil by World Cup legend Carlos Alberto....
Aug 11 2006
DNA tests are being carried out by Birmingham social services to make sure people who claim to be parents and relatives of children in care are who they say they are....
Aug 11 2006
WORK to save a historic industrial site in the Midlands could get under way before the end of the year....
Aug 11 2006
FOUR men have been arrested in the West Midlands in connection with the murder of a 30-year-old Indian....
Aug 11 2006
BINMEN blighted by swarms of stinging wasps and bugs were embroiled in a rubbish row today after blaming "lazy" residents for their plight....
Aug 11 2006
MUSLIM groups in Birmingham today reacted with a mixture of shock and scepticism at the foiled bomb plot....
Aug 11 2006
A GREEN belt base for Lichfield's new police station has been given the thumbs-up by councillors - but could be called in by the Government....
Aug 11 2006
THE wife of a postmaster described how her family's life had been "changed forever" after her husband was savagely attacked in a raid on their shop....
Aug 11 2006
PLANS to bulldoze a landmark pub and replace it with flats and shops have been thrown out by city council planners....
Aug 11 2006
AN initial inquiry into July's rollercoaster crash at Alton Towers has concluded that it was an "isolated incident" due to component failure....
Aug 11 2006
A PRISONER who failed to return to jail after being allowed to attend a funeral has been locked up for another six months for absconding....
Aug 11 2006
SICK thieves stole treasured mementoes from a city funeral parlour to heap further anguish on a heartbroken family....
Aug 11 2006
IT WAS a quiet summer evening in 1996 and retired policeman John Hanson was enjoying a drink in the beer garden of his local....
Aug 11 2006
A YOUTH plunged 8ft from a balcony in Birmingham while trying to retrieve a football....
Aug 11 2006
A TEENAGER who tried to rob a shop with an accomplice armed with a knife has been put behind bars for two-and-a-half years....
Aug 11 2006
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Aug 11 2006
LITTLE Aimee Hanks never lived long enough to enjoy her first birthday, be christened in church or even take her first steps, but this weekend her family will be marking those landmarks in her honour on an uplifting charity walk with a difference....
Aug 11 2006
A BIRMINGHAM neighbourhood was stunned when police battered down the front door of a "respectable, devout" family - and said it must all be a terrible mistake....
Aug 11 2006
THOUSANDS of air passengers are expected to face another day of disruption today....
Aug 11 2006
A POSTMASTER who had almost £2,000 stolen during a night-time burglary has been told to foot the bill - because he was not security conscious enough....
Aug 11 2006
BALTI bowls are serving up a new treat in the city - as flower-filled hanging baskets ablaze with vibrant flowers in reds and yellows....
Aug 11 2006
PASSENGERS flying back to Birmingham had to make an emergency stop in Canada - to go to the toilet....
