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Sep 5 2006
American Randy Lerner has assumed full control at Aston Villa and confirmed today he is approaching the 90% of shares required to force all remaining holders to sell their stock....
Sep 5 2006
A CRITICALLY ill teenager and her friend were kicked out a Birmingham bar by bouncers as they pleaded for an ambulance, it was claimed today....
Sep 5 2006
A BLIND bomb blast victim has been convicted of dangerous driving after getting behind the wheel of a car for a half-mile journey....
Sep 5 2006
AN investigation into the Cadbury salmonella scare will receive funding from Britain's food watchdog, it was confirmed today....
Sep 5 2006
A PROFESSIONAL gardener found to have grown ten years' worth of cannabis has escaped jail after claiming it was for personal use....
Sep 5 2006
SOLIHULL MP Lorely Burt today signalled her desire to fight on against a £70 million shopping complex despite the Government approving the scheme....
Sep 5 2006
DOZENS of adult students were turned away from a city training centre after the plug was pulled on its funding at the last minute....
Sep 5 2006
A WOMAN who was killed when her car veered off the road and smashed into a church, was three times over the drink-drive limit an inquest was told....
Sep 5 2006
A LOVING mum of a Midland girl with Down's Syndrome was consulted by Eastenders' bosses to help them with a forthcoming plot....
Sep 5 2006
TRIBUTES were today paid to a Walsall father of three who drowned in a swimming pool tragedy while recuperating from a serious sporting injury....
Sep 5 2006
ASTON Hall is to embark on a massive £10 million restoration and improvement programme over the next two years, it was announced today....
Sep 5 2006
ARCHBISHOP of Birmingham The Most Rev Vincent Nichols today condemned health chiefs today over plans to axe all but one of their hospital chaplains....
Sep 5 2006
DOCTOR Who stole the show at a TV awards ceremony - while EastEnders won Best Soap for the first time in three years....
Sep 5 2006
A BIRMINGHAM father-of-six who died while scuba diving in Spain was making his first solo dive after qualifying, his family and friends revealed today....
Sep 5 2006
THEY are the bangers that take some beating. Eat Well Cafe staff believe their sausage sandwiches are the tops and aim to prove it by winning a major contest....
Sep 5 2006
STAFF at a Midland safari park have today paid tribute to Australian television personality Steve Irwin who was killed by a stingray barb....
Sep 5 2006
TONY Blair's exit strategy from Number 10 has been spelled out in a leaked memo written by some of his closest advisers, it was reported today....
Sep 5 2006
SOHAM murderer Ian Huntley was found unconscious in his jail cell today after taking a suspected overdose....
Sep 5 2006
A 22-year-old man has been arrested and bailed in connection with an incident in which a person was seen swinging from overhead power cables by train passengers, British Transport Police said today....