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Nov 1 2006
THE Prime Minister has refused to directly interfere in a Worcestershire health trust's decision to sack all but one of its hospital chaplains in a bid to cut costs....
Nov 1 2006
A BROMSGROVE woman who fraudulently claimed nearly £10,000 in benefits has been spared jail....
Nov 1 2006
A GANG of armed robbers ran over a pedestrian in Lichfield following a bungled raid on a jeweller's shop, police have said....
Nov 1 2006
A CORONER has recorded verdicts of accidental death on 11 tourists from the West Midlands who were killed when their speeding coach crashed as it careered off a French motorway 16 years ago....
Nov 1 2006
A CHARITY challenge to pull a jet fighter proved a runaway success for a group of teenage cadets....
Nov 1 2006
VERDICTS of accidental death were recorded on 11 Midland tourists killed in a coach crash in France 16 years ago....
Nov 1 2006
A NEW service to detect a killer disease in newborn babies was being launched in Birmingham today....
Nov 1 2006
STAFFORDSHIRE Ambulance chiefs have promised to lift a ban on lifesaving drugs used by community first responders....
Nov 1 2006
A SCHEME to regenerate a run-down Dudley estate goes before council top brass today....
Nov 1 2006
A BIRMINGHAM entrepreneur is hoping to play his part in turning the tide against Colombian drug barons who are destroying people's lives across the world....
Nov 1 2006
PEOPLE visiting friends and relatives in Birmingham's Heartlands Hospital are being urged to stay away if they are feeling under the weather....
Nov 1 2006
MORE residents can do their bit to help save the environment, thanks to an expanded recycling scheme....
Nov 1 2006
A FOX hunting group which faced extinction when the pursuit was banned has experienced a boom in support....
Nov 1 2006
A MAN was banned for life from keeping animals after a court heard how he twisted a small kitten so hard he split its spleen....
Nov 1 2006
NURSES and doctors could face a total ban on smoking while in uniform at two Midland hospitals, it emerged today....
Nov 1 2006
A DRUNKEN patient who hurled "vile" abuse at nurses has been jailed for 15 months....
Nov 1 2006
POLICE in Sutton Coldfield are hunting a man who threatened a 14-year-old papergirl with a knife....
Nov 1 2006
A TEACHER at a Birmingham mosque indecently touched a teenager during religious lessons, it was claimed at the city's crown court....
Nov 1 2006
THREE men were today being quizzed about the hit-and-run death of a motorcyclist....
Nov 1 2006
A QUICK-thinking boy who saved his dad from slipping into a diabetic coma has been honoured by West Midlands Ambulance Service....
Nov 1 2006
CHILDREN at Ward End Primary are so busy that they are unable to cram all their activities into a normal school day....
Nov 1 2006
FOUR dedicated Midland drinkers have set a new record after ticking off the 13,000th pub in their bid to sup in every hostelry in Britain....
Nov 1 2006
BIRMINGHAM MP Khalid Mahmood caused uproar in the Commons when he suggested that members calling for an inquiry into Iraq might encourage attacks on civilians....
Nov 1 2006
A REFORMED football hooligan who was once jailed for his part with Birmingham City's notorious Zulu Warriors gang hopes to open a community centre in Solihull....
Nov 1 2006
SANDY the rescue hound might have ended up in the doghouse after almost burning down her owner's home....
Nov 1 2006
A PREGNANT woman battered over the head with a housebrick today spoke for the first time how she feared she might have lost her baby....
Nov 1 2006
AN inquiry has been launched in a bid to move a gravel pit yard out of a residential cul-de-sac after a long-running residents' campaign....
Nov 1 2006
THOUSANDS of Blues fans missed the start of the crunch clash at Coventry City after a pile-up caused motorway chaos....
Nov 1 2006
A SECOND man has been charged with murdering the disabled son of a prominent Labour party activist....
Nov 1 2006
HEAVYWEIGHT patients are being lifted by cranes at two Midland hospitals, it was revealed today....
Nov 1 2006
OLYMPIC speed skating hopefuls will hope to avoid any wobbles when they go for gold at a prestigious competition in Italy....
Nov 1 2006
SOLIHULL School is "looking seriously" at scrapping A-levels in favour of a more intellectually demanding exam....
Nov 1 2006
NO-FRILLS ariline bmibaby is to boost its programme from Birmingham International Airport next year by a massive 60 per cent, making it the largest carrier operating from the region....
Nov 1 2006
A CLUBGOER was knocked unconscious after being glassed in a "nasty, unprovoked attack" as he walked to meet friends for a night out....
Nov 1 2006
THE Midlands-based Acorns Childrens Hospice is to re-open 12 beds after receiving a £1 million cash injection from the Government....
Nov 1 2006
THE head teacher of a Birmingham primary school has been reinstated just months after being sacked....
Nov 1 2006
BRITISH Gas today apologised for threatening to cut off an elderly man's supply after the Birmingham Mail intervened....
