Top Stories for 17 January 2007

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Your A&E shake-up questions answered Jan 17 2007

FIND out what the experts had to say in response to YOUR questions on the future of the city's A&E services.Read

Girl's miracle escape under train Jan 17 2007

A TEENAGER miraculously escaped with her life today when she was dragged 50 feet by a moving train in Birmingham.Read

Storm warning for the Midlands Jan 17 2007

FAMILIES are being warned to brace themselves as forecasters warn the Midlands could be battered by gales of up to 80 miles an hour tomorrow.Read

Police question 14 over drug deaths Jan 17 2007

FOURTEEN people have now been questioned following three deaths from a dangerous batch of heroin in just two days in Staffordshire.Read

Tearful farewell to city gun victim Jan 17 2007

THE sheer volume of young people who crowded into a funeral service for Birmingham shooting victim Meshack Tesfa Bernard-Brown was a testament to the popularity of the tragic young father.Read

Thieves steal lead from school roofs Jan 17 2007

THE rocketing price of raw materials is believed to have been behind raids in which Spidermen-style thieves stripped the lead off the roofs of two Kidderminster schools.Read

Council hotline switch 'a fiasco' Jan 17 2007

A £9 MILLION investment to cure the phone call blues of people ringing Birmingham City Council has been labelled "a fiasco".Read

Hotel named in list of Britain's dirtiest Jan 17 2007

A BIRMINGHAM hotel which charges £160 a night has been named and shamed on a list of Britain's dirtiest.Read

Husband 'lured Pizza delivery man to his death' Jan 17 2007

A JEALOUS husband lured the boss of a pizza business to a Birmingham house where he was stabbed to death in an "honour killing", a jury was told.Read

Midlands braced for 80mph winds Jan 17 2007

FAMILIES are being warned to brace themselves as forecasters warn the Midlands could be battered by gales of up to 80 miles an hour tomorrow.Read

Muslim leaders fear a backlash Jan 17 2007

CITY religious leaders fear that all Muslims could suffer a backlash after hardline clerics were exposed in a TV programme.Read

Public hit out over A&E proposals Jan 17 2007

ANGRY residents and health workers confronted hospital chiefs in stormy clashes over plans to scale back vital services in Birmingham and Sandwell.Read