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Jun 18 2007
SANDWELL Council trading standards officials are warning consumers to beware a "criminal cashback" scam after a Smethwick family were conned out of almost £5,000....
Jun 18 2007
THIS was the dramatic moment at the DFS Classic tennis tournament in Birmingham when play was interrupted by an air ambulance....
Jun 18 2007
TORY plans to scrap guaranteed free entry to museums and art galleries would be fought by Birmingham's cultural chiefs....
Jun 18 2007
UP to 5,000 jobs could be at risk as part of a £300 million cost-cutting drive at confectionery giant Cadbury Schweppes, it is claimed....
Jun 18 2007
A DEVOTED Midland couple were killed in a car crash while on a poignant trip back to where they spent their honeymoon....
Jun 18 2007
BIRMINGHAM clergy are inviting people to head back to church for a special service....
Jun 18 2007
THE COST of living in Birmingham has shot up over the past year, according to new research released today....
Jun 18 2007
A MAN was seriously injured when the car he was driving overturned....
Jun 18 2007
HOUSE of Fraser staff in Birmingham say they are being threatened with the sack - if customers don't sign up for the store's own credit cards....
Jun 18 2007
THOUSANDS of motorists faced rush-hour misery today after a car crash left one person dead and forced the closure of a Midland motorway....
Jun 18 2007
ASYLUM seekers from around the world who moved to a new life in Birmingham have celebrated the launch of National Refugee Week....
Jun 18 2007
THE West Midlands was today bracing itself for a week of more heavy storms....
Jun 18 2007
SUPPLIERS across the Midlands are worried that Jaguar and Land Rover production could leave the Midlands - even if Ford decides to keep the two marques....
Jun 18 2007
LITTLE Connie Talbot may look glum after missing out on being crowned Britain's Most Talented - but the six-year-old has plenty of reason to smile having reportedly clinched a £1million record deal....
Jun 18 2007
A TEENAGER who claimed she was unfairly sacked from her job as a trainee hairdresser when she became pregnant has won more than £2,000 in compensation....
Jun 18 2007
THE head of a Sikh temple and his family had to flee their house in Birmingham when it was targeted by arsonists....
Jun 18 2007
EVER since McJob appeared in the dictionary as a byword for a dead-end occupation the people at McDonald's have been on the warpath....
Jun 18 2007
THE manager of two special needs homes in Birmingham stole over £21,000 from residents to feed a gambling addiction, the city's crown court heard....
Jun 18 2007
ORGANISERS of the first three-in-one show at the NEC were celebrating its success today....
Jun 18 2007
PROUD dad John O'Brien has more reason than most to celebrate his first Father's Day - thanks to a little miracle....
