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Jul 24 2007
A WOMAN trapped in the floods lost her premature newborn twins despite being rescued by RAF helicopters, police said today.
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Jul 24 2007
POLICE were today still searching for the body of a 20-year-old Stourbridge barmaid missing at sea....
Jul 24 2007
DON Arden, who managed legendary Birmingham bands Black Sabbath and the Electric Light Orchestra, has died at the age of 81....
Jul 24 2007
A BRAVE pensioner and fellow holidaymakers from Birmingham caught up in the floods adopted the spirit of the Blitz to help each other through the crisis....
Jul 24 2007
HOUSEHOLDERS in floodbound Upton-upon-Severn today blasted the Environment Agency for failing to keep flood barriers close enough to vulnerable areas....
Jul 24 2007
THE Birmingham Mail was today distributing SOS-style goodie bags to city families whose homes have been flooded....
Jul 24 2007
A LARGE-scale clean-up operation was continuing in Worcestershire today to reopen roads which were inundated by floodwater....
Jul 24 2007
EVEN after teaching three generations of pupils over 42 years, Birmingham deputy head Jennet Marshall still says her beloved Birmingham primary school is "just magic"....
Jul 24 2007
TODAY'S expected announcement of funding for New Street station is vital for Birmingham's future prosperity, developers warned....
Jul 24 2007
THE re-building of dingy New Street Station was being given its first green light this afternoon with a promise of £128 million in Government funds....
Jul 24 2007
THE West Midlands will not be one of the first regions outside of London to experiment with congestion charging schemes after councillors finally admitted they cannot reach agreement on the controversial proposal....
Jul 24 2007
A WOULD-be Birmingham Tory MP today rejected party leader David Cameron's election pledge for an elected mayor for Birmingham....
Jul 24 2007
TWO women suffered serious facial injuries in a brutal street attack by two men at Halesowen, which also left two other people hurt....
Jul 24 2007
POLICE are growing "increasing concerned" for the safety of an autistic Midland teenager who went missing on a shopping trip....
Jul 24 2007
A MAN has been jailed for nine months after secretly recording part of a drugs trial at Birmingham Crown Court....
Jul 24 2007
EVERY Midland motorist involved in a road smash or stopped for a driving offence will be breath tested as part of a bid to call time on drink-driving....
Jul 24 2007
A BIRMINGHAM schoolboy has broken his arm in a fall from a ladder after allegedly being told by a teacher to remove posters from a corridor....
Jul 24 2007
THE five-year fight for justice over a pensions scandal by 2,000 West Midlanders reaches the Appeal Court tomorrow with a furious blast from the Ombudsman....
Jul 24 2007
AN ASYLUM seeker who fled to the Midlands after all but one of his family were killed today thanked the Birmingham family which has taken him to their hearts....
Jul 24 2007
DRIVERS are being warned to expect long delays for the next three months as a major road improvement scheme gets under way in Great Barr....
Jul 24 2007
CAN he or can't he ? Magic man John Milner is at the centre of a countrywide conundrum over his famous cigarette trick....
Jul 24 2007
CENTRAL News anchorman Bob Warman today claimed he fell foul of a BBC-commissioned production company's questionable editing....
Jul 24 2007
A CONSTRUCTION worker was impaled on metal rods in an horrific accident while working on a building site in the centre of Birmingham....
Jul 24 2007
THOUSANDS of flood-hit families could be evacuated to Birmingham under plans drawn up by the city council and an MP....
