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Aug 20 2007
HUNDREDS of music fans were today trapped in a 'sea of mud' in car parks at The V Festival after two days of rain turned fields into swamps....
Aug 20 2007
A FORMER Bishop of Aston, the Rt Rev John Austin, has died at the age of 68....
Aug 20 2007
BOSSES behind Birmingham's Walk of Fame have bowed to pressure to give more modern day Brummie heroes the chance to get their own Hollywood-style star...
Aug 20 2007
DETECTIVES have discovered evidence that a second shot was fired at a Hell's Angel murdered on the M40, police said today....
Aug 20 2007
A MIDLAND mum-of-two who has been tipped to win TV contest the X Factor was today at the centre of controversy after it emerged she has a secret past - as a pop singer....
Aug 20 2007
MOTORISTS on the M42 faced delays today after a tyre on a fuel tanker burst into flames, raising fears of an explosion....
Aug 20 2007
A DYING Birmingham woman has been given the gift of life by her mother, who donated a kidney to save her....
Aug 20 2007
POLICE today claimed they were responding to a "direct threat" when an officer drew his taser gun on a Midland hotel owner who was helping to save people from a fire in Newquay....
Aug 20 2007
MEET the Perks, a family to rival screen heroes The Incredibles....
Aug 20 2007
TWO prisoners were found hanging in cells at Birmingham Prison within an hour of each other....
Aug 20 2007
FOOTBALLER Lee Hughes has been released from jail today to re-launch his career after serving three years for killing a man in a car crash....
Aug 20 2007
MORE than 70 revellers were arrested by police during this weekend's V Festival....
Aug 20 2007
THE roadside sign said it all. A local entrepreneur was offering festival-goers macs for £2 with the warning "you will wish you had"....
Aug 20 2007
THERE might have been grey skies and rain overhead but nothing could dampen the spirits of visitors to this year's Eid Mela....
Aug 20 2007
CIVIC leaders have been condemned for a "lack of leadership" by a Birmingham MP after they failed to agree on proposals for road pricing in the West Midlands....
Aug 20 2007
DISABLED players earned a well-earned draw after they battled it out against a team of able-bodied players in a light hearted tournament....