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Sep 5 2007
A PROFESSIONAL boxer's father was fatally injured when a dozing Birmingham van driver ploughed into their car on their way home from a bout, a court was told....
Sep 5 2007
THE Tour of Britain cycle race reaches the Black Country next week with organisers claiming the sport is "coming home"....
Sep 5 2007
TAXPAYERS in Tamworth are being asked to say how they think their money should be spent....
Sep 5 2007
WORRIED residents in care in Staffordshire have been assured they will not be made homeless if their residential homes are shut....
Sep 5 2007
MIDLAND firms have been urged to review their holiday practices or risk falling foul of new arrangements on paid leave....
Sep 5 2007
It wasn't until he arrived in his hotel room in Cyprus that Eric Spears realised the blade was even in his bag....
Sep 5 2007
AN EAST Birmingham mum has decided to give something back to the charity who helped her autistic son by organising a fund-raising event this week....
Sep 5 2007
PUPILS at a Birmingham secondary school came face-to-face with the latest security measure today - passport control....
Sep 5 2007
CITY leaders were today a step nearer securing the extra £220 million Government cash needed towards the long-awaited revamp of New Street Station....
Sep 5 2007
POLICE today revealed the Midland driver arrested for drink driving after an horrific coach crash will not be quizzed until he has recovered from his injuries....
Sep 5 2007
FIVE Black Country men have been put behind bars for a total of 11 years for their part in an operation to flood the area with more than £5.5 million worth of smuggled cigarettes....
Sep 5 2007
ONE of Britain's best-loved comedians who has always stayed true to his Birmingham roots is preparing to be inducted into the city's Walk of Stars....
Sep 5 2007
MURDER police today appealed to jewellers to help trace £1,000 gems stolen from a pensioner's home....
Sep 5 2007
A NEW computer crackdown on benefit fraud will see more than 60,000 people subjected to lie detector tests in a Birmingham City Council trial scheme....
Sep 5 2007
NEARLY 100 Birmingham schoolchildren were given higher than recommended doses of the controversial MMR vaccine in a blunder by health bosses....
Sep 5 2007
A MUM who set up a nursery with her seriously ill mother is selling up after going to war with her neighbours....
Sep 5 2007
SUTTON Coldfield MP Andrew Mitchell has outlined his committment to protecting the Green Belt around Birmingham....
Sep 5 2007
FAMILIES evacuated from their homes after a 30ft high wall started cracking nearby were holding talks with council chiefs today ....
Sep 5 2007
A SOLDIER from Alvechurch led a team of engineers to Africa in a bid to help them prepare for deadly natural disasters that could put thousands of civilian homes at risk....
Sep 5 2007
A NEW clothing range is set to smash its way onto the catwalks of Milan, Paris, New York... and Rubery....
Sep 5 2007
A JUDGE admitted his "hands were tied" by the law when he was only able to fine a group of men for their involvement in a "sadistic and merciless" dog fight in Birmingham....
Sep 5 2007
AN INNOCUOUS looking office block in the heart of Birmingham is set to become the front line in the battle against gun crime....
Sep 5 2007
CITY planning chiefs have been advised to back a new housing estate despite fears the land could be contaminated....
Sep 5 2007
A UNITED Nations of workers who have made Birmingham their home will see old rivalries re-emerge with the start of the Rugby World Cup....
Sep 5 2007
A MAN drove through Birmingham city centre so dangerously it was unsafe for police to follow, a court was told....
Sep 5 2007
CITY council bosses and staff have been slammed for enjoying a jet-set lifestyle at the taxpayers' expense....
Sep 5 2007
A GROUP of mothers from a Solihull school will be donning their running shoes and turning miles into cash to raise funds for charity on Saturday....
Sep 5 2007
HUNDREDS of pupils at a Birmingham school will be taking a much keener interest than most in England's vital Euro 2008 football qualifying matches....
Sep 5 2007
YOBS daubing graffiti across Solihull are being warned to clean up their act - or face the consequences....
Sep 5 2007
A TERRIFIED mother used a knife to fight off a man harassing her daughter, a court was told....
Sep 5 2007
A MOTHER of three who fiddled more than £25,000 in benefits because of "substantial" debts has been allowed to keep her freedom....
Sep 5 2007
A BABY girl ended up seriously ill in hospital after picking up an infection from cockroaches in an infested flat, her mum claimed today....
