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Oct 23 2007
TWO schoolboys from Solihull are to pick up bravery awards after leaping into action when their mother suffered a diabetic attack....
Oct 23 2007
A MIDLAND mayor who grabbed a fellow pub-goer round the throat and hurled abuse at him has been given a 12 month conditional discharge....
Oct 23 2007
POLICE today smashed a cannabis factory hidden inside a Birmingham terraced house....
Oct 23 2007
EUROPE'S first Thomas Land attraction is set to open at a theme park near Birmingham....
Oct 23 2007
RED hot chefs at a top Birmingham restaurant were celebrating today after they came first in the regional 2007 British Curry Awards....
Oct 23 2007
BIRMINGHAM postal workers today hailed the truce in the long-running Royal Mail dispute but warned the backlog of mail could take two weeks to clear....
Oct 23 2007
A MAN was in a serious condition in hospital today after being set upon by a gang of men in West Bromwich and "glassed" in the eye....
Oct 23 2007
BLACK Country-born punk band legend Paul Raven has died in Geneva, aged just 46....
Oct 23 2007
A MAN who set fire to the pub where he was assistant manager, causing £116,000 damage in a "cry for help", has been jailed for 15 months....
Oct 23 2007
A WALSALL man has been jailed for three years for carrying out a string of sex attacks on a schoolgirl....
Oct 23 2007
PARTS of Tipton are to be declared "no go" areas for Santa Claus because of attacks by stone-throwing yobs during his annual charity sleigh collection....
Oct 23 2007
DEFIANT Birmingham anti-abortion grannie Veronica Connolly, who has narrowly avoided being jailed, insisted today: "I expect to end up in court again."...
Oct 23 2007
A BIRMINGHAM schoolboy was today facing a second operation and extensive surgery after he was mauled by a dog....
Oct 23 2007
DRIVE-BY gunmen opened fire on a house in Birmingham....
Oct 23 2007
POLICE in the Midlands were preparing for the next phase of arrests today as they stepped up their crackdown on drug dealers....
Oct 23 2007
A SECURICOR guard fled in terror after an armed robber had put a gun to his head outside a Midlands building society, Birmingham Crown Court was told....
Oct 23 2007
AN elderly Birmingham recluse died of smoke inhalation when clothes hanging from a wardrobe were set alight by an electric heater, an inquest heard....
Oct 23 2007
X FACTOR loser Kimberley Southwick today opened her heart over her shock exit and claimed she struck by the show's "curse"....
Oct 23 2007
MIDLAND hospitals today received a poor bill of health over how they spend taxpayers money in a national finance audit....
Oct 23 2007
A DRIVER who attacked a man and two women in a road-rage incident has been jailed for two years....
Oct 23 2007
A NEW £193 million Central Library for the city has been approved with the promise: "We will get it done."...
Oct 23 2007
FOUR new houses were severely damaged today when a blaze ripped through their roofs....
Oct 23 2007
A SENIOR Tory said he was "baffled" at the lack of Government support for the redevelopment of New Street station....
Oct 23 2007
BIRMINGHAM music fans will be treated to a rendition by organ enthusiast David Power as he battles to play at 43 cathedrals in just 21 days....
Oct 23 2007
MOVE over Britney and Christina! Bubbly Midland teenager Samantha Dorrance is setting the world of music and dance on fire with her glitzy routines....
Oct 23 2007
THREE men have been convicted of murdering another man in a savage beating at a flat in Birmingham....
Oct 23 2007
HOLIDAYMAKERS, families visiting relatives and businessmen are having to queue around the clock outside the Indian consulate in Birmingham for visas, despite claims a new system would ease the problems....
Oct 23 2007
A SECOND pathologist testified in a Jamaican inquest that Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer apparently died from natural causes following his team's loss in the World Cup....
