Nov 09 2007 | Top Stories
STANDING 40 metres high HMS Daring, Birmingham's newest Royal Navy ship, is a fitting testament to soldiers who bravely fight for freedom and democracy miles away from home. Read
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THE family of X Factor hopeful Niki Evans from Tamworth have said she will bounce back after last week's savaging at the hands of TV Mr Nasty Simon Cowell. Read
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THOUSANDS of old employment cards found in the debris of a demolished Birmingham factory tell of how so many staff who were former soldiers coped with the trauma of war injuries. Read
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A BIRMINGHAM Mail team has flown out to Gambia to link up with Bob Powell, the boss of a charity scheme backed by readers which aims to improve the lives of hundreds of children. Read
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PRIME Minister Gordon Brown watched West Midlands engineering in action today when he visited BMW's factory in Coleshill, near Birmingham. Read
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SIR John Major's links with the West Midlands are being researched by Birmingham historian Chris Sutton and the former Prime Minister has written to say he would be delighted to receive any information he comes across. Read
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LIFE in the Army is tasting a whole lot better thanks to Birmingham sous-chef Andrew Preston who has scooped a culinary award. Read
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A HIGHLY-rated Birmingham PE student has been found dead in Sutton Park, it was revealed today. Read
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THOUSANDS of drivers faced traffic chaos today as police closed one of Birmingham's Small Heath Highway and an industrial estate in a suspected gas scare. Read
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THOUSANDS of Birmingham City Council workers were today finding out how much their salaries will change under a new pay and grading system. Read
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UP to 1,500 angry Birmingham NHS mental health workers - some looking after the city's most dangerous sex offenders - are threatening industrial action over a shake-up in working hours. Read
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THE Sugababes, McFly and X Factor winner Leona Lewis will descend on Birmingham as part of tomorrow's Christmas Lights switch-on ceremony. Read
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A PENSIONER was killed in a collision with a car outside a Solihull cinema, ambulance chiefs said today. Read
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A DIABETIC motorist from Birmingham told a jury he could remember nothing about the fatal accident when his car knocked down a four-year-old boy. Read
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WHIZZKID young footballer Andrew Brown of Walsall has set himself a goal - to follow in the starry steps of his hero Thierry Henry. Read
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A RETIRED police officer blasted in the leg as he tried to disarm a gun-toting bank robber today told why he put his life at risk. Read
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RUTHLESS robber Lyton Fletcher was the "key man" behind a hardened gang of armed crooks who left a wave of terror across the Midlands, police said today. Read
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THIS is the moment cold killer Lynton Fletcher made the decision to return and gun down Joseph Nwabuko on the streets of Birmingham city centre. Read
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A MEMBER of a ruthless armed robbery gang was today starting a life sentence for the "cold and brutal" murder of a man who was following them after a raid in Birmingham. Read
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BIRMINGHAM'S Pakistani Consulate was the target for protesters demanding the restoration of democracy by the president as the political situation in their homeland grew more tense. Read
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BUSINESSES could be ordered to charge staff for using company car parks under Government proposals to cut congestion. Read
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FAMILIES in Birmingham are needed to make Christmas extra special for needy children by adding an extra toy to their shopping list in aid of the BRMB and Bullring appeal. Read
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SEVEN out of ten patients in the West Midlands receive hospital treatment within 18 weeks of GP referral, according to new figures. Read
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PARENTS at a Birmingham primary school where a nine-year-old boy was excluded after teachers found him with a knife have reacted with anger that they were kept in the dark. Read
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A SERGEANT made a Birmingham lesbian soldier's life "a misery" after she refused him sex, a tribunal heard. Read
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TRAFFIC was brought to a halt in the centre of Birmingham after a car went out of control and crashed inside the Suffolk Street Queensway tunnel during rush-hour. Read
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COMPANY director Mohammed Tariq, who used his car as a weapon when he ran over a defenceless man lying on a pavement near a Birmingham bar, has been jailed for ten years. Read