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Jan 4 2008
THREE men have denied killing 16-year-old Shane Owoo, who was found dead in a water-filled clay pit near his home in the West Midlands....
Jan 4 2008
BOSSES at Birmingham International Airport have insisted they have no objections to soldiers wearing uniforms in the terminal building....
Jan 4 2008
WOLVERHAMPTON children's TV presenter Mark Speight has said he is "absolutely distraught" at the death of his fiancee Natasha Collins....
Jan 4 2008
LITTLE Mateus Booth simply couldn't wait to come into the world and ended up being born in a Worcestershire roadside layby....
Jan 4 2008
BIRMINGHAM mother-of-two Donna Allen, who claimed almost £29,000 in benefits while hiding the fact that she was living with someone, has been jailed for ten months at Birmingham Crown Court....
Jan 4 2008
CHASETOWN'S football heroes have been given an extra incentive to reach for the sky and reach the Fourth Round of the FA Cup....
Jan 4 2008
NEW rules barring adults with children enjoying more than two drinks with their meals proved hard to swallow in one Birmingham city centre pub introducing the measure....
Jan 4 2008
MIDLAND war hero Captain Robert Phillips, who won the Victoria Cross for risking his life to rescue a comrade under fire, is to be commemorated with the first of a new series of blue plaques in Sandwell....
Jan 4 2008
FORMER Birmingham city councillor Martin Brooks has been awarded an OBE for his peace-keeping work in Serbia....
Jan 4 2008
HUNDREDS of new homes planned in the Longbridge redevelopment will have "virtually no effect" on a housing crisis nearby, a housing chief claimed today....
Jan 4 2008
IT is too soon to celebrate the sale of car makers Land Rover and Jaguar to Indian group Tata, the MP representing many Land Rover workers has warned....
Jan 4 2008
CHASETOWN has gone football mad as the town's soccer stars gear up for the biggest game in the club's history....
Jan 4 2008
TONY Woodley, the UK's most powerful union leader today threw down the gauntlet to Ford and Tata over job security at Jaguar and Land Rover as a takeover deal looms....
Jan 4 2008
PLUCKY little Alex Ward, who is dying of a brain tumour, is hoping for life-saving treatment at one of the world's leading cancer centres in New York thanks to a children's charity....
Jan 4 2008
A BIRMINGHAM Liberal Democrat who has claimed incapacity benefit for 25 years because he is too ill to work told a court that he wanted to become a city councillor because it would be an easy life....
Jan 4 2008
FIRE crews were put on alert at Birmingham International Airport after reports of a plane in potential difficulty....
Jan 4 2008
A MAJOR £160 million hotel, office, flats, bars and workshop complex in the Jewellery Quarter has been backed by city planners....
Jan 4 2008
SIX-year-old Birmingham girl Kaya Winter died from a serious head injury after the car her mum was driving swerved and hit a tree, an inquest heard....
Jan 4 2008
TRAVEL chaos suffered by thousands of train passengers should come to an end today after rail chiefs finally completed work on a project to upgrade a major route running through Birmingham....
Jan 4 2008
COMEDIAN Matt Lucas took over the role of Big Brother last night as 12 gifted contestants entered the house, including Victor and Emilia Arata from Hamstead in Birmingham....
Jan 4 2008
FROM the Bullring to Closing The Ring - a Birmingham city council worker Chris Porter is enjoying showbiz success thanks to one of his songs being featured in a new movie directed by Lord Attenborough....
Jan 4 2008
"IRRESPONSIBLE" Midland hospital visitors are helping an infectious winter vomiting bug spiral out of control, health bosses warned today....
