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Feb 4 2008
POLICE today launched an investigation after £250,000 worth of diamonds were stolen in a gems heist at the NEC – a year almost to the day after a similar theft there....
Feb 4 2008
MORE than 80 Birmingham schools today announced plans to close as cooks, cleaners and teaching assistants walk out on strike tomorrow....
Feb 4 2008
A TEENAGE student injured in a collision with a St John Ambulance vehicle has died in hospital....
Feb 4 2008
BIRMINGHAM is set to host the planet's best athletes by bidding to stage next year's World Half Marathon championships, it was revealed today....
Feb 4 2008
A TEENAGE motorcyclist was airlifted to hospital in Birmingham after colliding with a 4x4 vehicle....
Feb 4 2008
AN 80-year-old woman is fighting for life in hospital after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Birmingham....
Feb 4 2008
BIRMINGHAM Labour MP Gisela Stuart remained defiant today in the face of the threat of disciplinary action by her own party....
Feb 4 2008
HEALTH Secretary Alan Johnson has written to every GP in England to explain why he wants surgeries to open at evenings and weekends....
Feb 4 2008
ABOUT 300 campaigners marched in protest at plans to build an “eco-town” near their Midland homes....
Feb 4 2008
THE extent of honour killings and violence in the Midlands has been widely underestimated, a new report suggests....
Feb 4 2008
THE national president of a Muslim group has visited Birmingham in a bid to help to put a stop to religious extremism....
Feb 4 2008
DIY enthusiast Robert Jones has completed a family set of Birmingham Mail competition winners after scooping £1,000 in the Money Mania competition....
Feb 4 2008
CAMPAIGNERS battling plans to build homes in the back gardens of a Solihull road today claimed terrorists could use the properties to spy on neighbouring Birmingham airport....
Feb 4 2008
DOZENS of memorial vases have been recovered after being stolen from a crematorium....
Feb 4 2008
IT'S the show of the century! That's because these stagestruck youngsters are starring in their own Gang Show to mark 100 years of scouting in Birmingham....
Feb 4 2008
A BLACK Country man who launched a vicious, unprovoked attack on a security guard in a pub has been put behind bars for 18 months. Judge Michael Challinor ruled Nathan Williams, 31, should also have to remain on licence for three years after he is allowed back onto the streets....
Feb 4 2008
FIREFIGHTERS rescued a pet cat from a severe blaze at a Birmingham house....
Feb 4 2008
BIRMINGHAM was today bracing itself for the biggest strike in more than 20 years - with binmen branding a bid to buy them off as a "sham and a farce"....
Feb 4 2008
A TEENAGE rugby player was airlifted to hospital after injuring his back in a tackle during a match near Sutton Coldfield....
Feb 4 2008
THREE public spirited youngsters have become the faces of volunteering in Birmingham as they star in a new poster campaign....
Feb 4 2008
HEALTH Secretary Alan Johnson has written to every GP in England to explain why he wants surgeries to open at evenings and weekends....
Feb 4 2008
LOSING weight has saved a mother-of two's life....
Feb 4 2008
THE former popular Bishop of Birmingham John Sentamu will today receive an honorary degree in a glittering ceremony....
Feb 4 2008
A SMUGGLER doctored drugs with pepper to fool sniffer dogs as she tried to take cannabis into a young offenders' institution, a court heard....
Feb 4 2008
A CONCERT has been staged in Birmingham featuring music based on a story written by a boy shortly before he lost his battle with cancer....
Feb 4 2008
FIREFIGHTERS searched a burning family home amid fears there were people trapped inside....
Feb 4 2008
TWO men were arrested today after being spotted strolling along a Midland motorway next to rush-hour traffic....
Feb 4 2008
A FEARED strike by Travel West Midlands bus drivers is now off after a pay deal....
Feb 4 2008
DETECTIVES have launched an investigation into the suspicious death of a pensioner....
Feb 4 2008
A SMUGGLER doctored drugs with pepper to fool sniffer dogs as she tried to take cannabis into a young offenders' prison, a court heard....
Feb 4 2008
THREE young women have been arrested in conection with the "suspicious" death of a pensioner found at his home in the Black Country....
Feb 4 2008
A PENSIONER from Solihull has proved he is a real silver surfer after signing up for an internet course at the age of 89....
Feb 4 2008
VANDALS caused hundreds of pounds-worth of damage in a wrecking spree at a Solihull beauty spot....
Feb 4 2008
BRITISH troops allegedly involved in a pub brawl in Cyprus face a "hellish" time in the island's jail, a former Midland soldier said today....
Feb 4 2008
BIRMINGHAM'S last sheesha smoking den has been closed down after being found operating "like a Chicago prohibition speakeasy"....
