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Feb 6 2008
AN Islamic fanatic who plotted to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier was “training” his three-year-old daughter to marry a Mujahadeen terrorist, a court heard today....
Feb 6 2008
PRAYERS were being said in memory of legendary Midland footballer Duncan Edwards today as fans marked the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster. ...
Feb 6 2008
POLICE were today hunting a sex pest who exposed himself to two teenage girls and a woman in separate incidents in Chelmsley Wood....
Feb 6 2008
A FAT-busting product sold by a Birmingham businessman and his doctor wife which promised to melt away flab left a woman permanently disfigured, a court was told. ...
Feb 6 2008
A BIRMINGHAM man who liked to drink, smoke and go clubbing became an Islamist fanatic who plotted to kidnap and kill a British Muslim soldier, a court heard. ...
Feb 6 2008
THE former police officer at the heart of the row over the bugging of an MP now claims he was asked to eavesdrop on a second legally-privileged conversation by a West Midlands Police officer, it emerged today....
Feb 6 2008
LABOUR Party leader Sir Albert Bore came under fire from rivals for stirring up trouble and letting down voters over the council strike....
Feb 6 2008
UNION bosses are set for crunch talks with council leaders amid threats of crippling two-day strikes....
Feb 6 2008
FAMILIES and workers in a Solihull village today claimed a damaged bridge is threatening to cost people's lives....
Feb 6 2008
A DAMP-proofing firm has been ordered to pay fines, compensation and costs of nearly £30,000 after vulnerable pensioners in Solihull had unnecessary work done to their homes....
Feb 6 2008
A PILOT scheme set up in Solihull in a bid to thwart rogue traders has proved such a success it is to be rolled out across the country....
Feb 6 2008
A WORKMAN who conned a pensioner out of £80 for five minutes of unnecessary work to her roof has been given a suspended sentence....
Feb 6 2008
RADICAL plans for a completely traffic-free Birmingham city centre were being proposed in Brussels today by former city leader Sir Albert Bore....
Feb 6 2008
PLANS to ban councils from funding services aimed at specific ethnic groups have been welcomed by Birmingham MPs....
Feb 6 2008
A BIRMINGHAM health trust has revealed that it recruited an agency worker at a cost of £62.50 an hour because it could not find anyone else to fill the post....
Feb 6 2008
RAIL bridge engineers were today facing a desperate race against the clock before the re-opening of a section of the Severn Valley route....
Feb 6 2008
THE mood among Labour MPs is one of fury - and it is aimed at four of their own number, including Birmingham MP Gisela Stuart....
Feb 6 2008
A KEY West Midland car parts supplier whose customers include Land Rover and LDV is being sold after three months in administration - but over 100 jobs are now at risk....
Feb 6 2008
THE man responsible for steering building and development in Birmingham for the last four years is to stand down in May....
Feb 6 2008
BIRMINGHAM Castle Galleries is set to unveil a unique photographic collection of universal football legend Pele....
Feb 6 2008
THE headteacher, staff and chair of governors of a Birmingham school have united in vowing to fight closure plans, it was revealed today....
Feb 6 2008
VILLAGERS were left stunned by letters which appeared to tell them they would have to give up their homes for an expansion of Birmingham International Airport....
Feb 6 2008
CITY housing boss John Lines today apologised for an interview in which he described asylum seekers as "scumbags and scallywags"....
Feb 6 2008
CAMPAIGNERS against plans to build homes in back gardens have lobbied Solihull Council chiefs on a bid to thwart the proposals....
Feb 6 2008
JUST look at her now! Bethanie Shaw-Shillam has just celebrated the third birthday her family feared she would never see....
Feb 6 2008
CITY MPs today came to the defence of the strike-hit city council....
Feb 6 2008
UNION leaders said today that the odds against saving a Cadbury's factory were always against the workers following a vote to stop fighting the closure....
Feb 6 2008
A MOTHER on her way to pick up her children from school was shot in the head by a man taking pot-shots with an air rifle, Birmingham crown court was told....
Feb 6 2008
FAMILIES are urged to have a final say on a planned council tax rise before a consultation exercise ends this week....
Feb 6 2008
WORK has already started on a new primary school that will be part of the first new village centre in the heart of North Solihull's regeneration zone....
Feb 6 2008
A BRAWL between striking dustmen forced a Birmingham pub to close following a union rally in Victoria Square....
Feb 6 2008
CAMPAIGNERS hoping to increase the number of train carriages to cut overcrowding on a popular service have been dealt a huge blow....
