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Probe launched into claims rendition flights have used Birmingham Airport

A MIDLAND MP is to quiz airport chiefs and the Government over allegations that Birmingham International Airport has been used to smuggle terror suspects by America’s CIA.Read

Cadbury takeover: Kraft expected to launch hostile bid tomorrow

BIRMINGHAM chocolate giant Cadbury could become the latest British institution to fall under foreign ownership.Read

Robert Mansell plane crash death: Family plea to bring body home

THE family of a heroic Midland pilot who plunged to his death in the Caribbean Sea after saving his passengers fear a cash row is stopping them from bringing his body home.Read

Birmingham city centre bank bans cash payments in branch

A MIDLAND bank has told customers that it will no longer accept cashRead

Anger surfaces in Bromsgrove over Julie Kirkbride's quit U-turn

DISGRACED Midland MP Julie Kirkbride has angered grass roots Tory supporters by reversing her resignation.Read

Work begins on Birmingham's city centre's new ferris wheel

WORK begins today on a new 60m Ferris wheel in Birmingham city centre.Read

Airlift drama for young driver after Black Country car crash

A YOUNG driver was airlifted to hospital yesterday afternoon after crashing his car into a lamppost in the Black Country.Read

Birmingham man charged with Brierley Hill nightclub shooting

A BIRMINGHAM man has been charged in connection with a shooting at a nightclub in the Black Country.Read

Birmingham City owners plan to promote Birmingham through Far East

BLUES are set to make their debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange – in the guise of Birmingham International Holdings.Read

Eight in court over Birmingham car clamping activities

SEVEN men and a woman have appeared before Birmingham magistrates charged with illegal car clamping activities.Read

Boxing champion Pat Cowdell in golf club row

MIDLAND former World Featherweight boxing title contender Pat Cowdell is fighting to clear his name after being barred from his golf club for singing war songs.Read

Mail Comment: Extra poignancy to Birmingham remembrance services

REMEMBRANCE Sunday is always a time of poignancy. A time when we reflect in solemn, reverential silence on the terrible price paid by generations of servicemen and women so that this country might live in peace and freedom.Read

Call to honour war hero on Stourbridge memorial

A BIRMINGHAM man who uncovered his great uncle’s wartime heroics has appealed for him to be honoured on his hometown war memorial.Read

Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Wolves and West Bromwich Albion add poppy to shirts

TOP West Midlands football teams will be supporting British troops by wearing embroidered poppies on their shirts.Read

Remembrance Sunday services to be held around Midlands

Birmingham Lord Mayor Coun Michael Wilkes will be leading the city’s commemoration of the fallen at a Remembrance Sunday service in Centenary Square from 10am tomorrow.Read

Campaign group praises Birmingham children's services improvements

A CAMPAIGN group set up in the wake of Baby P’s death has praised the improvements made by Birmingham’s children’s services department.Read

Birmingham golf course officials slam plan to close it

THE devastated chairman of Hilltop Golf Club has blasted the city council for not carrying out a consultation process before making the decision to close the course.Read

Afghanistan death blast soldier named

A BRITISH soldier who died in southern Afghanistan was remembered as the “toughest of men and the gentlest of friends”.Read

Birmingham Muslims denied flu vaccine ahead of Hajj pilgrimage

HUNDREDS of Birmingham Muslims are at risk because they have been denied the swine flu vaccine ahead of this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, religious leaders have claimed.Read

Paul Daniels judges sausage competition in Birmingham

YOU’LL like this ... not a lot, but you’ll like it. The region’s finest butchers were hoping not to hear famous magician Paul Daniels’ immortal catchphrase when his search for Britain’s most magical banger came to a Birmingham hotel.Read