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AT just 21, one Stourbridge ace has already been there, done that and got the T-shirt – twice. Nov 06 2009

Sam Smith, from Halesowen, joined the Glassboys from Chasetown FC at the end of last season.Read

City council bows to pressure over meeting agendas Nov 06 2009

MEMBERS of the public can once again pick up paper copies of Birmingham City Council agendas at public meetings.Read

COME on you Glassboys! Nov 06 2009

That’s the call going up from the people of Stourbridge as the town prepares for its big football day tomorrow.Read

St John the Baptist RC Primary pupils preparing a bumper harvest Nov 06 2009

IT’S all grow at one primary school in Birmingham.Read

Firefighters in two-hour Redditch shed arson battle Nov 06 2009

FIREFIGHTERS battled with a blaze for over two hours after arsonists set fire to a large storage shed in Redditch.Read

Robbers pounce on woman driver in Selly Oak Nov 06 2009

TWO thugs attacked a lone woman after following her driving through Birmingham.Read

Tobacco racket smashed as customs officers swoop on Birmingham shop Nov 06 2009

AN ILLEGAL tobacco smuggling racket has been smashed after police and Customs officers seized 107,880 cigarettes from a Birmingham shop.Read

Campaigners vow to take Wolverhampton care home fight to No10 Nov 06 2009

CAMPAIGNERS are taking their fight to Downing Street to save a Wolverhampton care home after councillors voted to reject a businessman’s cash offer to keep it open.Read

Asbestos-related lung disease on rise in West Midlands Nov 06 2009

DEATH rates in the West Midlands from asbestos-related lung disease Mesothelioma have continued to surge, according to latest official reports.Read

Birmingham man's emotional trek to Nepal in memory of father Nov 06 2009

A BIRMINGHAM man is to make an emotional pilgrimage to open a schoolhouse built in Nepal with money raised by his father in honour of Gurkha soldiers.Read

Birmingham Mail columnist relives day he was detained by armed border guards Nov 06 2009

BIRMINGHAM Mail columnist Mike Olley has relived the moment he and his wife were surrounded by armed border patrol guards who put them under detention.Read

Acorn’s Children’s Hospice shop has proved invaluable to Yardley dolls collector Nov 06 2009

A BIRMINGHAM charity shop has proved a goldmine for a doll collector.Read

Birmingham veteran's 37th visit to Western Front Nov 06 2009

THE routine is well-established but no less emotional for big-hearted Alex Bulloch.Read

HMS Daring: Fit for purpose Nov 06 2009

BIRMINGHAM’s warship is training hard.Read

Chippie worker has latest £500 Mail prize all wrapped up Nov 06 2009

THE chips certainly aren’t down for the Mail’s latest cash bonanza winner.Read

Midland cider maker Aston Manor takes over rival Nov 06 2009

By Graeme BrownRead

Deal to halt post strikes Nov 06 2009

DETAILS of an agreement which paved the way for a fresh wave of postal strikes to be halted hours before the latest walkouts were due to start will be released today.Read

Missing Midlands teen obsessed with the Koran is found safe Nov 06 2009

A MISSING teenager who was said to have developed an obsession with the Koran has been found in Leicester.Read

Catholic leader praises Birmingham’s role as multi-faith city Nov 06 2009

BIRMINGHAM is leading the way in the creation of a vibrant multi-faith city, according to the Most Rev Vincent Nichols, the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.Read

Bilston man admits blackmailing Asda stores Nov 06 2009

A MAN aged 49 has pleaded guilty to blackmailing two West Midland branches of a supermarket by making unwarranted demands for a total of £17,000.Read

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AT just 21, one Stourbridge ace has already been there, done that and got the T-shirt – twice. Nov 06 2009

City council bows to pressure over meeting agendas Nov 06 2009

COME on you Glassboys! Nov 06 2009

St John the Baptist RC Primary pupils preparing a bumper harvest Nov 06 2009

Firefighters in two-hour Redditch shed arson battle Nov 06 2009

Robbers pounce on woman driver in Selly Oak Nov 06 2009

Tobacco racket smashed as customs officers swoop on Birmingham shop Nov 06 2009

Campaigners vow to take Wolverhampton care home fight to No10 Nov 06 2009

Asbestos-related lung disease on rise in West Midlands Nov 06 2009

Birmingham man's emotional trek to Nepal in memory of father Nov 06 2009

Birmingham Mail columnist relives day he was detained by armed border guards Nov 06 2009

Acorn’s Children’s Hospice shop has proved invaluable to Yardley dolls collector Nov 06 2009

Birmingham veteran's 37th visit to Western Front Nov 06 2009

HMS Daring: Fit for purpose Nov 06 2009

Chippie worker has latest £500 Mail prize all wrapped up Nov 06 2009

Midland cider maker Aston Manor takes over rival Nov 06 2009

Deal to halt post strikes Nov 06 2009

Missing Midlands teen obsessed with the Koran is found safe Nov 06 2009

Catholic leader praises Birmingham’s role as multi-faith city Nov 06 2009

Bilston man admits blackmailing Asda stores Nov 06 2009

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