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Bromsgrove council fined for ignoring residents' opposition to housing

A MIDLAND council has been fined for ignoring opposition from residents to a new housing scheme. Read

Teenager dies as storms hit West Midlands

A TEENAGER died in a drowning tragedy and a man was struck by lightning in a separate incident as devastating storms brought on by the warm weather wreaked havoc across the West Midlands. Read

A TEENAGER died in a drowning tragedy and a man was struck by lightning in a separate incident as devastating storms brought on by the warm weather wreaked havoc across the West Midlands.

The boy was with three friends when he got into difficulty in the water in the River Severn in Worcester yesterday afternoon. Read

TOUCHING tributes have been paid to a teenager who tragically drowned while swimming with friends in the River Severny.

Student Tony Ballard was swimming with three friends when he got into difficulty in the river in Worcester yesterday afternoon. Read

Man survives collision with 100mph train

A MAN was taken to hospital after being in collision with a train travelling at 100mph in Worcestershire. Read

Spitfire flypast at Severn Valley railway 40s weekend

A SPITFIRE aircraft vital to victory in the Second World War has taken to the skies once again. Read

POLICE are warning people to be vigilant after a skimming device was found at a cash point machine in Redditch.

The device was removed from one of the cash dispensers at the Co-op store in Evesham Road in the Crabbs Cross area. Read

Spitfire flypast at Severn Valley railway 40s weekend

A SPITFIRE aircraft vital to victory in the Second World War has taken to the skies once again. Read

Man survives collision with 100mph train

A MAN was taken to hospital after being in collision with a train travelling at 100mph in Worcestershire. Read

Swine-flu cases top the 1,500 mark in West Midlands

CONFIRMED cases of swine flu in the West Midlands have broken through the 1,500 mark, public health chiefs revealed. Read

Motorcyclist dies after Worcestershire crash

A motorcyclist has died after in hospital following a collision with a car in Worcestershire. Read

Redditch MP Jacqui Smith breaks silence over porn film agony

Redditch MP Jacqui Smith has acknowledged she felt humiliated by her husband's public apology for charging two pay-per-view adult films to the taxpayer. Read

Driving ban councillor refuses to quit post

A Conservative Midland councillor was today facing calls to resign after he was slapped with a 12 week suspended prison sentence for driving while banned. Read

Baby pushed onto busy road during sex attack in Redditch

A MUM suffered a terrifying sex assault by two men who pushed her baby into a busy road so they could attack her, police revealed today. Read

Stalin’s forgotten British lifesavers

ERIC Carter was a 21-year-old fighter pilot when he was piled onto a train in Hull with the rest of 81 Squadron and taken to Liverpool in 1941. Read

Six years in jail for investment scam

A MIDLAND fraudster who scammed £500,000 from expats in Indonesia has been jailed. Read

Chateau Impney Hotel in Droitwich Spa up for sale

One of the Midland’s most beautiful hotels is being sold at a cut price because its owner does not have an heir willing to run the business. Read

Rock legend Plant donates acoustic guitar to Parkinson’s Society

ROCK legend Robert Plant donated a signed acoustic guitar to the Worcester and District branch of the Parkinson’s Disease Society (PDS). Read

Police warn of stronger heroin in Bromsgrove

POLICE have issued a warning over a contaminated batch of heroin circulating in the Bromsgrove area. Read

Bromsgrove burglars use rare car as battering ram

BURGLARS caused thousands of pounds of damage to a rare Alfa Romeo Brera car in a desperate attempt to escape when their victims caught them in the act. Read