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    Bromsgrove council fined for ignoring residents' opposition to housing Jul 02 2009

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

    Teenager dies as storms hit West Midlands Jun 30 2009

    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. Jun 30 2009

    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. Jun 30 2009

    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 Jun 29 2009

    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 Jun 29 2009

    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. Jun 29 2009

    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 Jun 29 2009

    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 Jun 29 2009

    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 Jun 27 2009

    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 Jun 25 2009

    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 Jun 25 2009

    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 Jun 25 2009

    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 Jun 25 2009

    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 Jun 24 2009

    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 Jun 24 2009

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

    Chateau Impney Hotel in Droitwich Spa up for sale Jun 23 2009

    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 Jun 23 2009

    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 Jun 22 2009

    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 Jun 22 2009

    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

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