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Three students return to Britain’s first all-female agricultural college in Studley after more than 50 years

THREE women who studied at Britain’s first all-female agricultural college have been reunited after more than 50 years.Read

Bromsgrove schoolchildren have lucky escape as bus crashes

A GROUP of children had a lucky escape today when their minibus was involved in a road accident.Read

Birmingham City v Aston Villa: Mum tells of ordeal caught up in derby violence

A MUM told today how she and her two young sons was left shaken after being caught up in derby violence.Read

New appeal in taxi driver Mohammed Arshad murder hunt

POLICE investigating the murder of taxi driver Mohammed Arshad have made a new appeal after a witness came forward to report a near-collision with a dark blue taxi at about the time of the attack.Read

Baby zebra Dougal's foal play fails to impress two-ton rhino

BABY zebra Dougal had a tough introduction to the law of the jungle – when an angry rhino squared up to him at West Midlands Safari Park.Read

Mohammed Arshad taxi murder: Police probe "near miss" accident

Detectives investigating the murder of taxi driver today issued an appeal forRead

London Midland rail passengers to be hit by industrial action

The rail firm which cancelled most of its services last Sunday because of staff shortages is facing the threat of industrial action in a row over pay, potentially affecting services across the West Midlands, it was confirmed.Read

Body of Kidderminster soldier Richard Brandon returned home

The fiancee and daughter of a Midland soldier killed in Afghanistan sobbed on streets of a military town yesterday as his body was returned home.Read

West Midlands soldier repatriated after death in Afghanistan

The fiancee and daughter of a soldier from Kidderminster killed in Afghanistan sobbed on the streets of a military town as his body was returned home.Read

Dad's safety plea to New Zealand PM after daughter dies in river tragedy

THE father of a young Midland tourist who died during a river adventure trip in New Zealand has pleaded with the country’s prime minister to make extreme sports safer.Read

Droitwich mum in charity run with triplet siblings on anniversary of dad's death

THIS set of triplets are preparing to put their best feet forward in honour of their late father when they participate the EDF Energy Birmingham Half Marathon.Read

Mother of Midland soldier killed in Afghanistan had “no hang-up”

THE mother of a Midland soldier killed in Afghanistan has refused to be drawn into the political row surrounding the bloody conflict.Read

Jacqui Smith tells of expenses regret at ladies business lunch in Birmingham

FORMER Home Secretary Jacqui Smith candidly discussed the “difficult day” when her MP expenses claims were made public while at a women’s networking lunch held at a Birmingham hotel.Read

Tributes to Kidderminster soldier killed in Afghanistan blast

Tributes have been paid to a "wonderful" soldier from Kidderminster killed in Afghanistan.Read

Police plea over attack on woman

POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a serious assault on a woman in Bromsgrove.Read

By Paul Bradley

ANOTHER Midland soldier has been killed in Afghanistan.Read

New £2m community centre opened on Wychall Farm estate

A NEW community centre has been officially opened in the heart of a city estate which is undergoing a £34 million regeneration.Read

Fears grow for missing Redditch teenager

FEARS are growing for the safety of a teenager who went missing from his Midland home five days ago.Read

Model Lucy's back and championing the bigger woman

WHEN stunning Lucy Shropshall was 15, she was plucked from thousands of model wannabes at the Clothes Show and described as the next Claudia Schiffer.Read

Official report says social services failed body-in-suitcase boy

A REPORT into the death of tragic Midland body-in-the-suitcase victim James Hughes has revealed a catalogue of failings by social workers.Read