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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

Birmingham and Worcesters Soldiers tell of life on the front line in Afghanistan

A MIDLAND soldier fighting in Afghanistan has described the adrenaline rush of being under fire – and says his colleagues are determined to prove “they could do the job”.Read

Colleagues' funeral tributes to Afghan blast victim Jason Williams

HUNDREDS of people lined the streets for the funeral of a “first-class soldier” killed in an explosion in Afghanistan.Read

Hundreds pay tribute at funeral of Worcester soldier killed in Afghanistan

Hundreds of people have lined the streets of Worcester for the funeral of a "first-class soldier" killed in an explosion in Afghanistan.Read

Funeral to be held for Worcester soldier killed in Afghanistan blast

Mourners will pay their final respects to a "forward-leaning and dynamic" Worcester soldier who died in Afghanistan.Read

Redditch store robbery witness plea

POLICE investigating a robbery at a Redditch newsagents involving a knife are appealing for further witnesses to come forward.Read

Tributes to 'outstanding' paratrooper Dale Hopkins

Mourners have paid their respects to an "outstanding and utterly professional" Worcestershire paratrooper killed in Afghanistan earlier this month.Read

Elephants show off their flair for music, art and football at West Midland Safari Park

ARE these the most talented elephants in the world?Read

Halesowen Town crisis: FA set to investigate after fake fags charge

THE FA is set to investigate a crisis-hit Midland football club after a former senior executive was charged with smuggling £5 million of cigarettes into the country.Read

Ex-Halesowen Town chief executive on fake cigarettes charge

THE former chief executive of a crisis-hit Midland football club has been charged after he allegedly failed to pay customs duty on £5.3 million-worth of counterfeit cigarettes imported into the UK.Read

'Robin Hood' jailed for 13 years for armed robberies

A Worcester student who claimed to be a "modern-day Robin Hood" has been jailed for 13 years for a catalogue of armed robberies across Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Devon.Read

Midland taxpayers to foot £70,000 bill for 'lost paperwork'

MIDLAND taxpayers are set to foot a “monumental” bill after bungling council staff lost cash payments totalling more than £70,000.Read