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Reckless speeder jailed after 120mph police pursuit

A DISQUALIFIED driver involved in a police chase at speeds of 120mph has been put behind bars for more than two years.Read

Worcestershire school backed over home smacking

A leading Worcestershire public school that sacked a former nurse for smacking her own son at home has welcomed the rejection of her claim for unfair dismissal.Read

New Zealand adventure company accused over tourist's death

The operator of an adventure river trip in which a Worcestershire tourist drowned had no specific safety regulations, a court in New Zealand has heard.Read

Pirate Party to stand against MPs in the Midlands

A Worcester graphic designer is to challenge a Government minister at the next election as leader of the UK’s own Pirate Party, which campaigns to change the laws on sharing films and music over the internet.Read

Shock as rural cops use Tasers once a week

POLICE in parts of the rural West Midlands are using Tasers at least once a week, new Home Office figures have revealed.Read

A YOUNG woman suffered a fractured cheekbone after being viciously attacked in Kidderminster, police have revealed.

The woman, who is in her 20s, left the Royal Exchange pub in New Road at around 11.30pm on Saturday August 8 and walked into Oxford Street, towards the Comberton Road Ringway island.Read

Open verdict recorded on Bromsgrove stab man David Currier

Mystery surrounds the death of man who died from stab wounds at his home in Bromsgrove last February.Read

Emily Pankhurst autograph auctioned off

THE autographs of a host of famous people will go under the hammer in the Midlands.Read

Emily Pankhurst autograph auctioned off

THE autographs of a host of famous people will go under the hammer in the Midlands.Read

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Two Midlands soldiers killed in Afghanistan repatriated to UK

Hundreds of people turned out today to pay their respects to four soldiers killed in Afghanistan as their bodies were returned to British soil.Read

Trading Standards asked to probe Monarchy Live Festival at Ragley Hall

BIRMINGHAM Trading Standards has been asked to investigate the promoters of a collapsed music festival following complaints from fans trying to get refunds.Read

Worcestershire fish and chip shop owner accused of selling ‘fake’ cod

A second Worcestershire fish and chip shop owner has been accused of selling Vietnamese catfish and disguising it as British cod.Read

Worcester soldier's body flown home

THE latest Midland soldier to be killed in Afghanistan will be brought home today.Read

Worcestershire dad to attend NZ river tragedy trial

THE father of a 21-year-old woman who died while river boarding in New Zealand is hoping to see ‘justice done’ when he travels to the country for the trial of an adventure sport company accused of breaching safety laws.Read

Wounded Midland soldier hits out at criticism over Army equipment

A MIDLAND soldier who lost three limbs in a roadside bomb in Afghanistan has rubbished claims the British Army is not properly equipped.Read

Two people attacked in daytime raid on the Dog and Pheasant, Bromsgrove

MASKED robbers attacked a man and woman at the back of a Bromsgrove pub in broad daylight, forcing the female victim to be hospitalised with facial injuries.Read

Cabbies in call for better security after driver stabbing in Birmingham

Cab drivers have called for new measures to protect themselves including security cameras, safety screens, a police hotline and a city-wide blacklist of violent customers.Read

Cabbies in call for better security after driver stabbing in Birmingham

Cab drivers have called for new measures to protect themselves including security cameras, safety screens, a police hotline and a city-wide blacklist of violent customers.more

Worcester solider killed by roadside bomb while trying to recover an Afghan ally's body

TRIBUTES were today being paid to a brave soldier from Worcester who was killed in Afghanistan while trying to retrieve the body of a fallen Afghan comrade.Read

Police in fresh plea over Midland man stabbed to death as son slept upstairs

POLICE today made a fresh appeal to solve the murder of a Midland man who was stabbed to death at his home while his six-year-old son slept upstairs.Read