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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

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

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Midlands soldier died trying to recover fallen comrade's body

A soldier from Worcester was killed in Afghanistan while trying to retrieve the body of a fallen Afghan comrade.Read

Worcester soldier killed while retrieving comrade's body

ANOTHER soldier from the Midlands has been killed in Afghanistan, it was revealed this afternoon.Read

Biker dies in gate crash in Malvern

A motorcyclist has died after his machine left the road and crashed into a gate on the Worcestershire-Herefordshire border.Read

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Rail chaos as CrossCountry Trains strike kicks in

Hundreds of holidaymakers and day-trippers from Birmingham New Street faced travel chaos yesterday as industrial action on Britain’s most extensive rail franchise kicked in.Read

ANOTHER soldier from the Midlands has been killed in Afghanistan, it was revealed this afternoon.

He was named by the Ministry of Defence as Private Jason Williams, aged 23, from Worcester, of the 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment.Read

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Tributes paid to Redditch soldier killed in Afghanistan

A MIDLANDS solider was among three paratroopers killed when a roadside bomb blew up their patrol vehicle in Afghanistan.Read

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Midland soldier tells of Afghan bomb blast terror

A BRAVE Midland soldier who lost an arm and two legs while serving in Afghanistan has spoken of his ordeal, and hopes to help raise cash for other injured troops.Read

One dead in garden gas tank explosion near Redditch

ONE person has died following an explosion and fire at a residential property, emergency services said today.Read