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Judge orders retrial of gang accused of targeting Quinton shopkeeper in alleged assault and blackmail plot

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:00:00 GMT

A JURY has been discharged in the case of three men accused of battering a shopkeeper and threatening to kill him if he did not find £40,000 in 48 hours.

Victims of rogue Birmingham clamper hit out after he is spared jail term

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:45:00 GMT

VICTIMS of a rogue Birmingham clamper, who stole valid parking tickets out of cars before towing them away, have hit out after he escaped a jail term.

Gang target Quinton shopkeeper in alleged assault and blackmail plot

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:00:00 GMT

A GANG battered a Birmingham shopkeeper in front of his teenage son and threatened to kill him if he did not find £40,000 in 48 hours, a court has heard.

Quinton Ward Committee meeting

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT

THE Quinton Ward Committee meeting will be held from 7pm on Thursday at the Quinbourne Community Centre, Ridgacre Road, Quinton.

Homeless will be allowed to sleep inside Birmingham churches

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:01:00 GMT

THE homeless will be allowed to sleep INSIDE Birmingham churches during a unique project to help get them off the freezing streets.

Quinton mum's suicide bid over £100 electricity bill

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:10:00 GMT

A DESPERATE Birmingham mum was driven to a suicide bid – over an electricity bill.

Man wearing tights and skirt hunted in Quinton double assault probe

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:15:00 GMT

POLICE are probing claims that a balding, six foot tall man dressed in a skirt and black tights assaulted a teenage schoolgirl.

Brutal and cowardly Birmingham bus attackers are jailed

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:30:00 GMT

TWO “brutal and cowardly” drunken thugs laughed as they attacked an innocent bus passenger for his gold chain, leaving him with a broken jaw.

Birmingham's wholesale markets should be key to city's recovery says councillor

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:00:00 GMT

BIRMINGHAM’S wholesale and retail markets should be at the centre of the city’s economic recovery, a councillor has claimed.

Council boss lashes out at Government over delays in introducing car clamping ban

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT

COUNCIL bosses today hit out at the Government over delays in introducing new laws aimed at stopping rogue car clampers from blighting the lives of Birmingham drivers.