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Special Report: The day Malcolm X visited Smethwick

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:41:00 GMT

The brooding face of black power in America, Malcolm X stopped on the corner of a Smethwick street and announced: “I have come because I am disturbed by reports coloured people are being treated badly. I have heard they are being treated as Jews were under Hitler.” MIKE LOCKLEY reports.

Smethwick's connection to Titanic disaster revealed

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:38:00 GMT

IT may seem rather unusual for a Centenary Titanic exhibition to be held in an industrial foundry in Smethwick.

Birmingham Mail Top Ten: The best curry houses in Birmingham

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:14:00 GMT

NOW you’ve shed the excess pounds from Christmas with the help of our guide to getting back in shape for the new year and have had chance to work your way through our list of Birmingham’s best beers, we bring you our latest Top Ten, which looks at the city’s curry houses.

Police appeal for Smethwick good Samaritan to come forward after attempted robbery

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:00:00 GMT

A GOOD Samaritan who came to the aid of an 82-year-old woman who was being attacked by a street robber could help police with their investigation.

Birmingham riots: Subway employees looted JD Sports

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:00:00 GMT

TWO Subway employees have been jailed for 16 months each after they ignored their manager’s advice to say away from the riots and looted JD Sports.

Fears over hospital closures in Birmingham and Sandwell

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:57:00 GMT

FEARS have been raised that a Midland hospital will still shut even if the Government fails to approve plans for a new £370 million NHS centre.

Birmingham magistrate and former girlfriend jailed for manslaughter

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:01:00 GMT

A BIRMINGHAM magistrate and his former girlfriend have been jailed for the killing of a two-year-old girl who died of septic shock after she was held under a scalding hot shower.

Duaghter describes Birmingham magistrate accused of murder as "loving and caring"

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

THE daughter of a Birmingham magistrate jointly accused of the manslaughter of a two-year-old girl described him as a loving person who always put his children first.

Accused Smethwick mother weeps as she gives evidence into the death of her daughter

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT

A MOTHER accused of causing the death of her young daughter by scalding her in the shower wept as she admitted not telling her ex-partner the true cause of her injuries.

Fayz Uddin, who drowned in canal with girlfriend Sara Rylance, laid to rest in Bangladesh

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 08:24:00 GMT

A TEENAGER who drowned with his girlfriend in a Midland canal has been laid to rest in Bangladesh.