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Man trapped after car collides with lamppost in Edgbaston Feb 07 2012

A man was trapped for over an hour after the car he was in collided with a lamppost in Birmingham.Read

MP Ian Austin warns over plans to cut West Midlands police station opening hours Jan 09 2012

OPPONENTS of plans to cut the opening hours of police stations across the West Midlands need to make their views heard before a formal consultation ends this week, an MP has warned.Read

Success for campaign to make a treatment for epilepsy available to people in the West Midlands Jan 03 2012

EPILEPSY sufferers in the West Midlands have been thrown a lifeline after it was announced a previously unavailable nerve stimulation treatment will be given to people across the region.Read

4,000 more join dole queues in West Midlands Dec 15 2011

AROUND 4,000 more West Midland workers joined the dole queue in the three months to October as UK unemployment spiralled to a 17-year high.Read

Huge broadband boost for West Midlands Dec 13 2011

MORE than 77,000 extra homes and businesses in Wolverhampton, the Black Country and Birmingham are to benefit from super-fast broadband with a major expansion of BT’s roll-out.Read

West Midlands pensioners win free rail and tram travel pledge Dec 07 2011

BIRMINGHAM’S public transport chief has poured cold water on suggestions that pensioners might have to pay for rail and tram passes which are currently free.Read

93 per cent of West Midlands drivers admit they would speed if they were in a hurry, survey reveals Nov 22 2011

A SHOCKING 93 per cent of West Midlands motorists would be willing to speed if they were running late, a new poll has revealed.Read

West Midlands Fire Service rules out talk of closing stations or engines Sep 26 2011

WEST Midlands Fire Service is weathering the public spending cuts so far with bosses saying they have no plans to close stations or cut fire engines.Read

Aldridge detective in £3,600 benefit fraud Jul 08 2011

A MIDLAND detective who turned to benefit fraud after hitting “rock bottom” when he lost £100,000 in the collapse of a Spanish property venture has avoided a prison sentence.Read

Grooming suspect placed in controversial Aldrdge bail hostel near child Jun 09 2011

A CONVICTED paedophile suspected of grooming his own young daughter from behind prison walls was allowed to live less than two miles away from the child in a controversial West Midlands bail hostel.Read

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