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Celebrities try tambourine art to boost Midlands charity

HEY Mr Tambourine Man – just look at all the stars of the stage, screen and sport who have jingle-jangled on these instruments to support a Midland charity.Read

Birmingham mum's dismay after UK's most dangerous inmate caught in bed with woman prison guard after escape

THE Midland mum of Britain’s most dangerous prisoner has told of her heartache at putting him in care when he was a child – and pleaded with him “to sort himself out”.Read

Wednesfield loan shark Sarah Dixon's jail term slashed to half

A LOAN shark jailed for three years and nine months for driving Midland families to despair with her crippling interest rates and massive fines for missed payments has had her sentence almost halved on appeal.Read

Irish tourism minister Michael Ring comes to BIRMINGHAM for St Patrick's Parade

HE has enjoyed many St Patrick’s Day celebrations in his homeland.Read

The Fionnuala Bourke column: Union made the real boob over Oxord student

A FORMER Brummie schoolgirl has caused a rumpus in one of Britain’s most established of establishments – by ‘bragging’ about her boobs.Read

World War Two hero Richard Spencer's poems under the hammer

HE died aged just 21 as he led his men into battle in Tunisia during Operation Torch in World War Two.Read

Serial prostitute rapist from Smethwick appeals against conviction

A SERIAL rapist jailed for raping three prostitutes on the backstreets of Birmingham is demanding that his conviction is overturned – because police warned vice girls about his reign of terror.Read

Singer James Morrison caught in gang warfare in the United States

SINGER James Morrison has told how he cowered in a taxi after being caught in the crossfire of gang warfare in the United States.Read

Midland sailor Nick Woodward rescued from rough seas in Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

A MIDLAND sailor has been evacuated from a yacht competing in a round-the-world race after sustaining a head injury in rough seas off the coast of Taiwan.Read

World's Apart singer sells vintage mini Cooper S

It is one of the earliest Mini Cooper S cars ever to have been built. British Motor Corporation workers produced the vehicle at Longbridge in December 1964. The very first Mini Cooper S models had been created a year earlier. Owner, Worlds Apart singer Cal Cooper, is planning to show off his his prized car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this June and to sell it at the Goodwood Revival in September. Read

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Fionnnuala Bourke is an Assistant Content Editor on the newsdesk. Her direct line is 0121 234 5269.

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