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Man escapes Birmingham pet shop blaze

A man has been taken to hospital after a fire in a flat above a pet shop in Castle Bromwich, Solihull. Read

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West Midlands teaching assistant denies filming naked children

A teaching assistant in the West Midlands helped her husband secretly film young girls undressing and having baths after holding pool parties at their home, a court has been told. Read

Letter: Jacko no Elvis or Lennon

REGARDING the MPs’ expenses scandal, I could overlook any transgression if we had a government willing to bring Britain out of the European Union, stop all further immigration and return all immigrants to whence they came. Read