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Police have removed 9,000 firearms from streets in the Midlands

COPS have taken more than 9,000 firearms off the streets of the Midlands in the past three years, the Sunday Mercury can reveal.Read

Third Midland man quizzed by cops after shooting

A THIRD Midland man has been quizzed by cops over the gangland-style shooting of a husband on his doorstep.Read

Black Country comedian seconds from delivering killer joke

A QUICK-thinking Black Country man saved a comedian’s life when he keeled over, literally dying on stage.Read

Cops: Birmingham does not have a guns and gangs issue

POLICE have arrested a total of 15 people in connection with the spate of shootings in Birmingham.Read

Drunken Warwickshire arsonist jailed over fatal fire

A drunken arsonist from Warwickshire who started a fire that killed a man sleeping in a disused factory has been jailed for five years.Read

Three questioned over Shropshire murder

Detectives investigating the murder of a man whose body was found at a landfill site in Shropshire have been granted a further 24 hours to question three suspects.Read

Brookland Hospital in Solihull launches probe after sex abuse claims A SECURE Midland hospital has launched a probe into allegations that women patients with learning disabilities have been sexually abused.more
'Murder' suspect Luke Walker hopes to pay tribute to dead girlfriend MIDLAND murder suspect Luke Walker is hoping he will finally get the chance to pay tribute to his girlfriend who he is accused of killing – on her 21st birthday.more
Rubery mum-of-four jailed for running brothel in Solihull A MUM-of-four who ran a £45-a-time brothel in a leafy upmarket Midland town has been sent to jail.more

Mum of four ran £45 a time brothel in Solihull

A MUM-of-four who ran a £45-a-time brothel in a leafy upmarket Midland town has been sent to jail.Read

Birmingham's gang-busting top cop lands job in Bermuda BIRMINGHAM’S gang-busting top cop is to spearhead the war against crime – on the sunshine isle of Bermuda.more

Britain's Next Top Model from Perry Barr recalls horror crash

BRUMMIE beauty Kadian Noble who is battling to become Britain’s Next Top Model has revealed how her face was almost ripped off in a terrifying road smash.Read

Chelsea Hyndman murder suspect Luke Walker speaks from prison cell to the Sunday Mercury

BLACK Country murder suspect Luke Walker has spoken for the first time from his Greek prison cell about his horror at being accused of killing girlfriend Chelsea Hyndman.Read

Two men in hospital after shootings in Lozells and Handsworth Wood

Two men were in hospital this morning after being shot in separate incidents less than two miles apart in Birmingham.Read

Birmingham residents in shock as man's body is found hanging from bridge

RESIDENTS spoke of their shock last night after the body of a young man was said to have been found hanging from a disused Birmingham bridge.Read

A CRANE driver who claimed he was beaten and harassed is taking his employers to a tribunal.

Birmingham Tribunal heard how Michael Lane, of Bewdley, Worcester, suffered head and right leg injuries in an attack.Read

A PIECE of cheese a day could keep the doctor away, according to new research.

Boffins are claiming that certain kinds of cheese, which contain good bacteria, can boost the immune system in elderly people.Read

A PROBE has been launched after hundreds of confidential patient records were found at a Black Country bus stop.

A computer disk containing the details of 800 files, which included birth dates, addresses and medical conditions of mostly elderly patients at West Midlands Hospitals, was left at the Wolverhampton stop.Read

AROUND 50 jobs will be created when work begins on Drayton Manor Theme Park’s new £18.5m hotel development.

Construction work is well under way to build a new 150-bedroom hotel and facility which is due to open next summer.Read

A MAN who headed a busking band hanged himself, an inquest has recorded.

Michael Billington, aged 49, of Bishop Street, Stourport, founded the Billington Family Buskers, together with his wife and their three children.Read

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