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Apprentice stars Kate Walsh and Philip Taylor are NOT getting married

Press claims Apprentice star Kate Walsh is to get engaged have been dismissed by someone who should know - her mum. Read

School worker denies helping husband film naked girls

A teaching assistant accused of helping her husband film young girls as they undressed and bathed at their West Midlands home said she was unaware he was videoing them from the loft, a jury has heard. Read

Man charged with murder in Nuneaton

According to Sky Sports News Spurs have formally put a bid in for Villa and Norway striker John Carew a bid that Villa have turned down. Read

XFactor break for 'Miss Barbie' the Cannock prison teacher

CONVICTS at a tough Midland jail shower her with affection, and call her “Miss Barbie.” Read

Moseley man's poo protest in Trafalgar Square

A water quality expert from Birmingham delighted onlookers in Trafalgar Square by taking to the fourth plinth dressed as a lump of faeces. Read

MG Rover probe 'back in 20 days'

The Serious Fraud Office will only take 20 days to investigate the collapse of Birmingham-based car giant MG Rover, so a long-awaited official report into its demise can then be published, the Business Secretary has said. Read

Police visits to residents concerned about Bulldog Bash

A mobile police station is visiting residents in parts of Warwickshire to discuss concerns about this year's Bulldog Bash motorcycle festival. Read

Warwickshire's Royal Show opens gates for the last time

The decline of the farming industry has been blamed for the demise of a 170-year-old tradition as the Royal Show opened its gates for the last time in Warwickshire. Read

Swine Flu cases to escalate say Herefordshire NHS

NHS officials in Herefordshire have warned that the number of swine flu cases in the county is likely to escalate in the next few weeks. Read

Worcestershire home raided - thieves take everything including the kitchen sink

Burglars who plundered an historic country home in Worcestershire in a £200,000 heist even stole the kitchen sink. Read

Two car crash in Staffordshire leaves two in hospital

Four people have been taken to hospital following a two-car crash in Staffordshire. Read

Islamic Sharia Law courts operating in West Midlands

TWENTY-two secret Islamic courts are issuing rulings under strict sharia law in the Midlands, the Sunday Mercury can reveal. Read

I saw Michael Jackson at Birmingham's Odeon with the Jackson Five in 1972

SHE was a teenager from a sleepy Midland village and he was to become one of the greatest performers the world has ever known. Read

Birmingham snapper's memories of meeting Michael Jackson at the Odeon

FORMER Birmingham Post & Mail photographer Derek Millward met Michael and the rest of The Jackson 5 in Birmingham. Read

Chairman of Birmingham Central Mosque should quit over 7/7 bombings row says MP

A LEADING Muslim MP has called for the chairman of Birmingham Central Mosque to resign after the cleric suggested the July 7 London bombings were a Government conspiracy. Read