Midlands News for 6 September 2009

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English Defence League and socialist protesters in violent rampage through Birmingham streets Sep 06 2009

VIOLENT thugs brought Birmingham to a standstill yesterday as they rampaged through the city centre, brandishing sticks and hurling bricks at massed ranks of riot police.Read

West Midlands Police Police under fire for ‘complete mess’ after Violent riots in Birmingham Sep 06 2009

WEST Midlands police were last night accused of “extremely bad planning” and failing to protect innocent members of the public.Read

George Tyndale: BBC telly thug Ashley Blake deserved to be jailed Sep 06 2009

JUDGES, quite rightly, tend to come in for some heavy flak for giving crooks an easy ride.Read

Father of M6 lorry death victim Rachel Ward from Nuneaton in new campaign to change law Sep 06 2009

BARBARA Ward makes a poignant pilgrimage every day to visit the grave of her teenage daughter, whose life was ended by a foreign lorry driver on the M6 motorway.Read

London Midland trains - all local services cancelled today Sep 06 2009

TRAINS across the Midlands have hit the buffers today – with London Midland cancelling ALL its local services ­because they don’t have the staff to run them.Read

Bionic Woman: Tamworth student had to be rebuilt after horror crash Sep 06 2009

SHE is the woman they had to rebuild. Pretty Midland student Louisa Mayman’s body was shattered in an horrific car crash that left her battling for life.Read

Sexy stars of the Hammer horror glamour years owed it all to a Brummie Sep 06 2009

SHE is the Brummie beauty on whose cleavage the Hammer horror film empire was built.Read

Tamworth teacher's lies to snare pupil for sex Sep 06 2009

A PERVERT teacher who has been jailed for four years for having sex with an underage pupil claimed he was going to leave his wife to be with her.Read

West Bromwich: Inquest begins into deaths of Stacey Lawrence and Darren Walker Sep 06 2009

AN INQUEST has begun into the deaths of a Midland lorry driver and the stepdaughter he is believed to have strangled.Read

Bigga Pineapple drink snared Birmingham gang thug Sep 06 2009

THUG Ojay Miller made one ‘Bigga’ mistake when he tossed a bottle of a pineapple flavoured soft drink away.Read

Colonel Gaddafi’s controversial Muslim clerics head for Midlands Sep 06 2009

A GROUP of controversial Muslim clerics funded by Colonel Gaddafi are set to make appearances at three Midland Mosques.Read

Fergal, the VW campervan with his own Twitter page Sep 06 2009

Fergal, the Volkswagen campervan with its own Twitter page.Read

Birmingham £100,000 diamond heist raiders 'paid by Mr Big'. Sep 06 2009

TWO Birmingham robbers who snatched £100,000 of diamonds from a Jewellery Quarter store have told cops how they were paid by a shadowy Mr Big to carry out the daylight raid.Read

Secret files on care kids found in Wolverhampton garden shed Sep 06 2009

SENSITIVE information on vulnerable children in social services’ care was found in a Midland garden shed by a builder, it emerged last night.Read

Referee appointed chaplain of Bilston Town football club Sep 06 2009

REFEREE Mel Perry is hoping to give sinful soccer players the red card after being appointed the chaplain of a Black Country football club.Read

Midland takeaway restaurant boss dodging £5,000 fine for hiring an illegal immigrant Sep 06 2009

A WEST Midland takeaway restaurant boss is trying to dodge a £5,000 fine handed to him for hiring an illegal immigrant.Read

NEC Divorce Show postponed until after Christmas - when most couples split up Sep 06 2009

AN exhibition designed to ease the painful process of divorce has been postponed until the New Year – because organisers want to capitalise on more marriage break-ups over Christmas.Read

Saint Teresa's relics to visit Coleshill church Sep 06 2009

MEET a Saint – as her relics go out on tour.Read

Apology for Zombie boy Sep 06 2009

THE devastated family of a three-year-old boy who died after being given medication which “turned him into a zombie” have received an apology and compensation.Read

Stratford Races in mourning as jockeys killed in arson attack Sep 06 2009

A MAN has been arrested by police investigating an arson attack at a flat in which two apprentice jockeys died and two others were injured.Read

Two held over close range Birmingham shooting Sep 06 2009

COPS are hunting two gunmen after a 29-year-old man was shot at close range in a Birmingham street.Read

Stratford Races in mourning as jockeys killed in arson attack Sep 06 2009

A MAN has been arrested by police investigating an arson attack at a flat in which two apprentice jockeys died and two others were injured.Read

Postman faces jail for rape of schoolgirl Sep 06 2009

A POSTMAN is facing jail for raping a schoolgirl five years ago.Read

Midland paramedic sacked after taking laughing gas Sep 06 2009

A MIDLAND paramedic was sacked when she was found face down in the back of her ambulance after taking laughing gas meant for patients.Read

Coventry City legend Colin Hendry pays tribute to his wife who died after botched liposuction Sep 06 2009

Sky Blues legend in tragic wife tributeRead

Saint Teresa's relics to visit Coleshill church Sep 06 2009

MEET a Saint – as her relics go out on tour.Read

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