Bungling West Midlands medics lose 12,000 private patient records

BUNGLING Midland medics have lost the personal records of nearly 12,000 NHS patients in just eight months, the Sunday Mercury can reveal.Read

West Midlands Police dog joins Twitter!

A CRIME-fighting police sniffer dog is set to become an internet scent-sation after starting his own Twitter page.Read

The Belfry owners deny historic golf club will be put up for sale

IT is one of the most famous locations in the world of sport.Read

Wolverhampton detective suspended after being charged with data protection offences

A MIDLAND detective has been suspended after being charged with TEN data protection and computer misuse offences.Read

Coventry nurse abandoned hospital ward

A NURSE who abandoned a Midland ward leaving 17 vulnerable patients without care at night has been allowed to keep her job.Read

Wednesbury councillor Elaine Costigan quits over school row

A TORY councillor who defected to Labour has revealed how Ed Balls phoned her moments after she resigned to praise her “gutsy” decision.Read

I had boob job in my lunch hour, says Rubery woman.

AFTER most women have dropped their children off at school they go shopping, do the housework or have lunch with a friend.Read

Goldie shoots for the top with computer game advert

IT is one of the most brutal computer games on the market with characters stabbed to death and women being raped.Read

Midland student faces trial for voyeurism

A MIDLAND student is facing trial for voyeurism after allegedly hiding under a friend’s bed so he could film him having sex with a girl.Read

Birmingham nostalgia: Looking back at the Onion Fair

WHEN you were a kid brought up in the back-to-backs in the Forties, entertainment was almost non-existent.Read

Inside a Cadbury-inspired chocolate house

IT looks the perfect property for any chocoholic.Read

Sparkhill student faces trial for voyeurism

A MIDLAND student is facing trial for voyeurism after allegedly hiding under a friend’s bed so he could film him having sex with a girl.Read

Cofton Park road restrictions announced ahead of Pope visit

TEN thousand letters have been sent to residents living near a Birmingham park explaining traffic restrictions and road closures for the papal visit.Read

Pregnant Midland mum-of-four who fiddled £70,000 of benefits is selling house to stay out of prison

A PREGNANT mum-of-four who fiddled over £70,000 in benefits is selling the family’s Midland home to help clear the debt – and stay out of prison.Read

Midland MP calls for review of Metropolitan Police

MIDLAND MP Tom Watson has asked the Government to conduct a judicial review of the Metropolitan Police investigation into allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World.Read

Brierley Hill's Luke Walker refused bail in Crete

A MIDLAND man charged with beating his girlfriend to death in Crete has been refused bail.Read

Worker sacked for calling new Jaguar XF 'a load of s***'

A JAGUAR worker complained he was unfairly sacked – after allegedly describing the new executive car as S*** to visitors at the plant.Read

Staffordshire man convicted of abusing boys at boarding school where he taught

A former boarding school head from Staffordshire faces a lengthy jail term after being convicted of abusing boys during the 1970s and 1980s.Read

Sutton Coldfield grandmother makes shawl for Cameron baby's public debut

The Birmingham grandmother who crocheted the intricate shawl chosen by the Camerons for their baby daughter's arrival at Downing Street said she was "absolutely delighted and honoured".Read

Three Coventry men jailed over multi-million pound mortgage fraud

Three Coventry men who led a multi-million pound mortgage fraud racket have been sentenced to a total of 12 years in prison.Read

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