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Fire kills Midland pensioner

A PENSIONER was killed after a blaze swept through part of his Midland home, police revealed last night. Read

Speed camera attacks are on the rise

Speed camera attacks rise Read

Birmingham actor was Batman's butler

HE WAS the faithful butler who was always on hand to help his superhero boss Batman. Read

New Doctor Who played football for Leicester City and Nottingham Forest

MIDLAND actor Matt Smith was last night named as the surprise choice as the new Doctor Who – making him the youngest actor to take on the famous role. Read

Terror suspect held for seven years without charge in British prison

A FORMER terror suspect was held without charge for more than SEVEN years in a Midland jail. Read

Victim of Staffordshire air crash was pregnant

A TRAGIC couple killed in a horror plane crash in the Midlands were expecting their second child together, friends revealed last night. Read

Internet tribute to dead pets

GRIEVING Midlanders are turning to an internet memorial garden to pay tribute to lost loved ones – their dead pets. Read

Heroic teenager saves her sister from blaze in Coventry

A HEROIC Midland teenager saved her three- year-old sister’s life by rescuing her from a blaze at their home on Friday. Read

Married couple and experienced pilot killed in Staffordshire crash

A couple with two children who married last summer were among the three victims of a plane crash which closed one of the country's busiest rail routes, it emerged tonight. Read

Bank send blind man unusable pin 10 times

A BLIND Midland man has claimed his bank has failed to send him a usable PIN no less than TEN times. Read

Superflu strikes in the Midlands

SEVEN Midlanders have been struck by a potentially lethal strain of superflu which is resistant to drugs over the last six months. Read

West Midland Police officer facing trial

A POLICE officer is facing trial after being accused of passing on restricted intelligence information to criminal gangs in the Midlands. Read

Get a blood test at Asda!

NHS patients are being offered blood tests while they shop at a Midland supermarket in a controversial bid to cut hospital waiting times. Read

Made in Smethwick!

TODAY, Smethwick is just a town squeezed between Birmingham and the Black Country. Read

Your guide to beating the credit crunch

WITH the recession due to bite hard in 2009, many households will need to cut their bills to survive. Read

Investigators prepare to remove Walsall pilot's crash wreckage

Air accident investigators are preparing to remove the wreckage of a light aircraft which crashed near one of Britain’s busiest railway lines, police said today. Read

More bodies may be in Staffordshire plane wreckage, say police

At least two people were killed when their light aircraft crashed into one of Britain's busiest railway lines in Staffordshire. Read

Factory fire toxic cloud no longer a threat

A toxic chemical cloud that threatened motorists on one of Britain's busiest motorways and residents across the Black Country has dispersed, say police. Read

City prepares for closure of Woolworths

“We are professionals and want to deliver results but there’s nothing on the shelves and nothing really to do. Customers have been saying how sorry they will be to see us go and Saturday will certainly be a difficult day.” Read

Birmingham man talks of escape from Bangkok club blaze

A Birmingham man hurt in a New Year's Eve fire in a Bangkok nightclub has spoken of his escape from the inferno. Read

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