http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/ Read the latest Midlands news online. Covering the whole of central England including news in East and West Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent and the Cotswolds. en-gb Trinity Mirror 2012 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:55:36 GMT Sunday Mercury no Read the latest Midlands news online. Covering the whole of central England including news in East and West Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent and the Cotswolds. Midlands news, central England news, news in East Midlands, news in West Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent news, Cotswolds news http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/teenage-edgbaston-mum-missing-after-bad-news-from-medics-66331-30312923/ SHE became one of Britain’s gymslip mums when she had a baby at the age of 15, while she was studying for her GCSEs.

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:30:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/teenage-edgbaston-mum-missing-after-bad-news-from-medics-66331-30312923/ Midlands News false http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/birmingham-double-murder-khalid-mahmood-slams-borders-agency-over-rimvydas-liorancas-being-in-the-country-to-kill-carole-and-avtar-kolar-66331-30312229/ A BIRMINGHAM MP has accused the Borders Agency of having ‘blood on its hands’ for letting a Lithuanian murder suspect enter Britain without a passport.

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/birmingham-double-murder-khalid-mahmood-slams-borders-agency-over-rimvydas-liorancas-being-in-the-country-to-kill-carole-and-avtar-kolar-66331-30312229/ Midlands News false http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/birmingham-s-fattest-man-barry-austin-proposes-to-his-girlfriend-66331-30311047/ BIRMINGHAM’S fattest man has popped the question to his long-term partner and is nervously awaiting her reply in the run up to Valentine’s Day.

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:57:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/birmingham-s-fattest-man-barry-austin-proposes-to-his-girlfriend-66331-30311047/ Midlands News false http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/erdington-woman-claims-bailiff-tried-to-bully-her-over-23-council-tax-debt-66331-30311612/ A MUM of four who owed just £23 council tax has told how bailiffs threatened to take her boyfriend’s car and increased her debt tenfold.

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:56:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/erdington-woman-claims-bailiff-tried-to-bully-her-over-23-council-tax-debt-66331-30311612/ Midlands News false http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/rugeley-pub-has-more-bouncers-than-boozers-66331-30311131/ IT is the only pub in Britain where there’s at least one bouncer for every drinker.

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:54:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/rugeley-pub-has-more-bouncers-than-boozers-66331-30311131/ Midlands News false http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/boy-george-to-launch-career-again-by-singing-cilla-black-songs-in-italian-66331-30311696/ HE’S the pop star who shot to fame in the 1980s with his colourful image and bizarre Karma Chameleon lyrics.

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:40:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/boy-george-to-launch-career-again-by-singing-cilla-black-songs-in-italian-66331-30311696/ Midlands News false http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/shock-ban-for-birmingham-city-and-aston-villa-shirts-66331-30311631/ ASTON Villa and Birmingham City football shirts have been banned at a Midland prison.

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:30:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/shock-ban-for-birmingham-city-and-aston-villa-shirts-66331-30311631/ Midlands News false http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/birmingham-cyclist-records-bad-drivers-on-helmet-cam-and-posts-them-on-youtube-66331-30311409/ HE is the scourge of bad Brummie drivers who make cyclists’ journeys a near death experience.

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/birmingham-cyclist-records-bad-drivers-on-helmet-cam-and-posts-them-on-youtube-66331-30311409/ Midlands News false http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/tv-gardener-david-domoney-sets-out-to-shock-with-nipples-piranhas-and-motorbikes-66331-30311701/ HE’S the rock ‘n’ roll gardener who likes to shock.

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/tv-gardener-david-domoney-sets-out-to-shock-with-nipples-piranhas-and-motorbikes-66331-30311701/ Midlands News false http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/the-birmingham-and-west-midlands-big-freeze-to-thaw-out-66331-30312299/ THE big freeze is set to thaw over the coming days as Midland temperatures return to normal for the time of year.

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/the-birmingham-and-west-midlands-big-freeze-to-thaw-out-66331-30312299/ Midlands News false http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/herefordshire-social-worker-had-liason-with-registered-sex-offender-66331-30311134/ A MIDLAND social worker responsible for vulnerable children has been sacked after concealing her love affair with a convicted sex offender.

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/herefordshire-social-worker-had-liason-with-registered-sex-offender-66331-30311134/ Midlands News false http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/former-coventry-squaddie-jailed-for-grooming-teenage-boys-is-called-a-committed-cunning-determined-depraved-evil-sexual-predator-66331-30311614/ A FORMER squaddie who sexually abused teenage boys after grooming them on the internet has been jailed for a minimum of 10 years.

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/former-coventry-squaddie-jailed-for-grooming-teenage-boys-is-called-a-committed-cunning-determined-depraved-evil-sexual-predator-66331-30311614/ Midlands News false http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/rugeley-man-banned-from-contact-with-neighbours-after-arguments-66331-30311849/ A MIDLAND dad at the centre of a Tony Christie pop row has been banned from any contact with his neighbours for a year.

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/rugeley-man-banned-from-contact-with-neighbours-after-arguments-66331-30311849/ Midlands News false http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/fionnualla-bourke-it-s-time-to-face-up-to-the-privacy-perils-of-social-networking-66331-30311879/ OH Facebook, spacebook, casebook, wastebook – why can’t I join you?

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/fionnualla-bourke-it-s-time-to-face-up-to-the-privacy-perils-of-social-networking-66331-30311879/ Midlands News false http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/birminmgham-riots-to-be-re-enacted-at-scene-of-violence-66331-30312589/ THE riots which raged through Birmingham and the Black Country are to be turned into a play at the scene of some of the most shocking violence.

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/birminmgham-riots-to-be-re-enacted-at-scene-of-violence-66331-30312589/ Midlands News false http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/notorious-leamington-spa-builder-paul-henstone-is-shamed-on-television-66331-30312448/ A NOTORIOUS builder who left a trail of destruction across the Midlands has had his shocking workmanship exposed on television.

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/notorious-leamington-spa-builder-paul-henstone-is-shamed-on-television-66331-30312448/ Midlands News false http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/man-arrested-in-kingstanding-after-being-accused-of-knocking-man-s-turban-off-66331-30311143/ A MAN has been charged with racially assaulting a passenger on a Midland bus after the alleged victim’s turban was knocked off.

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/man-arrested-in-kingstanding-after-being-accused-of-knocking-man-s-turban-off-66331-30311143/ Midlands News false http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/busty-glamour-model-danielle-lloyd-says-she-could-have-died-66331-30311142/ BUSTY glamour model and Midland WAG Danielle Lloyd has revealed she could have died if she hadn’t gone ahead with a breast operation.

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/busty-glamour-model-danielle-lloyd-says-she-could-have-died-66331-30311142/ Midlands News false http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/william-shakespeare-s-jacobean-birthplace-raided-by-lead-pipe-thieves-66331-30311123/ METAL thieves have targeted William Shakespeare’s birthplace, snatching lead pipes from a Grade I-listed Jacobean building.

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/william-shakespeare-s-jacobean-birthplace-raided-by-lead-pipe-thieves-66331-30311123/ Midlands News false http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/midlands-rat-club-to-hold-crufts-style-contest-66331-30311564/ THEY’RE not traditionally thought of as the most beautiful of animals.

]]> Sunday Mercury Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/02/12/midlands-rat-club-to-hold-crufts-style-contest-66331-30311564/ Midlands News false