Birmingham MP John Hemming expecting fifth child with lover

THE mistress of a flamboyant Birmingham MP is expecting the couple’s second love child.Read

Video: We reveal the face behind viral You Tube sensation 'Doreen's Story'

WITH her thick Black Country accent and cheap jewellery “Lazy Cow” Doreen has become an overnight YouTube sensation.Read

Staffordshire man reveals the seedy truth behind living life as the Tiswas Bunny

HE was the innocent little boy who stole a nation’s heart while donning a rabbit outfit and singing Bright Eyes on cult kids’ show Tiswas.Read

Beatles legend Ringo Starr talks to Sunday Mercury music man Paul Cole

HE is, he says, amazed that he survived the Swinging Sixties – and the madness that followed the Summer of Love.Read

Aston Villa star Darren Bent reveals the key role his mum plays

ASTON Villa and England striker Darren Bent has revealed the secret weapon looking after his football fortune – his mum. Read

George Tyndale: The antidote to Mr and Mrs Smug and their New Year resolutions SO it’s the first day of 2012 and the promise of the new year lies before us.more
Son of Birmingham City legend Trevor Francis accused of burglary at home of former Aston Villa midfielder Lee Hendrie THE son of Birmingham City legend Trevor Francis has been charged with burglary at a £1.7 million property owned by former Aston Villa star Lee Hendrie.more

Special Feature: West Brom star Jeff Astle's widow in blistering attack on FA bosses

THE widow of Baggies legend Jeff Astle has launched a blistering attack on the Football Association after researchers confirmed heading footballs CAN cause fatal brain injuries.Read

Birmingham QE nurse accused of stealing 20,000 tablets AN NHS nurse is to appear in court accused of stealing more than 20,000 prescription tablets from a Birmingham hospital.more
WATCH: Chilling CCTV shows armed robber battering Telford shopkeeper with baseball bat THIS is the chilling moment an armed robber stormed a corner shop and brutally battered the owner around the head with a baseball bat.more
'Suicidal' former Stafford Hospital boss enjoyed ski trip abroad AN NHS chief who failed to attend two inquiries into patient deaths at his hospital because he claimed he was too ill and suicidal has enjoyed a foreign ski trip with pals.more
Picture special: Cannock mum's plea to find hitmen who killed her son CAROL Deakin gazed at the poignant childhood images of her son – gunned down in his sleep by gangsters – and bit her lip.more
Stourbridge dad and war hero is real Iron Man HE’S the Iron Man of the Midlands who flattens every problem in his way.more
Birmingham council boss claimed almost £1,000 for taxis A CASH-strapped council’s chief executive claimed almost £1,000 in taxi expenses in a year – including nine journeys under one mile.more

Dead Hereford SAS hero John McAleese was facing child porn probe

IRANIAN Embassy SAS hero John McAleese was fighting a secret extradition battle to bring him back to the UK to face child porn allegations before his death last month.Read

Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor on millionaire wages, Birmingham riots, and Gerard Houllier

ASTON Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor has defended footballers’ millionaire wages – and said Hollywood stars get paid more.Read

Revealed: The Black Country wedding suite which doubles as a swingers club A WEDDING suite doubles as a seedy swingers’ club where strangers meet for illicit encounters, the Sunday Mercury can reveal.more
Walsall X Factor reject thrown off show after criminal past emerged releases single AN X Factor reject shown the door after his knife-wielding criminal past was exposed is now aiming to top the charts on his own.more
Lonely Planet book ignored Birmingham in latest guide to UK FOR many intrepid travellers they are the indispensible guide to a foreign land.more

The day the Tipton Slasher met his match - in a seventy four round scrap

WILLIAM Perry’s most famous bout was against American Charles Freeman on December 6, 1842.Read