Sutton Coldfield baby undergoes open heart surgery at just 36 hours-old

HE is the little miracle. Rudy Maxwell-Jones underwent open heart surgery at the age of just 36 HOURS old – and is battling bravely back to health at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.Read

Cash strapped West Midlands Police spend £1.9 million on state-of-the-art cell blocks

A POLICE force which is slashing 2,200 jobs to save money has shut a string of cellblocks – months after splashing £1.9 million on them.Read

Birmingham City in crisis: Cops could look at Carson Yeung's casino links

HONG Kong cops investigating money laundering allegations against Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung may look at his financial links to casinos in Macau, it was claimed last night.Read

Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows rehearsals were done in Brummie accents

IT was the moment the Weasley twins started speaking in a secret language incomprehensible to the Harry Potter film crew.Read

Walsall gold dealer charged with handling up to £2 million of suspected criminal proceeds

A GOLD dealer has been charged with handling up to £2 million of suspected criminal proceeds.Read

Terry Cooke: Solihull's forgotten Manchester United star

LEANING on the shoulder of a cherubic Paul Scholes, the young footballer beams for the camera.Read

Married Midland Premiership star obtains injunction over alleged affair

A MARRIED Midland Premiership football star has obtained a High Court injunction to stop details of an alleged affair being made public.Read

Leicester prison teacher tells of jail sex sessions with murderer

A PRISON teacher who filmed sex sessions with a knife killer spoke for the first time about the affair and said: ‘‘I’ve no regrets.’’Read

Granddaughter's shock at finding grandparents dead in bed after Wolverhampton house raid POLICE have launched a double murder inquiry after the bodies of a devoted elderly Italian couple were discovered in their bed by their grand-daughter.more
Birmingham man slits throat in front of Waterloo Road TV star Angela Griffin ACTRESS Angela Griffin made her name as a nurse in hospital soap Holby City – but was petrified and powerless when a man slit his throat right in front of her.more

Former Aston Villa star Warren Aspinall reveals how he tried to kill himself

EX-Aston Villa star Warren Aspinall has revealed the chilling moment he decided to take his own life – by throwing himself under a train.Read

Peter Andre accused of ruining mum's Mother's Day at Twycross Zoo

A MUM has accused Peter Andre of ruining her Mother’s Day after her family was shunted off a kiddies train – so he could drive it for TV cameras.Read

Stabbed schoolgirl Chloe West set to return to school after Easter

STABBED schoolgirl Chloe West is set to make a remarkable recovery by returning to school after the Easter break, the Sunday Mercury can reveal.Read

Lichfield pensioner receives kidney transplant after brother donates organ

AS A little boy Danny Arch always looked up to his older sister.Read

Suspected Bromsgrove serial killer confessed after child porn probe, new book claims SUSPECTED serial killer Russell Williams only confessed to two murders when cops dropped child porn charges against him, it was claimed last night.more

Video: Thugs film chilling bedroom attack on Birmingham victim on phone

A GANG of thugs, including teenage girls, attacked a terrified victim in the bedroom of his Birmingham home – then posted footage of the assault online.Read

Poltergeist star: I grew up in REAL haunted house THE child star of the terrifying Poltergeist films has revealed he grew up in a REAL haunted house.more
George Tyndale: Waterboarding’s too good for the likes of Al-Megrahi and Kusa THE Envoy of Death, Father of Lockerbie, Colonel Gaddafi’s Chief Fingernail Puller.more
Ex-Aston Villa star Gareth Barry 'victim' of alleged holiday property firm crash A CRIMINAL case has been launched against the boss of a Midland property firm that went bust owing £43 million to investors – including soccer star Gareth Barry.more
The day Sunday Mercury tracked down Al Qaeda supergrass THIS is the world exclusive picture that set American investigators on the trail of the man who would become Al Qaeda’s first supergrass.more