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Birmingham MP John Hemming expecting fifth child with lover

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:01:00 GMT

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

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

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:58:00 GMT

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

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

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:58:00 GMT

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.

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

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:58:00 GMT

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

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

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 09:59:00 GMT

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

George Tyndale: The antidote to Mr and Mrs Smug and their New Year resolutions

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 09:07:00 GMT

SO it’s the first day of 2012 and the promise of the new year lies before us.

Son of Birmingham City legend Trevor Francis accused of burglary at home of former Aston Villa midfielder Lee Hendrie

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:20:00 GMT

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.

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

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:00:00 GMT

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.

Birmingham QE nurse accused of stealing 20,000 tablets

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:45:00 GMT

AN NHS nurse is to appear in court accused of stealing more than 20,000 prescription tablets from a Birmingham hospital.

WATCH: Chilling CCTV shows armed robber battering Telford shopkeeper with baseball bat

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:30:00 GMT

THIS is the chilling moment an armed robber stormed a corner shop and brutally battered the owner around the head with a baseball bat.

'Suicidal' former Stafford Hospital boss enjoyed ski trip abroad

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:00:00 GMT

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.

Picture special: Cannock mum's plea to find hitmen who killed her son

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:58:00 GMT

CAROL Deakin gazed at the poignant childhood images of her son – gunned down in his sleep by gangsters – and bit her lip.

Stourbridge dad and war hero is real Iron Man

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:27:00 GMT

HE’S the Iron Man of the Midlands who flattens every problem in his way.

Birmingham council boss claimed almost £1,000 for taxis

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:25:00 GMT

A CASH-strapped council’s chief executive claimed almost £1,000 in taxi expenses in a year – including nine journeys under one mile.

Dead Hereford SAS hero John McAleese was facing child porn probe

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:05:00 GMT

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.

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

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:01:00 GMT

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

Revealed: The Black Country wedding suite which doubles as a swingers club

Sunday Mercury — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:26:00 GMT

A WEDDING suite doubles as a seedy swingers’ club where strangers meet for illicit encounters, the Sunday Mercury can reveal.

Walsall X Factor reject thrown off show after criminal past emerged releases single

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:28:00 GMT

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.

Lonely Planet book ignored Birmingham in latest guide to UK

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:22:00 GMT

FOR many intrepid travellers they are the indispensible guide to a foreign land.

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

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 09:01:00 GMT

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