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Hollywood starlet Gladys Morgan who began career in Birmingham fish and chip shop dies, aged 79

Christina Savvas looks at the life of a Hollywood starlet who started her career in a fish and chip shop in the back streets of Birmingham.Read

Khyra Ishaq's mother and stepdad jailed for her manslaughter

Angela Gordon was jailed for 15 years and her former partner Junaid Abuhamza was jailed indefinitely with a minimum term of seven-and-half years at Birmingham Crown Court today for the manslaughter of seven-year-old starvation victim Khyra Ishaq.Read

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Pervert Birmingham lecturer may have sex illness - court hears

THE case of a shamed lecturer who used hidden cameras to spy on female students as they showered has been adjourned to find out if he has a medical condition which compels him to be a pervert.Read

Controversial supermarket plans for Solihull turned down

Controversial proposals to build a modern shopping centre in a Solihull village have been thrown out as unsuitable.Read

Unseen Staffordshire Hoard treasure back on display in Birmingham

Helmet fragments previously unseen in Birmingham will go on display when items from the world’s largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure returns to the city tomorrow (Saturday).Read

Judge to sentence Khyra Ishaq's killers on Friday

The sentencing of the mother and stepfather of a seven-year-old girl who starved to death in Birmingham has been adjourned again.Read

Birmingham's Eastside plans must change to accommodate high speed rail

Birmingham’s new £235 million high speed railway station will form part of a £30 billion national network, Gordon Brown has announced.Read

Gordon Brown hails high speed rail link plans for Birmingham

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has hailed plans for a new £30 billion high-speed rail (HSR) network as a "most exciting development". Read

Worcestershire businessman jailed for falsely claiming eggs were free range

A company boss from Worcestershire has been jailed for three years for his part in a scam which saw tens of millions of eggs falsely passed off as free range.Read

Passenger group happy with high speed rail link plans

A rail passenger watchdog group has welcomed plans for a new £30 billion high-speed network, with a station set to open in Birmingham’s Eastside.Read

Tories say high-speed rail plans for Birmingham are flawed

Conservatives have welcomed the Government's "change of heart" on high-speed rail but warned its plans were "flawed".Read

Unions give their support to UK high-speed rail plans

High Speed Rail will be ‘a big boost for Britain’, Unite’s Deputy General Secretary, Jack Dromey said.Read

Government confirms high-speed rail plans for Birmingham's Eastside

A new £30 billion high-speed rail (HSR) network, with 250mph trains, was announced today by the Government – with a station set to open in Birmingham’s Eastside.Read

Birmingham bus driver crashed into cars while driving drunk

A drunk bus driver who crashed his double-decker into two parked cars in Birmingham has been sacked. Read

Network Rail staff vote for strikes

Thousands of Network Rail maintenance workers have voted strongly in favour of strikes in a row over jobs, bringing the threat of industrial action over Easter closer.Read

Monument to Iraq dead to be re-dedicated at Staffordshire service

A monument to 179 people who lost their lives in the Iraq war is to be re-dedicated at a service in Staffordshire.Read

Scientology group won't be at Liberal Democrat conference in Birmingham

Liberal Democrats have been forced into an embarrassing U-turn after inviting a pressure group founded by Scientologists to exhibit at their Birmingham conference.Read

New railway station in Birmingham set for Eastside

Birmingham is to get a major new railway station to serve high speed rail services which could transform the region’s economy.Read

Fears over reduced services for Sutton Coldfield nature reserve

Concerns have been raised over plans to reduce services at a nature reserve in Sutton Coldfield..Read

Son of music star Goldie stands trial for murder

A disabled man was brutally stabbed to death by the son of drum’n’bass music star Goldie as rival gangs clashed in Wolverhampton city centre a court heard.Read