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Gordon Brown hopes to make pre-Christmas tax breaks

Brown aims to spread a little seasonal cheer Read

Post offices given benefits lifeline

The Government has thrown a lifeline to dozens of West Midlands post offices by announcing they will continue to pay benefits and pensions. Read

Walsall star Demontagnac sacked after police arrest

Rising Midland football star Ishmel Demontagnac was yesterday sacked by Walsall FC just four days after being arrested. Read

Lichfield woman rid of deadly form of leukaemia with stem cells from Australia

Midland medics have saved the life of a schoolteacher with a deadly aggressive form of leukaemia after flying stem cells half way around the world. Read

Birmingham-based Lunar Society looking for stellar talent

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No backing for Metro extension

The chances of a £180 million Midland Metro extension from Snow Hill to Five Ways received a major setback yesterday when the leader of Birmingham City Council refused to give the project his personal backing. Read

Summers sees a sunny future for local tourism

The great and the good of the Midlands tourism scene were rewarded at a glitzy awards ceremony in Birmingham. Read

Government will be forced to change law on assisted suicides

Britain will eventually be forced to change the law to allow assisted suicides, a Black Country MP has predicted. Read

House brasserie on Bennetts Hill boarded up just four months after opening

Bennetts Hill brasserie closes doors Read

druckers reopen after health check

Druckers resumes business after leaking roof health scare Read

West Midlands to get own senate

A West Midlands senate will be in place by January, after MPs approved plans in a heated Commons debate. Read

West Midlands police officer held over allegedly helping her son Ricardo Morrison, who is charged with murdering model Amy Leigh Barnes

Police officer held over son’s murder charge Read

Children's hospital chief called before council

The chief executive of shamed Birmingham Children’s Hospital has been summoned before city health watchdogs to give his account of what is being done to combat failings at the trust. Read

parents call for clampdown on speeding drivers

Dangerous driving, plea for stiffer sentencing Read

Two out of three people recognise West Midlands alcohol problem

BIRMINGHAM has admitted it has a drink problem, as two out of three people recognise the city drinks too much according to the latest results of the West Midlands’ Big Drink Debate. Read

MP vows to keep tabs on children's hospital row

TALKS are due to take place today to address a catalogue of failings at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Read

Bryan Ferry’s son to remain locked up over robbery charge

Rock star’s son Otis Ferry was told he will remain behind bars after his counsel withdrew a bail application over robbery and assault charges. Read

Two Birmingham men among three fraudsters jailed for five years

‘Long firm’ fraudsters jailed Read

‘Journey of the soul’ plan to help fight extremism

A £2.4 million Government fund to fight violent extremism is being used to give Birmingham’s young Muslims lessons in “spiritual well-being”. Read

At last a glimmer of hope over UK's homes front

Tentative signs of an improvement in the battered housing market have emerged in the West Midlands, the region’s chartered surveyors have reported. Read