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Wind turbine plans near National Memorial Arboretum

Campaigners have warned that the National Memorial Aboretum could become hemmed in by turbines if plans for a wind farm are approved.Read

Threat of strikes at 13 Birmingham schools called off

Teaching unions have called off proposed strike action amid claims Birmingham primary schools are being "forced" to become academies.Read

Artist's impression for the tower block at Birmingham Central Fire Station

Museum could replace 'tombstone' plan for Central Fire Station site

Birmingham’s disused Central Fire Station could be brought back to life as a transport museum or luxury hotel after controversial plans for a 23-storey skyscraper were rejected.Read

Nick Clegg

£8bn plans to create 95,000 jobs in Birmingham revealed

Civic leaders are in talks with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg over plans that could create 95,000 new jobs across the region and expand the economy by £8 billion.Read

Emily Longley

Former Solihull schoolboy jailed for 16 years after murdering girlfriend

A jealous killer has been warned to forget about "Champagne, Bentleys and girls" as he begins a jail sentence for the brutal murder of his aspiring model girlfriend.Read

Brian Farmer

Man found dead in Yardley was former soldier

A 64-year-old man found dead in his Birmingham home was a former soldier who spent 22 years in the army.Read

Homeserve

HomeServe shares drop 28% hours after revealing probe into mis-selling

Shares in home repairs group Homeserve plunged by more than 28 per cent in a few hours after it revealed it was being investigated by the City watchdog over of accusations over mis-selling.Read

Tom Watson

Tom Watson: Labour ministers were constantly mindful of News International

Midland MP Tom Watson has told the Leveson inquiry that Ministers in the last Labour government were constantly mindful of how their actions would be portrayed by Rupert Murdoch's newspapersRead

Police at the murder scene on Lozells Road.

Six arrested on suspicion of murder after man found dead in Lozells

DETECTIVES have launched a murder investigation after a man was found dead at a house in Lozells, Birmingham. Read

West Midlands Police

West Midlands Police keep body parts dating back 50 years

West Midlands Police have stored body parts from the victims of murders dating back as far as 1960.Read

HMP Oakwood

£150m prison holds only 45 inmates after series of breakdowns

Only 45 prisoners have moved into a new £150 million jail in the West Midlands which was designed to hold 1,600 convicts after a series of breakdowns.Read

Crash on the M6. Photo: West Midlands Ambulance Service

Driver escapes with minor injuries after car is trapped under lorry on M6

The driver of a car has had a very lucky escape after it got trapped under the side of an HGV on the M6 close to the Staffordshire / Black Country border.Read

RTA

Police appeal for witnesses to Winson Green crash which left biker dead

THE family of a young biker who died in a crash in Winson Green on Friday night have described him as a “gentle giant.”Read

Police tape

Murder inquiry launched after pensioner found dead in Yardley

THREE people have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a pensioner who was found dead at a Birmingham flat. Read

Steve McCabe

MP Steve McCabe set for open heart surgery after problem found during check-up

A city MP is to undergo open heart surgery after he was diagnosed with a serious heart disease.Read

Houses of Parliament, Big Ben

MPs and campaigners warn Government over plans to slash regulations that protect environment

The Government’s pledge to reduce environmental “red tape” must not be a smokescreen for stripping away vital protection for people’s health and the countryside and allowing growth at all costs, MPs have warned.Read

The 1971 Zagato

Rare Aston Martin fetches more than £1 million at auction

A rare sports car has fetched over £1.2 million at auction.Read

A DHL depot in Coventry

DHL workers urged to accept pay offer to lift threat over JLR deliveries

Jaguar Land Rover’s biggest supplier, DHL, has thrown down the gauntlet to 1,000 workers with an ‘unprecedented pay offer’ to avert a potentially crippling walkout.Read

Thorp Street

Man charged with murder after Birmingham city centre stabbing

A man has been charged with the murder of a Shaspal Singh Bahra who was killed in Birmingham city centre last weekend.Read

Emma Winnall

Carer arrested over attack on Moseley pensioner Emma Winnall

A carer and her son have been arrested over the attack on a Birmingham widow who was assaulted in her own bed.Read