Six members of the same family took part in one of the biggest sham marriage scams the Midlands has seen, wedding illegal immigrants desperate to stay in the country.
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A journalist has won the right to withhold information about the death of a soldier from Birmingham from police after a judge ruled that her life would be in danger if she was forced to hand it over.
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Robert Plant, frontman of rock band Led Zeppelin, has donated a signed acoustic guitar to the Worcester and District branch of the Parkinson's Disease Society (PDS) via his neighbour.
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A WELSH-based group of former Jaguar Land Rover executives is bidding to rescue LDV from extinction – with a pledge to keep jobs in Birmingham by developing new green vans.
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BRITAIN’S chocolate lovers are continuing to indulge their taste buds despite the recession – boosting sales for Cadbury by up to six per cent, it was revealed today.
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The landlord of Birmingham’s Rainbow Pub has lashed out at the city council’s decision to serve a noise abatement order despite his pledge to invest thousands of pounds to soundproof the venue.
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Only two of Birmingham’s six 18-hole municipal golf courses are likely to remain in their present form, the city council’s new cabinet member for leisure, sport and culture has admitted.
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Inadequate controls over the way £1.3 billion a year is paid in staff wages may be leaving Birmingham City Council open to fraud, officials have warned.
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Former Formula One boss Eddie Jordan has called for Birmingham’s Super Prix to be re-launched in a bid to bring motor racing back to the city’s streets.
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A Birmingham MP has launched a last-ditch attempt to prevent 150ft-high permanent floodlights from being installed at the Edgbaston cricket ground.
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Cabinet Minister Liam Byrne has repaid £1,757 to the House of Commons, following a row over plans to use his allowance to buy a flat with his brother.
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