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Woman held over death of OAP

A 27-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the death of an elderly man who was hit by a car outside a supermarket.

Serviceman caught in Afghan blast dies of injuries

A member of the Royal Air Force who was injured in the same explosion which killed a Royal Marine in Afghanistan has died of his injuries, the Ministry of Defence said today.

Terror suspect held at Birmingham airport

A man was today being questioned under the Terrorism Act after he was arrested at a UK airport, police said.

High-speed rail decision delayed

The Government today confirmed that it would be delaying an announcement on whether to go ahead with the HS2 high-speed rail project.

Album: John Hiatt, Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns (New West)

Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns is full of typical John Hiatt tropes: old-timers and hard times, devotion and desperation, in roughly equal measure.

Album: Tchaikovsky, Francesca da Rimini / Symphony No 4 – Nelsons / Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (Orfeo)

Spiralling in torment, stung by the hurricanes of Hell, Dante's adulterous heroine Francesca da Rimini gropes blindly for salvation in Tchaikovsky's symphonic fantasy.

Barnsley failed to do their homework on O'Connor's drug ban

Garry O'Connor was not asked by Barnsley about his secret cocaine ban, it emerged yesterday. The Scottish striker was twice loaned to Barnsley from Birmingham last season, before signing permanently at Oakwell. Barnsley director Rod Dowling said on Channel 4's Dispatches on Monday that he did not know about O'Connor's two-month cocaine-ban from 2009, and that had he known Barnsley would not have signed him. But a simple administrative procedure, common to many clubs, would have revealed O'Connor's past had it been followed.

Riot murder suspects held by police

Two men arrested by police investigating the murders of three men hit by a car while protecting shops and homes from looters face more questioning today.

Birmingham owner Carson Yeung allowed to make one-off trip to UK

Birmingham majority shareholder Carson Yeung has been granted the right to make a one-off trip to the UK next month, his lawyer has confirmed.

Gunners go for the title at Liverpool

The manager of Arsenal, Laura Harvey, believes winning the inaugural Women's Super League title would be one of the club's biggest achievements.

Birmingham pays respects to men killed in hit-and-run

Twenty-five thousand people attended a public funeral prayer in a Birmingham park for the three men killed protecting their community during last week's riots.

Gillian Wearing to immortalise a real family in bronze

The only thing that really matters in life, it is often said, is your family. Yet how many statues do we see depicting devoted partners and adored kids alongside the heroic and famous? Not many. But Gillian Wearing is trying to change that.

Coroner releases riot car bodies

The bodies of three men who were hit by a car and killed while protecting shops and homes from looters were today released for burial by a coroner.

Video: Vigil held for riot death victims

Hundreds of people gather in Birmingham to remember three men killed whilst defending their community shops from looters.

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