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• Bus driver 'failed to stop' as passenger suffered suspected heart attack

  15-08-2015 21:30
  
  Valerie Williamson, 68, hospitalised for three days after calling 999 from National Express bus
  
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• Acting greats who trod boards at Birmingham's original Repertory Theatre, thanks to one man

  15-08-2015 19:00
  
  Some of the biggest names in acting got a break thanks to the efforts of  impresario Sir Bary Jackson
  
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• EDL protest at Walsall sees nine arrests but day passes off without major trouble

  15-08-2015 18:18
  
  Around 160 members of the far-right group attended the rally which was heavily manned by police
  
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• Hunt for ISIS recruiter Sally Jones switches to Scotland after Birmingham sighting

  15-08-2015 17:00
  
  Former punk rocker is married to Birmingham terror suspect Junaid Hussain
  
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• Andy Burnham's warning in Birmingham visit: Labour could split if Jeremy Corbyn wins

  15-08-2015 16:57
  
  Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham warns he could delay Birmingham's planned high speed rail line - and promises to take concern about immigration seriously, in our interview
  
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• REPLAY: EDL in Walsall as supporters of far-right group marched through town

  15-08-2015 16:17
  
  The English Defence League is to march through Walsall today, with more than 200 supporters expected to attend.
  
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• Charles McInally murder: Birmingham man charged with killing former soldier

  15-08-2015 15:16
  
  Troy Ktori, 27, was remanded in custody, while two other people accused of assisting an offender
  
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• Acocks Green Christmas burglar who raided FIVE homes in one night jailed for six years

  15-08-2015 11:50
  
  Christopher Straker, 32, targeted four addresses in Moseley and one in Edgbaston
  
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• RSPCA West Midlands: Bella, Big Al and Minky are looking for new homes

  15-08-2015 11:00
  
  The Birmingham Mail has linked up with the RSPCA to help to find homes for pets at the charity's Animal Centre at Newbrook Farm, Frankley Green, Birmingham.
  
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• EDL in Walsall: Hundreds of supporters of far-right group gather for march through town

  15-08-2015 08:00
  
  The English Defence League is to march through Walsall today, with more than 200 supporters expected to attend.
  
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• VJ Day: Solihull veteran's memories of being held by brutal Japanese as a POW - Birmingham Mail

  15-08-2015 07:34 via
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  VJ Day: Solihull veteran's memories of being held by brutal Japanese as a POW
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  Saturday marks the 70th anniversary of VJ Day - when World War II was finally over with Victory in Japan. For the surviving soldiers, all old and frail nowadays, the conflict in the Far East will revive some terrible memories. Former prisoner of war ...
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• VJ Day: Solihull veteran's memories of being held by brutal Japanese as a POW

  15-08-2015 07:30
  
  "I had some close scrapes, it is just sheer luck I am still here" - war hero Alec Gibson
  
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• Ex-wife jailed after threatening to shoot former husband with crossbow

  15-08-2015 07:30
  
  'Obsessed' Maureen Greenslade, 52, waged five-year campaign of terror against Kevin Hancock
  
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• Summer Album #15 - Senior Forensic Scientist Hazel Johnson

  15-08-2015 00:00
  Hazel Johnson is one of West Midlands Police’s forensic scientists.West Midlands Police has four forensic scientists working from its labs in Birmingham where blood and cellular material (DNA speak for things like sweat, skin,  saliva and other bodily fluids) are recovered before being sent for DNA analysis.
  
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• Police patrols continue in Walsall as protest passes peacefully

  15-08-2015 00:00
  Officers continue to patrol Walsall town centre following the English Defence League protest this afternoon (15 Aug) as police confirm the rally passed off without serious disorder.Around 160 members of the nationalist group gathered outside the art gallery for around an hour before dispersing just before 2.30pm. There were no reports of serious disorder or injuries; seven people were arrested for low-level public order offences and another two after a car was damaged.Walsall Police Chief I
  
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• Plans fine-tuned ahead of EDL Walsall protest

  15-08-2015 00:00
  West Midlands Police expect between 150-200 English Defence League demonstrators to gather in Walsall town centre today (Aug 15) for a rally by the nationalist group.  Plans are in place for EDL members to gather at the Oak Inn pub, Green Lane, until between 12-2pm when they will walk left into Townend Street, circle the roundabout and head back past the junction with Park Street before turning left to the protest site outside Walsall Art Gallery. Demonstrators are expected to disperse
  
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• Photographer's images hold clues to Walsall nightclub attack

  15-08-2015 00:00
  Police have released images of three men they would like to speak to in connection with an assault in a Walsall nightclub.The 29-year-old was on the dancefloor of Fever nightclub on Lichfield Street when he was punched to the head in what is being described as an unprovoked attack. He was rendered unconscious and needed hospital treatment.
  
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• Man charged over murder of former soldier

  15-08-2015 00:00
  Detectives investigating the death of ex-soldier Charles McInally have charged a man in connection with his murder. Troy Ktori, aged 27, of Shenstone Road, Edgbaston, is accused of murdering 55-year-old Mr McInally, who was found at a house in Brewers Square, Birmingham at around 9.45pm on Friday 7 August with stab injuries.
  
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