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Jeep safari water fight leads to death of father and girl, 8

West Midlands father and his young daughter died after their holiday safari jeep crashed when the driver was believed to have been temporarily blinded in a water fight, it has been claimed. Read

Families in Midlands £13 a week worse off this year

Families in the West Midlands are £13 a week worse off than a year ago, thanks to the rising cost of food and fuel. Read

Passengers interviewed after Alton coach crash

Police have begun interviewing passengers who survived a horrific coach crash which claimed the life of a migrant worker from Poland. Read

Warwickshire plane crash victims named

Five people killed in a mid-air crash in Warwickshire have been named by police. Read

Alton coach crash survivors interviewed by police

Police have begun interviewing passengers who survived a horrific coach crash in Staffordshire which claimed the life of a migrant worker from Poland. Read

Q Club stabbing victim named

A 29-year-old who was stabbed to death outside a nightclub following an all-night music in Birmingham event has been named by police. Read

Tributes to Smethwick man and daughter who died in Turkey

Tributes have been paid to a Smethwick man and his eight-year-old daughter who died in a crash in Turkey. Read

Midlanders move money to safer investments as FTSE slumps

Midland investors are standing firm by their stock market investments despite a new survey claiming to show many are turning their back on the FTSE. Read

Coach hit two stationary cars before plunging into garden

Specialist teams last night recovered a coach that plunged down a steep embankment, leaving one person dead and three critically ill. Read

Unsolved murder was ‘too long ago’ for killer to be tried

A Birmingham pensioner serving a life sentence for the murder of a teenage girl will not be tried for the death of another teenager whose body was found 47 years ago. Read

150 years on: Why The Birmingham Post has to change direction

This year the Birmingham Post celebrated its 150th birthday at a gala event in the Great Hall of Birmingham University – a fitting environment for such an historic occasion. Read

Warwickshire crash planes were coming in to land

Two small planes which crashed in mid-air killing five people were about to land, it has been confirmed. Read

West Midland man and daughter die in Turkey Jeep crash

A British man and his eight-year-old daughter died in a crash in Turkey. Read

Birmingham Post focuses on business in radical relaunch

The Birmingham Post will be re-launched in the autumn as a Monday-to-Friday, business-led newspaper in a compact format. Read

Warwickshire plane crash victims set to be named

The names of the five victims of a mid-air crash near Coventry Airport are expected to be released today. Read

Alton bus crash witnesses tell of devastation

A man died and three people are critically ill after a coach carrying more than 70 passengers plunged down a steep embankment in Staffordshire. Read

Car-making is back at Longbridge, but with only 18 on the production line

Duncan Tift is the first journalist to see the Longbridge production line moving again. Read

Musharraf’s resignation welcomed by Birmingham Pakistani community

News of Pervez Musharraf’s resignation as president has been welcomed as a step in the right direction for Pakistan by Birmingham’s Pakistani community. Read