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Spaghetti Junction's £3.7m bill

THE cost of maintaining and repairing Birmingham's crumbling Spaghetti Junction is set to more than double during the next 12 months to £3.7million.Read

Roadworks slow traffic to a crawl

MOTORISTS faced a crawl into work today as major roadworks began on one of Birmingham's busiest roads.Read

Crash victim visits hero Shane Richie

WHEN brave Sadie Stevens lost a leg after being knocked down by a police car, Shane Richie was the TV star that gave her the hope to carry on.Read

Heath Ledger was set to play Midland singer

TRAGIC Hollywood heart-throb Heath Ledger was planning a movie about a Midland singer whose death bore striking similarities to his own.Read

Countdown for strikers

BIRMINGHAM today faces the spectre of black rubbish bags piling up in the streets and a city services shutdown as a strike vote by council workers is confirmed.Read

Badly hurt pedestrian fights for life

A MAN who was airlifted to hospital after being hit by a car was today fighting for his life in hospital.Read

Anger over death case, 10 years on

A LAWYER representing a doctor facing extradition over the death of a Stafford hospital patient ten years ago described the case against her as "inexplicable".Read

Alert after flat blaze

FIREFIGHTERS have warned people to invest in smoke alarms after a blaze at a house in Birmingham.Read

Police defend lake body hunt

POLICE chiefs today defended their search for a missing woman after amateur divers found her body in a lake.Read

Girls hit right note for seriously ill kids

A MIDLANDS choir was in fine voice as it helped raise more than £6,000 for a hospice.Read

Small but still big on quality

CHOOSING which university or college can be a difficult task, but where you choose to study is just as important as the course.Read

Brum rent robbed by rival cities

BIRMINGHAM'S 66,000 council house tenants are paying an average £15 a week each - to improve houses in Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield, it was revealed today.Read

Fire crews rescue boy from Brierley Hill pub

A TEN-year-old boy was rescued by firefighters and taken to hospital after an arson attack in an empty pub in the Midlands.Read

High-fliers struggle to take to the skies

IT was up, up and away for dozens of kites of all shapes and sizes as a Midland town staged an eye-catching aerial display.Read

Birmingham Climate Change Festival closes

IT may not have quite been Caribbean or Latin American weather, but the hot sounds on offer certainly made up for any shortage of sunshine as Birmingham's Climate Change Festival drew to a close.Read

Inquest into tragic Khyra

AN INQUEST was due to open today into the death of a seven-year-old girl who died after allegedly being starved at her Birmingham home.Read

Metal thieves spark rail chaos

THOUSANDS of commuters faced rail chaos today following a vandal attack.Read

No easy answer to pregnancies

THERE is no 'magic bullet' solution to tackling the problem of teenage pregnancy rates in Birmingham, a senior Government minister said today.Read

Star in court over 2 deaths

FOOTBALLER Luke McCormick was due to appear in court today charged with causing the deaths of two young boys by dangerous driving on a Midland motorway.Read

Ex-player Geoff Thomas in cancer goal

FORMER England and Wolves star Geoff Thomas will press the Government for more funding to beat leukaemia when he speaks to MPs today.Read

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