Mugger jailed for vicious attack on war veteran
The mugger who attacked a veteran the day before Remembrance Day has been jailed for nine years.
Harry Moseley charity match
A celebrity football match raising money for Harry Moseley's charity will take place today.
Report severely criticises government HS2 business case
The controversial high speed rail has been severely criticised in a report by the National Audit Office.
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HS2 rail project has £3.3bn funding gap, watchdog says
The HS2 high-speed rail project has an estimated £3.3 billion funding gap which the Government has yet to decide how to fill, a report from a Whitehall spending watchdog said today.
It was not clear how HS2 - which runs through Tory heartlands and is bitterly opposed by some - would deliver and rebalance economic growth, the report by the National Audit Office (NAO) added.
The timetable for planning phase one of the project - from London to Birmingham with work due to start in 2016/17 - was "challenging", the NAO said.
This challenging timetable "makes delivering this work difficult and increases the risk that the programme will have a weak foundation for securing and demonstrating success in the future", the report said.
Report severely criticises government HS2 business case
by Lisa Hartle
The controversial high speed rail has been severely criticised in a report by the National Audit Office.
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E-petition launched for inquiry into 1974 Birmingham bombings
A campaign group calling for an independent inquiry into the Birmingham pub bombings which killed 21 people and injured 200 in 1974, has launched an e-petition with the aim of having it discussed in the House of Commons.
'Justice For The 21' hopes the campaign will force the government to hold a public inquiry to find out who was responsible for the bombings.
A previous e-petition was launched in December but only attracted 2,700 signatures.
The bombs, which were detonated in the Mulberry Bush pub and the Tavern in the Town, were initially blamed on six men - all had their convictions quashed in 1991.
Two schoolchildren top UK juvenile dance charts
Many of us love watching dancing shows on the TV but perhaps not so many of us have ventured into the ballroom ourselves. Yet two of the most talented young dancers in the country live right here in the Midlands.
Tom Purdy and Sophie Locke are only 12 years old but have already waltzed their way to the top of the UK juvenile dance charts. Lucy Kapasi reports.
Fears schoolgirl's organs harvested for black market, full report
Parents of an eight-year-old girl want an investigation after she died in a clinic in India and had her organs removed without them knowing.
Gurkiren Kaur was being treated for dehydration. Staff gave her an injection but refused to tell the family what it was for. She died shortly after.
Her family only realised her organs had been removed when her body was returned to the UK. It has raised questions over the practise of organs being harvested for black market transplants. Mark Gough reports.
'Their daughter died in deeply suspicious circumstances'
There are concerns that an 8-year-old girl from Birmingham who died in India, had her organs taken for sinister purposes such as being harvested for the illegal trade in black market transplants.
Shabana Mahmood MP for Birmingham, Ladywood has raised the issue with the Foreign Secretary.
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The moment 'mystery injection' was given to daughter
Parents of an eight-year-old girl want an investigation after she died in a clinic in India and had her organs removed without them knowing.
Gurkiren Kaur was being treated for dehydration, staff gave her an injection but refused to tell the family what it was for, she died shortly after.
Fears girl was killed and organs sold on black market
Parents of an 8-year-old girl want an investigation after she died in a clinic in India and had her organs removed without them knowing.
Read the full storyPolice officer appears in court over brothel charges
A West Midlands Police officer has appeared in court over charges including misconduct in a public office and conspiracy to manage a brothel.
Osman Iqbal works in a police station in Birmingham. Lee Comley reporting from Warwick Crown Court.
Lord Mayor of Birmingham supports campaign to save Fusiliers
The Lord Mayor of Birmingham is lending his support to the campaign to save an historic army battalion from falling victim to defence cuts.
Councillor John Lines joined a delegation in Westminster today raising concerns about the proposal to disband the Second Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
The battalion has strong links to the City of Birmingham. Campaigners say they want the decision reversed.
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