West Midlands County, England News

This week the men Darren Hackett, 31, Pool Farm Road, in Acocks Green , Francis Gilsenan, 28, and Daniel Sheridan, 20, of Tyseley Lane, Tyseley , were jailed for a total of eleven years after admitting three counts of burglary at Birmingham Crown Court .

A BRAVE six-year-old who battled back from leukaemia stepped in to complete the final mile of a marathon walk that she inspired 25 people to do.

Damien Herian, 10, had been enjoying a day-out at a popular adventure theme park in the former Punjab state capital of Jalandhar when he fell ill A Black Country schoolboy died in his father's arms just minutes after being given a mystery injection for a stomach ache while on holiday in India.

Council lawyers are investigating claims of a 'Big Brother'-style abuse of private employee information - after scores were asked to promote wheelie bins.

A teenager who has helped save the life of her best friend on several occasions has been given a St John Ambulance Young First Aider of the Year Award.

A woman driver who left a nurse paralysed for life when she crashed her car while driving on the wrong side of the road has been spared jail and fined just A 90.

From Baltic to the Lowry, grand building projects invigorated provincial life, but the attitude is: if it doesn't pay, why bother? Maria Miller used her first public speech as culture secretary last month to insist that funding for the arts will have to be justified by returns.

LIVERPOOL are pondering a move for Cameroon centre-half Aurelien Chedjou after he admitted an Anfield switch would be "great". ROB GREEN claims he will give everything for QPR in the Championship next season - if they decide to keep him at Loftus Road.

Wolverhampton University student Maddison McNally with her art 'Man in Machine' at the Ruskin Glass Centre.

The kennels can look after up to 120 dogs in kennels on three floors of the building in Digbeth, near Birmingham city centre "You get people telling you it looks like a prison, and it does," admits Darren Calveley about the Birmingham Dogs' Home premises he manages.

A new heritage trail has been launched in Handsworth and Lozells to highlight and promote the history of the areas.

The 26-year-old, who was wanted on recall to prison for burglary offences, was spotted by local officers last night .

Margaret, who was 66 and lived at The Straits in Sedgley , was a member of Dudley Council from 2002 to 2003.

Paul Slim in his impressive home cinema shed which is running for Shed of the year.

Friendship Care and Housing are committed to providing a regular supply of donations to the local foodbanks in Birmingham, Sparkhill and Walsall.

Street entertainer Dizzy Lizzy will be among a host of characters and attractions aiming to use creative talent to bring people together for the Forge Forward Art's Day in Dudley town centre.

Brian Griffin will talk about his new book The Black Kingdom - an autobiography of his life growing up in the Black Country at the library in St James's Road on Thursday May 23.

DUDLEY has a new top cop after the arrival of Inspector Julie Mason to cover the region's northern sector.

The case is the latest in a string of unexplained deaths of Britons in the north Indian region which have come to light since the revelations of eight-year-old Gurkiren Kaur Loyal A 10-year old Black Country boy died just minutes after being given a mystery injection when he complained of a stomach ache while on holiday in the Punjab.

A MAN obsessed with fire who began a blaze in Dudley Library has been made the subject of a hospital order.