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Occasional patterns from the light rain are the only thing disturbing the perfect mirror pool surface of the pond at Sarehole Mill in Birmingham.

Hand-tinted photograph shows a young man and a young woman as they stand with their faces close to one another, 1920s.

A driver has been charged over a hit-and-run crash in which a father-of-four from Birmingham died.

Buy this photo L-r - Annia Purewal , Maddie Valentine , Elisha Bains , Zoe Carr-Smith from Ruckleigh School - with Old Swinford Hospital School teacher Tony Woods.

A Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban is to lead calls for education to become a top priority in failing states around the world.

Police were alerted to a shooting when a man turned up at hospital with a gunshot wound to the hand.

A BLACK Country charity has come to the rescue of the country's longest-running mobile toy library which has been struggling to survive in the wake of council cuts.

The borough's pioneering approach to dementia has received national acclaim for its support to sufferers, their familes and carers.

A police officer stabbed at a mosque in Birmingham believes he could have died if it was not for the "great community effort" to confront the attacker.

The son of former Birmingham City manager Trevor Francis has gone on trial accused of breaking into ex-Aston Villa star Lee Hendrie's cottage.

HEARTED Kingswinford fitness queen Jean Hughes has been awarded the British Empire Medal as reward for 41 years of fund raising.

A police officer has described wrestling a knife-wielding attacker to the ground moments after he had stabbed worshippers at a mosque.

A BIRMINGHAM woman will appear before Redditch magistrates on July 2 after a distraction theft at in Bromsgrove on Friday .

An anorexic teenager who was was 'left to die by the NHS' has spoken of her frustration with the care given to mental health patients in the UK.

Openly gay medium and clairvoyant Lisa Williams returns to Sydney to help others communicate with those who are no longer alive.

FANS of iconic British motorcar the mini are in for a treat this weekend when the Birmingham Mini Owners Club converge on Old Halesonians Rugby Club.

The fumes from the fire in Kidderminster at the recycling plant from my window all the way in Stourbridge pic.twitter.com/8l06qnYFPo View of the fire at the kidderminster recycle plant from my house.

The fumes from the fire in Kidderminster at the recycling plant from my window all the way in Stourbridge pic.twitter.com/8l06qnYFPo View of the fire at the kidderminster recycle plant from my house.

A man was airlifted to hospital following a road traffic collision in the Black Country yesterday .

A police officer stabbed in a mosque by a man brandishing a large combat knife has been praised for his "heroic" actions as he helped arrest the knifeman despite his injuries.