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Pounds 200k Stashed in Air Vent Is Claimed

Police last night said someone had come forward to claim pounds 200,000 found in an air vent of a luxury apartment in Birmingham's tallest building. A force spokeswoman conermed a potential owner had "made themselves known" to ocers, since the stash was discovered by two Polish workers at Beetham Tower, in the city centre, last month.

It Was a Day for Remembrance

West Midlands Back On the Up After Record Lows

Business confidence in the West Midlands is picking up after reaching a record low, according to new data today. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales said manufacturing and engineering firms, which constitute a large part of the West Midlands economy, had seen the considerable depreciation of the pound aid their competitiveness, resulting in above-average confidence levels across the region.

Save the High Street, Is Plea From Small-Business Leaders

Birmingham has been urged to do more to help smaller retailers as an increasing number of bargain stores spring up in the city centre's High Street. The major shopping thoroughfare now boasts six "pound shops", three to let units, two stores offering loans or cheque-cashing services, one closing down sale and one betting shop.

Museum a Shining Jewel in City's Tourism Crown

A museum dedicated to Birmingham's jewellery-making heritage has been ranked alongside some of the world's top tourist attractions. The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, in Vyse Street, rubs shoulders with the likes of the Pantheon in Rome and Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral in the international survey.

Shooting Victim Named ; Crime

Corpse in Suitcase ; Crime

Police have launched a murder investigation after discovering a man's body in a buried suitcase. The corpse was unearthed on Saturday near a footpath in north Bournemouth after two days of searching the site, Dorset Police said. Detectives believe the dead man to be Richard Henry Emery, an alcoholic in his 60s who disappeared from his flat in the Townsend area of Bournemouth at the end of April. On Friday, officers arrested a 46-year-old woman and a 34-year-old man, both from the Bournemouth ...

Four Bailed Over Body ; Crime

Betting On Staying Alive ; Social

Beer Barrels 'Like Missiles' in M5 Crash Which Killled Three

A mother and daughter from Birmingham were recovering in hospital last night after being injured in a crash on the M5, which claimed the lives of three people. The 11-year-old, from Edgbaston, was informed at the weekend by doctors at Birmingham Children's Hospital, where she is recovering from a broken pelvis, that her father had been one of the victims killed in the accident on both the south and northbound carriageways of the motorway, between junctions 8 and 9 on Friday, at about 7.30pm.

Police Abandon 'Misleading' Targets

Two Midland police forces are to abandon Home Office targets - allowing officers to decide whether to make arrests. Staffordshire and West Midlands Police have followed forces in Surrey and Leicestershire in a revolt against Government performance measurements, in a return to what has been described as "commonsense policing."

'Attempted Child Abduction' Fears

Police are investigating a burglary at a house in Birmingham - described by the occupants as an "attempted child abduction". West Midlands Police were called to the address in Latelow Road in Lea Hall, at 4am yesterday after two children disturbed a man who entered the house through their bedroom window.

Visit High Street for Bargain Price

Birmingham's city centre High Street is for many visitors their first impression of the city. So what do shoppers think about it? Shahid Naqvi went in search of the word on the street. Anyone walking down the High Street these days is likely to be struck by the number of cheap bargains on offer.

Special Constable Was 'Disciplined' Over Debt Collection

Murdered special constable Nisha Patel-Nasri used her position in the force to collect debts owed to her husband's escort agency. The 29-year-old, whose husband Fadi Nasri faces a life sentence for organising her murder, was disciplined by the Metropolitan Police, a Scotland Yard spokesman said yesterday.

Jammie Dodgers Deal or Class Hobnobbing?

The type of biscuit served in the boardroom could make or break a business deal, according to the world's first "business biscuit study". About 80 per cent of business professionals believe that the outcome of a meeting can be positively influenced by the choice and quality of biscuit on offer.

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Birmingham City Council is offering pounds 20 in vouchers to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people to take part in a survey about their housing needs. The study, being carried out by an independent researcher, is intended to provide information about the problems LGBT people have with housing in the city, and to improve the way housing services in Birmingham are delivered.

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Spice Girl Mel C could be set to see how teenagers in one of Birmingham's most deprived areas are turning their backs on gang and gun crime - after she was "ambushed" by a Midland MP's aide at one of the city's top hair salons. The singer, formerly known as Sporty Spice, was spotted at the Nicky Clarke salon, in The Mailbox, by Elaina Cohen, special adviser to Birmingham Perry Barr MP Khalid Mahmood.

Trial to Start of Briton Accused of Murdering Wife and Baby

Briton Neil Entwistle is due to go on trial in the US today, accused of murdering his wife - a former Midland teacher - and baby. The first few days of the hearing are expected to be taken up with legal arguments and selecting the jury.

Politics: Straw 'Nonsense' ; Labour

Politics: Adviser Off to Us ; Cameron