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Kashif Ashraf, 34, and Khalid Ashraf, 28, both of Portland Road, Smethwick, were jailed   at Birmingham Crown Court to six and seven years respectively after they were found guilty of four street robberies. The robberies...

Usman Ali, from Green Lane in Small Heath, threatened the Loomis driver with a hammer outside a Wickes store last July and made off with a cash box containing around £14,000. The following day staff at...

PPC for Harborough It has been a really sad month. I strongly and unequivocally condemn the brutal and inhumane attack on schoolchildren in Peshawar, Pakistan on 16 December 2014. My thoughts and prayers are with the...

David Cameron and George Osborne have failed every test and broken every promise they’ve made on the economy. They promised we’d be all in this together but then they gave millionaires a huge tax cut. They...

Described as “one of British Sport’s most inspiring characters”, Mohammed Zafran has certainly left a legacy after being awarded the Pride of Sport winner of 2014. Hosted by Sky Sports, the star- studded line up included...

Usually the rising star section is dedicated to those who are young and show potential in the arts, but in this edition, we show our appreciation to a young medical student, with an outstanding sense of...

The Christmas period has come and gone. You may have been indulging in fine chocolates, sweet and salty snacks, and over excessive amounts of alcohol. Tasty as it may have been, you may now find yourself...

The arduous task of planning a wedding is demanding- to say the least. Choosing the right caterers, picking the perfect venue and of course the all important colour co-ordinated outfits, are all part and parcel of...

A Mosque in Small Heath, by the name of ‘Green Lane’ was broken into during an attempted midnight robbery. The culprit who was eventually caught by Head Imam, Qari Zakaullah Saleem, ran off before he could...

A deaf and mute Pakistani girl that was trafficked into the country at the age of nine has won £100,000 in compensation after she was kept as a slave and abused both physically and mentally. The...