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A 14-year-old girl suffered severe burns and lost her legs in the house fire that killed her father and was allegedly started by her stepmother, a jury heard.

A West Midlands street was plunged into darkness after metal thieves stole copper cables which supplied power to street lights.

Drinking plenty of water and avoiding alcohol and cigarettes has been the life-long rule of a pensioner from the Black Country who has celebrated her 100th birthday.

Millionaire Midland advertising executive Trevor Beattie is launching a charity, it was announced today.

Comedian Lee Evans brought his unique brand of frantic stand-up comedy to Birmingham on the first of five nights performing his new Roadrunner tour.

Caryn Franklin is bringing her live stage show ‘How to Look Good’ to Pavilions as part of Style Birmingham Live.

Boxers from the police and fire service will be putting on their gloves ready to take to the ring for a charity match in the Black Country.

Jimmy Carr may well have been the headline act at Dudley Concert Hall last night, but even he had to admit that the show was well and truly stolen by a bus driver called Joseph.

Sshhhh. Don’t tell anyone. It’s supposed to be a secret, well, sort of . . . one of the UK’s best-loved and most successful comics, Michael McIntyre, will swop arena-sized stages for the intimacy of Birmingham’s Glee Club on Monday (September 26, 2011).

If nothing else, you have to admire Lee Evans’ sheer energy, writes Wolverhampton Civic Hall’s Jonn Penney.