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A man from Birmingham has appeared in court charged with the murder of a four-month-old baby.

A woman thrown head-first on to the concrete floor of a cell says she feels "let down" by the six-month jail term given to the police sergeant who attacked her.

The Government has warned hundreds of thousands of people facing demands for back-tax that they have little chance of escaping payment.

Union leaders have clashed with London Underground over the impact of strikes which caused travel misery in the capital.

A suspected motorbike thief who police refused to chase because he was not wearing a helmet has been killed in a crash - riding with no helmet on a stolen machine.

A teenager has been airlifted to hospital after being knocked unconscious when he fell from a rope swing in Tamworth.

The death of a Staffordshire diabetic at a scandal-hit hospital was contributed to by a systemic failing to provide adequate nursing facilities and because of low staffing levels, an inquest jury ruled.

Nearly three-quarters of Britons think a traditional retirement will no longer be possible in the future, a survey has indicated.

A new inquiry into allegations that public figures had their phones hacked has been launched.

A post-mortem on a baby girl found dead in a garden has proved inconclusive, police said.

Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby has warned that it would be a mistake to engage in the “knee-jerk” slashing of essential services amid savage Government spending cuts.

A police sergeant who injured a woman when he assaulted her in a cell has been jailed for six months.

An American-born banker whose multimillion-pound pay rewards fuelled anger against the banking sector has been named in the top job at Barclays.

The New York Times (NYT) has refused to co-operate with British police looking into allegations of phone-hacking made by the newspaper last week, a senior officer said.

The courage and sacrifice of those who fought off the Nazis to win the Battle of Britain has been remembered.

A Birmingham school has doubled its reception year intake to help meet a massive shortfall in primary school places.

A Sikh temple is planning to create two “free schools” in Birmingham – but they will be open to people from all religions.

The son of dance music star Goldie has been jailed for life after stabbing a man to death in Wolverhampton.

The chief executive of bus operator National Express fears he will have to scrap ten per cent of buses on Birmingham’s roads if ministers scrap industry grants.

The trouble today is that you get so many rings that could easily pass off as diamond tings.