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A £10,000 reward has been offered for information about the "brutal" murder of a grandmother on the first anniversary of her death.

A thief opened a woman’s car door and snatched her handbag. CCTV images of a man police want to speak to have been released in a bid to put a name to the face.

Bully on the block China is stamping on neighbouring Mongolia for daring to invite the Dalai Lama to address a religious meeting in the country’s capital Ulan Bator. Mongolia and Tibet are sister nations related by blood, culture and faith for centuries. The Dalai Lama was, and still is, the revered pontiff for both peoples. Mongolia and Tibet were once part of the Chinese Empire, and when that empire crumbled in 1912, rebellious Mongolia and Tibet came together and signed a treaty in 1913, affirming their independence as part of their alliance. Thanks to Russian support and military protection, Mongolia attained international recognition of its sovereignty in 1945 at the close of the Second World War. Such is the historical landscape that’s our starting point.

A Birmingham millionaire has been exposed as a rogue landlord after forcing tenants out of his six-bedroom home - which boasted a cinema and swimming pool.

Terrorists in Birmingham are using state benefits to fund atrocities abroad, a government watchdog has warned.

A man has been arrested after a reported stabbing at a train station which reportedly saw a man shout “I want to kill a Muslim”. The Mirror Online reports a passenger was stabbed at Forest Hill in south London while he sat on the train next to his wife.

A man has been charged with murder after a fatal stabbing at a Birmingham park. Umesh Parekh was stabbed in Waverhill Park in Handsworth at around 10.20am on June 19. He died shortly after being taken to hospital by ambulance.