00:00 Hello there, these are your Birmingham headlines.
00:02 First, a young boy aged five is learning to walk again after his family was in a horror
00:07 smash with a career criminal trying to escape police.
00:10 David Poulton ploughed into the family of five in a stolen car and has been jailed for
00:14 a total of six years and banned from driving for 18.
00:17 Next, West Midlands Police are appealing for witnesses including an e-scooter rider after
00:22 a man suffered potentially life-threatening injuries from being set alight in an underpass
00:26 near the city centre.
00:28 In the shocking attack near where Hockley Hill crosses over Bolton Middleway, the victim
00:32 had bedding set alight and then piled on top of him.
00:35 He remains in hospital in a stable condition.
00:38 And finally, a dad from Birmingham has brought early Christmas cheer to his community to
00:42 brighten up the dark wintry nights with a stunning festive lights display.
00:46 Andy, who lives on Birdie Close in Kings Norton, says the construction takes four days to complete
00:51 and does it to carry on the tradition set by his father.
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