Jun
2008
Articles from 25th Jun 2008
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Aston Villa eye bid for £5m Paul Robinson
Jun 25 2008 | Aston Villa FC news
ASTON Villa manager Martin O’Neill is reported to be lining up a move for Tottenham’s £5million-rated goalkeeper Paul Robinson. Read
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Liverpool tell Aston Villa to get real over Gareth Barry
Jun 25 2008 | Aston Villa FC news
ASTON Villa will be told to get real by Liverpool over their £20million price tag for Gareth Barry as Rafa Benitez looks to complete a deal for Martin O’Neill’s captain. Read
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Steve Sidwell a step closer for Aston Villa
Jun 25 2008 | Aston Villa FC news
ASTON Villa and Chelsea are still waiting to officially announce they have agreed a fee for Steve Sidwell. Read
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Steve Sidwell a step nearer for Aston Villa
Jun 25 2008 | Aston Villa FC news
ASTON Villa and Chelsea are expected to announce that they have officially agreed a fee of around £5.5million for Steve Sidwell. Read
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Alex McLeish: No panic buys for Birmingham City
Jun 25 2008 | Birmingham City News
ALEX McLeish has insisted there should be no cause for alarm at Blues’ lack of activity in the transfer market. Read
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Blues Ladies' look to a brighter future
Jun 25 2008 | Birmingham City News
BLUES Ladies have finally emerged from the shadow of almost going out of business three years ago as they prepare to field their first reserve side since the 2004-05 season. Read
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Craig Shakespeare set to quit West Bromwich Albion
Jun 25 2008 | West Brom News
WEST Bromwich Albion reserve team manager and coach Craig Shakespeare looks set to be named as Nigel Pearson’s assistant at Leicester City. Read
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Fidel Edwards unable to continue for Worcestershire
Jun 25 2008 | Worcestershire CCC
WORCESTERSHIRE have suffered a setback with West Indies paceman Fidel Edwards unfit to take up his role as the county’s overseas player for the second half of the campaign. Read
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The Brabazon gets a facelift
Jun 25 2008 | Golf
THE Brabazon course, famous throughout the world as the venue for an unprecedented four Ryder Cup matches, is being given a dramatic facelift. Read
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Youngsters show that golf is child's play
Jun 25 2008 | Golf
FOR all the world it looked like a Press conference at a Ryder Cup match. Read
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Birmingham League Division One - Deadly Sabir levels Old Hill
Jun 25 2008 | Club Cricket
SUPER Imran Sabir almost singlehandedly destroyed Birmingham League Division One leaders Old Hill. Read
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Birmingham League Division Two - Aston's terrible run contuinues
Jun 25 2008 | Club Cricket
ASTON Unity’s dreadful run of form in Birmingham League Division Two continued when they crashed to a ninth straight defeat. Read
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Birmingham League Division Three - Khan leaves Studley in a spin
Jun 25 2008 | Club Cricket
BARBAR Khan had batsmen in a spin as Olton and West Warwickshire obtained a five wicket win over Studley. Read
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Worcestershire League - Stourbridge stay in pole position
Jun 25 2008 | Club Cricket
STOURBRIDGE stay top of the Worcestershire County League after a four-wicket win over Barnards Green. Read
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Warwickshire League - Parnell is the key for Bedworth
Jun 25 2008 | Club Cricket
SEASONED seam bowler Heath Parnell was almost unplayable as Bedworth beat Southam by four wickets in the Warwickshire League’s match of the day. Read
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Midland Alliance - Cash crisis causes Brierley Hill to fold
Jun 25 2008 | Non-League
BRIERLEY Hill Town have folded through lack of financial support. Read
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Watson proves a prize asset
Jun 25 2008 | Jon Walker
TOMMY "gun" Watson, the former Defence Minister and MP for West Bromwich East, has quite a fan club in Whitehall. Read
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Lynda's victory on lap-dancing
Jun 25 2008 | Jon Walker
A SMALL victory for Stourbridge MP Lynda Waltho (Lab), who is campaigning for new laws allowing councils to restrict lap-dancing clubs. Read
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Clive Allen refuses to give up on basketball in Birmingham
Jun 25 2008 | Basketball
CLIVE Allen is spearheading a drive to revive professional basketball in Birmingham. Read
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Brummies hit by double injury blow
Jun 25 2008 | Birmingham Speedway
BIRMINGHAM boss Graham Drury has been handed the news he feared with two riders ruled out for the rest of the season. Read
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Wolves unveil new away kit for next season
Jun 25 2008 | Wolves FC News
WOLVES have unveiled their new away strip for next season. Read
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Darts Diary - with Alan Towe
Jun 25 2008 | Other sport
SMETHWICK Labour Club are setting the pace in Division One of the Harborne and District Summer League after a 9-0 whitewash against the Bell. Read
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Table Tennis - Dynamic duo's cup delight
Jun 25 2008 | Other sport
JACK Williamson and Alan Caffrey gained fourth place for Birmingham in the final stage of the Carter Cup, which was held in Stoke. Read
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Hook, Line and Sinker - Angling, with Gareth Purnell
Jun 25 2008 | Other sport
STUART Hart is celebrating the capture of a 66lb catfish from Shatterford Fishery’s on Masters Pool. Read
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Darts - Your chance to be a walk-on girl at League of Legends
Jun 25 2008 | Other sport
THE man behind the world’s biggest independent bookmaker Betfred is on a quest to crown two Midland girls “The Betfred Double Top Girls.” Read
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The Street Cleaner by Jefferson Collins to open at Birmingham's Crescent Theatre
Jun 25 2008 | Your News
BIRMINGHAM playwright Jefferson Collins will see his first work performed on stage with a production of The Street Cleaner at the city's Crescent Theatre. Read
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Driver leaves OAP for dead
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
THIS is the frail great-grandfather and his beloved pet dog who were mown down by a callous hit and run driver in the Black Country. Read
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Solihull dentist takes part in charity flight
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
MOST people approaching their 50th birthday may consider throwing a party to celebrate the milestone. Read
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Brummies sign up for Birmingham Mail Charity Trust event
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
ADVENTUROUS Brummies are making sure a Birmingham Mail Charity Trust fund-raiser really takes off. Read
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Rugeley pub regulars take up charity challenge
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
A TRIO of “peak-uliar” pub regulars will be taking on a daring challenge next month to raise cash for charity. Read
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Appeal for help for homeless pets
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
ANIMAL lovers can now help homeless pets at the RSPCA’s Birmingham Animal Centre on a long term basis. Read
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Council leader in cash pledge
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
CITY leader Mike Whitby today pledged that Birmingham would not be left “lagging behind” despite rejecting Government calls to pilot congestion charging in the city. Read
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Kick-boxers represent UK at world event
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
FOUR martial arts starlets are to get their kicks in a big way by representing their country. Read
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Record low MRSA in West Midlands’ hospitals
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
HEALTH bosses have recorded among the lowest quarterly rates of superbug MRSA in the West Midlands for years, new figures reveal. Read
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Fight to save rating for food inspectors
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM’S army of food hygiene inspectors are furious at Government plans to re-design their “scores on the doors” rating system for restaurants, snack bars and supermarkets. Read
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Sky’s the limit for fund-raisers
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM youngsters have a mountain to climb in France to help generate cash for a youth centre. Read
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Brum unveils floral trail for Britain in Bloom judges
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
A RIOT of colour has erupted across Birmingham as the city bids to be named the best in bloom. Read
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Family heartbreak over ‘suspicious’ death of ‘loving’ woman
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
THE heartbroken husband of a woman whose badly burnt body was found in a Birmingham house with a ligature around her neck today said: “she was my whole life.” Read
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Pub holds fundraiser in memory of Rosie Ross
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
A PUB will give regulars a taste of the tropics as part of its support for a popular annual fund-raising festival in memory of tragic schoolgirl Rosie Ross. Read
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Landlady’s relief over Lye pub horror
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
THE licensee of a Midland pub which was left in ruins when a speeding car careered out of control and ploughed into it has spoken publicly about the incident for the first time. Read
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Final farewell for Elvis fan
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
EUNICE Fitch, the queen of Elvis fans, was laid to rest yesterday. Read
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Challenge to eco-town bid
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
PROTESTORS fighting the creation of a new town of more than 6,000 homes are set to challenge the Government’s consultation process in court. Read
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Post Office closure makes lives a misery
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
CUSTOMERS using a busy post office in Birmingham were united in anger at another branch in Harborne facing the axe. Read
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Hospital shake up moves a step closer
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
A CONTROVERSIAL shake up of Sandwell and City hospitals has moved a step closer. Read
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£20k council trips inquiry
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
OFFICERS in a controversial city council department have spent more than £20,000 of taxpayers’ cash on fact-finding missions to Hong Kong, Jamaica and the United States in just two and a half months. Read
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Britain was 'ill-prepared' for last summer's floods
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
BRITAIN was ill-prepared for last summer’s floods which devastated many parts of the Midlands, an independent report concluded today. Read
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Breast cancer survivor to run Race for Life
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
DESPITE twice battling back from cancer, mum-of-two Josephine Jones is now free from the disease and running tonight’s Cancer Research UK Race For Life as a celebration that she is still here to help other victims. Read
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Dog-walker ‘spots a UFO’
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
A TAMWORTH woman claims to have witnessed a UFO as she walked her dog in Bromsgrove. Read
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Jury out for second day on Entwistle trial
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
THE jury trying Briton Neil Entwistle over the murders of his American wife and baby is to begin its second day of deliberations. Read
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Jon Bon Jovi in concert
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
HIS trademark mullet is sadly no longer with us, but incredibly at 46 Jon Bon Jovi still has more energy than a sugar-high seven-year-old on Christmas morning. Read
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Brave Midlands soldiers honoured by Queen
Jun 25 2008 | Top Stories
BRAVE Midlands soldiers were today being honoured by the Queen for their individual displays of courage during fierce fighting in Afghanistan. Read
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Tories plan fro NHS targets
Jun 25 2008 | Colin Whittock Cartoons
COLIN Whittock's view as the Tories reveal plans to ditch NHS targets. Read
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Ant Botha leads Warwickshire to Twenty20 quarter finals
Jun 25 2008 | Warwickshire CCC
ANT Botha played a true captain’s role as Warwickshire booked their place in the Twenty20 quarter-finals courtesy of a sixth straight win – a thrilling four-wicket triumph over Somerset. Read
