Oct 23 2008 | Birmingham News
SINGER Clare Grogan has altered her image to become a children’s author. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
David Cameron accepted free flights so he could hold talks with media tycoon Rupert Murdoch on his luxury yacht off a Greek island, it was reported. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
A 52-year-old man from Cardiff was charged with murdering company director Kingsley Monk at his office in New Inn, Pontypool, South Wales, Gwent Police said. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Public confidence in crime statistics took a fresh blow after the Home Office admitted police have failed to accurately record serious violent crime. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
The Government is facing months of industrial action by hundreds of thousands of its own employees in a bitter dispute over pay, fuelled by the multibillion-pound banking bail-out, it was announced. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Moves to make sex and drugs education compulsory will put an increasing strain on an already crowded curriculum, teachers' leaders warned. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
A catalogue of Network Rail (NR) safety management shortcomings were exposed in a final report into last year's Cumbria rail crash. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Two supermarket giants have announced they were slashing petrol prices to as low as 94.9p per litre in the latest move in their price war. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Westminster watchdogs rejected a fresh call for an inquiry into claims that shadow chancellor George Osborne sought an illegal donation from a Russian billionaire. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
The Royal Mail doubled its operating profit to £177 million in the last six months, but the number of letters being delivered has fallen by five million a day, it was announced. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Three men were arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the killings of two Chinese graduates, police said. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
A Portuguese HGV driver has been charged with six counts of death by dangerous driving after a family were killed on the M6. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
A detective admitted that he did not see Jean Charles de Menezes carrying anything other than a mobile phone and a newspaper before he was shot dead by armed police. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
The number of Clostridium difficile cases in NHS hospitals has fallen significantly in the last quarter, Health Secretary Alan Johnson said. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Tory leader David Cameron has accused the Prime Minister of "desperate" measures to keep a row going over allegations that the shadow chancellor sought a donation for the Tories from a Russian billionaire. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Retail sales figures revealed an unexpected resilience on Britain's battered high street, but firms were still warned to expect a bleak Christmas. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Campaigners failed in a High Court bid to force the Government to spend more to end fuel poverty. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Primary school children are to be given compulsory lessons in sex education and the dangers of drugs, the Government confirmed. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
The High Court has dismissed a legal bid by campaigners to force the Government to take more action to tackle fuel poverty. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
A controversial scientist who preserves human corpses and displays them to the public has defended his latest exhibition. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Road safety campaigners pledged to monitor Swindon closely when it becomes the first town in the UK to scrap fixed-point speed cameras. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
A drug used to treat leukaemia can also combat the debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis, new research has found. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Retail sales continued to defy expectations, despite the annual rate of growth falling to its weakest level in more than two years. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Family campaigners called on the Government to scrap plans to teach sex education to primary school children in England. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Some police forces have been failing to properly record serious violent crime, the Home Office said, as it reported an increase of 22% this year. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Property search website Rightmove said it planned to cut staff numbers by 20% to cope with the housing market slump. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
The FTSE 100 Index held firm after global recession fears caused further heavy falls for Wall Street and Asian markets overnight. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Detectives investigating the murder of a company director said that they think his killer lay in wait for him to arrive at work. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Swindon has become the first town in the UK to do away with fixed-point speed cameras. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
The banker who accused George Osborne of seeking an illegal donation from a Russian billionaire warned he will return to the attack if Conservatives seek to throw further doubt on his account of their meetings this summer, it has been reported. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
The banker who accused George Osborne of seeking an illegal donation from a Russian billionaire warned he will return to the attack if Conservatives seek to throw further doubt on his account of their meetings this summer, it has been reported. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Markets are braced for further falls in the pound and the value of shares, following an admission from Prime Minister Gordon Brown that Britain is likely to go into recession. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Specialist sex crimes investigators are looking into an allegation that Mohamed al Fayed sexually assaulted a teenage girl. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
The High Court is giving judgment on a bid by campaigners to force the Government to take more action to tackle fuel poverty. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Primary school children in England should be given basic sex education lessons, a Government review is expected to conclude. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Child poverty costs the UK at least £25 billion a year, according to a new report. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Private companies will be allowed to run projects to teach excluded pupils under new government proposals. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Rising food and energy bills are seen by Britons as a bigger financial threat than recession, a survey showed. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
Swindon has become the first town in the UK to do away with fixed-point speed cameras. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National News
The Government's attempts to tackle knife and gun crime were criticised by an influential group of MPs. Read
Oct 23 2008 | The Stirrer
THE Diving Bell And The Butterfly is a marvellous movie about a magazine editor who’s paralysed and unable even to feed himself after a stroke. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Aston Villa FC news
MARTIN O’Neill believes tonight’s eagerly-anticipated clash with Ajax would be good enough to grace the latter stages of the UEFA Cup. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Aston Villa FC news
Fans can make it memorable Read
Oct 23 2008 | Aston Villa FC news
AJAX dangerman Klaas Jan Huntelaar is looking forward to an electric Villa Park atmosphere tonight. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Aston Villa FC news
MARTIN Laursen says Danish team-mate Dennis Rommedahl has admitted his Ajax team-mates took part in some serious soul-searching following a recent five-goal hammering at Heerenveen. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Aston Villa FC news
MARTIN O’Neill believes Ajax’s experience of recent European competition will make them street-wise and give them the edge at Villa Park. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Birmingham City News
GARRY O’Connor and Kevin Phillips are in the box seat for Birmingham City up front. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Birmingham City News
ALEX McLeish has told his squad they should not see Nigel Quashie’s addition as a threat, but a challenge. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Birmingham City News
NIGEL Quashie today saluted Blues – who have made their best ever start to a season – and Alex McLeish for allowing him to get his career up and running again. Read
Oct 23 2008 | West Brom News
TONY Mowbray is convinced one goal will change Luke Moore’s Albion fortunes. Read
Oct 23 2008 | West Brom News
WEST Bromwich Albion boss Tony Mowbray is getting ready for a different kind of pressure on Saturday against Hull. Read
Oct 23 2008 | West Brom News
PAUL Robinson is ready to go head-to-head with his former Albion team-mate Paul McShane on Saturday. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Non-League
Turner answers Rovers’ SOS call Read
Oct 23 2008 | Non-League
Adders hit by double injury Read
Oct 23 2008 | Non-League
Adders hit by double injury Read
Oct 23 2008 | Non-League
Turner answers Rovers’ SOS call Read
Oct 23 2008 | West Brom Match Reports
TWO late goals condemned Albion to defeat at the Britannia Stadium. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Birmingham Speedway
BRUMMIES target Kyle Legault could be set to turn his back on a Perry Barr return next year. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
Poor Portsmouth were well beaten on their return to Portugal in the UEFA Cup as goals by Luis Aguiar, Wason Renteria and Alan secured a convincing 3-0 win for Sporting Braga. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
Gareth Barry gave Aston Villa the ideal start to life in a bitterly tough group stage of this season's UEFA Cup as they beat Ajax 2-1. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
Heurelho Gomes' blunder helped hand Udinese a 2-0 victory in their UEFA Cup clash at Stadio Friuli as Tottenham's miserable start to the season continued. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
Andy Murray moved one step closer to retaining his St Petersburg Open title on Thursday by breezing past Ernests Gulbis 6-4 6-2. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
James Simpson-Daniel has been ruled out of England's autumn internationals after suffering yet another cruel injury setback. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
The future of the Canadian Grand Prix continues to hang in the balance. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
Former Pakistan star Mushtaq Ahmed has been appointed as a spin-bowling coach by the England and Wales Cricket Board. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed striker Eduardo could be back in contention for a first-team return "in three weeks". Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
Newcastle defender Habib Beye is free to play in Saturday's derby clash with Sunderland after an appeal against his red card on Monday evening was upheld. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
Seve Ballesteros will undergo a third operation on Friday to ease the swelling on his brain, although hospital authorities insist he remains in a "stable condition". Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc has escaped with a £500 fine and a severe reprimand over gestures he made to Rangers fans during the last Old Firm derby. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
Didier Drogba will not face any disciplinary action from the Football Association over comments in his autobiography saying he wished he had punched Nemanja Vidic in the Champions League final. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
A new trophy contested by England and the All Blacks will honour the late Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand Prime Minster Helen Clark announced on Thursday. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
Opener Alastair Cook is ready to focus all of his attention on ensuring England have a successful end to 2008 after resolving his domestic future by signing a new deal with Essex. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
Zabeel Investments have pulled out of a deal to buy Charlton, the Coca-Cola Championship club confirmed on Thursday. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton admits he can understand those people who demanded his sacking after he was sent to jail. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
Blackburn manager Paul Ince has warned Aston Villa off a January move for Roque Santa Cruz by insisting they do not have the money to prise him from Ewood Park. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
Wigan manager Steve Bruce admits he faces a fight to keep Amr Zaki at the JJB Stadium following the Egyptian's stunning start to life in the Premier League. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
Luiz Felipe Scolari accepted Chelsea's 1-0 victory over Roma was hardly a thing of beauty but three vital Champions League points was more than adequate compensation for the Brazilian boss. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez felt it was two points lost rather than one gained after seeing his side held to a 1-1 draw by Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
England coach Tony Smith has called up Leeds utility back Lee Smith and Wigan forward Gareth Hock for his side's opening World Cup match against Papua New Guinea on Saturday. Read
Oct 23 2008 | National Sport
Major League Soccer have confirmed David Beckham is in talks over a possible loan move to AC Milan but insisted any deal would only be short term. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Wolves FC News
WOLVES beat Wrexham 3-2 at Compton in a training-ground friendly given extra spice by the prospect of places up for grabs in the first-team 16 for the visit to Watford on Saturday. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Wolves FC News
MICK McCarthy has warned his shell-shocked Wolves players that they will have to “scrap” week in and week out to maintain their place in the Championship’s automatic promotion slots. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Other sport
UNIVERSITY of Birmingham’s title credentials in the Slazenger Women’s Conference West will be put to the test this weekend when they take on local rivals Sutton Coldfield at Wyndley Leisure Centre. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Other sport
UNIVERSITY of Birmingham’s title credentials in the Slazenger Women’s Conference West will be put to the test this weekend when they take on local rivals Sutton Coldfield at Wyndley Leisure Centre. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Your News
BOLDMERE Swimming Club Juniors have had the most successful year in the clubs history after reaching the National Junior League finals. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Your News
THE Buccaneer Variety Artistes have been going for 57years giving free variety entertainment to the elderly folk of care homes and warden controlled homes in and around Birmingham. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Your News
SOLIHULL-based theatre company Jadis Shadows has brought a tale of betrayal and intrigue to life in aid of charity. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Your News
THE memory of a Dudey soldier killed in the First World War lives on following a chance discovery by a church warden. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
A PORTUGUESE lorry driver has been charged with six counts of death by dangerous driving after a family, originally from Birmingham, were killed on the M6. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
A MAJOR route through the Midlands was closed today after a car crashed into a telegraph police and cut power to the area. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
AMBITIOUS plans were unveiled today for a new £31 million, state-of-the-art college campus in the Black Country. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
SINGER Clare Grogan has altered her image to become a children’s author. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
SCHOOLBOY Josh Holland put a “nightmare” three years behind him as he lived his dream at the wheel of an all-conquering Land Rover. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
A COUPLE who tied the knot in Birmingham Children’s Hospital for fear their daughter would not survive are preparing to take the toddler on her first family holiday. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE were today deciding whether to seek permission to continue holding men arrested in a series of anti-terror swoops in Birmingham. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
A DRUG used to treat leukaemia can also combat the debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis, new research has found. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
CITY chiefs are preparing a £150 million private finance bid to redevelop one of Birmingham’s most rundown estates. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE hunting a sex attacker have been forced to apologise after they raided the wrong block of flats and left a young mum petrified in her own home. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
THE murder of a Midland man bludgeoned to death by someone who caught him urinating remained an unsolved mystery for 10 years. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
FROM bulging shoulder pads to slinky pencil skirts, Birmingham’s Clothes Show Live has seen it all and will be celebrating even more fashion when it marks its 20th birthday later this year. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM’S housing bosses have praised rent collection staff after seeing the city’s total council house rent arrears plummet by £1 million in the last six months. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE probing the crash which wiped out a Birmingham family of six were today trying to establish why the driver of the foreign juggernaut which hit them failed to brake. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
MIDLAND Paralympic star Eleanor Simmonds received a light-hearted invitation to join the Cabinet at a bash to celebrate Britain’s Beijing gold rush. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
LONGBRIDGE’S Chinese owners are suing Midland car veteran William Riley in a David and Goliath courtroom battle over badge rights to the world’s most expensive MG. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
IMAGES of young people who have lost their lives to violent street crime will line the walls of a Birmingham church on Saturday during an annual memorial service organised by a mother of one of the victims. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
THE economic slowdown could lead to racial tension in Birmingham unless immigration is cut, a city MP warned today. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
THE Royal Marines Commando will be in Birmingham tomorrow to launch the Royal British Legion’s 2008 Poppy Appeal. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM International Airport has pulled off a major coup by attracting one of America’s biggest scheduled airlines to the Midlands. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM MP Liam Byrne today attacked the city council for failing to reveal how much it raked in from a controversial deal to sell playing fields to a supermarket giant. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM taxpayers will not reap the benefits of a £100 million efficiency drive in children’s services for up to 15 years, it has emerged. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
A CITY university has been dealing with an attack of the eco-power rangers! Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
A SCHOOL in Birmingham has dismissed a senior police officer’s teenage gang crime claims as “nonsense”. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
TROOPS in Afghanistan held a sunset vigil to honour fallen Midland comrade James Munday who was killed by an blast during a routine patrol. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
THE Pigeon Detectives flew into Birmingham to sign copies of their new single, Say It Like You Mean It. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Athletics
ATHLETICS Read
Oct 23 2008 | Maureen Messent
THE parable of the Good Samaritan is all very well – but modern British life, with its terrifying examples of well-wishers beaten to death by thugs, leaves that New Testament story in tatters. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Maureen Messent
YES, I know who dunnit, but not how dunnit. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Maureen Messent
WHILE I understand the worries of small traders who might watch their businesses go under in this year’s credit crunch, I’ve a feeling that curbed spending power will be the kick up the backside that Britain needs. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Maureen Messent
SHOUTS of “more jobs for the British” have rung out this week with the news that 865,000 foreigners have taken jobs here since 2006. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Maureen Messent
I’VE always found the singer Madonna to be a lewd woman. She seeks a talent to shock when I want an entertainer to charm and enthral me. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Maureen Messent
A SELFLESS woman is gunned down in a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, by the Taliban because she was a Christian. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Learning Zone
As students prepare to complete their UCAS application forms, it can be a tricky decision choosing where to go. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Learning Zone
Bournville College has decided to go the extra mile by providing free bus passes for students affected by the education maintenance allowance problems. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Warwickshire CCC
IAN Bell insists reclaiming the Ashes next summer means more than becoming one of England’s million-dollar men. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Warwickshire CCC
A DELEGATION from Warwickshire has again visited Lord’s to lobby for ECB support as ambitious plans to rebuild the Pavilion End at Edgbaston approach crunch time. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Pub Reviews
THE art on the walls next to the curved staircase gown down in to the basement Bacchus Bar makes you feel as if you are heading for a Roman steam room. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Food and Drink News
This week's perfect partners. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Food and Drink News
WANT someone else to do the hard work? The gorgeous handmade pies and quiches from Sussex’s Higgidy Pies are perfect for a warming autumn suppers on the run. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Cooking Tips
IF THERE is one ingredient that embodies the essence of autumn, it’s chestnuts. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Wine Column
ALTHOUGH some desperate bankers may well be turning to drink, it’s unlikely they are solely responsible for the soaring rise in sales of cider and rosé wine. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Wine Column
BOND would probably think this was a soft drink – just one measure of vodka and a dash of cherry liqueur – he’d probably be impressed by the posh ingredients. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Wine Column
A BIRMINGHAM bar is giving beer the same treatment as its wine – and it’s about time, too. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Takeaway Reviews
WITH sincere apologies to Wordsworth: ‘I wandered lonely beneath some clouds / That floats on high o’er streets of Brum / When all at once I saw a cone / A host of crispy golden chips...’. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Birmingham city centre restaurants
IT IS a question that has vexed me for years: how do vegetarians get fat? Read
Oct 23 2008 | Things to do in Birmingham
LESS than a decade ago, Masshouse Circus was the armpit of Britain, never mind Birmingham. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Things to do in Birmingham
THIS walk is another one for the Nechells crowd and one I again did with the charming Get Walking Keep Walking group from Bloomsbury Health Centre. Read
Oct 23 2008 | Things to do in Birmingham
IT’S more than 5,000 miles from Birmingham to Beijing. Read