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Patient barcode scheme is launched

A GROUND-breaking scheme to put supermarket-style barcodes on patient wristbands has been launched at a city hospital.Read

The Feeling are doing what comes natural

THE Feeling are known for making cheesy pop cool - and frontman Dan Gillespsie Sells makes no apologies for it.Read

Couple are playing the game of love!

BINGO! A World War II hero has been given a second chance at love and is getting engaged at the age of 84.Read

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Bullring pillow fight baffles shoppers - see the videos NOW

THE flash mobbing craze that swept America has come to Birmingham, sparking a massive pillow fight outside the Bullring.Read

Girl leaps from window to escape fire

A TEENAGE girl leapt from a first floor window after a dramatic blaze at her family's Birmingham home.Read

Weather causes new bed blocking crisis

BIRMINGHAM hospitals are facing a new bed blocking crisis after last week's snow and freezing weather.Read

Bloc Party @ Birmingham Carling Academy

BLOC Party kicked off their national tour in the city last night - and what a start it was.Read

Band are a Brit amazed by nomination

WHEN the gongs are given out at next week's Brit Awards, Birmingham-born frontman Fyfe Dangerfield will be on stage in his home town with his band Guillemots.Read

Scooter fans saddle up for Tyler

YOUNG Muscular Dystrophy sufferer Tyler Bowmaster cannot ride his bike or play like most other children.Read

City gathers for mass tribute to Holocaust victims

MORE than 60 years after millions died at the hands of the Nazis, the people of Birmingham will come together to honour their memory.Read

Brummie cashes in on shipwreck

A BIRMINGHAM seller has been seeking to cash in on the grounded cargo ship in Devon by selling directions on an internet auction site.Read

Families evacuated as fire hits factory

FAMILIES had to be evacuated from their homes in the middle of the night after flames ripped through a city-centre factory.Read

Buses re-routed to avoid city centre chaos

ALMOST 40 buses were today rerouted to try to escape the traffic chaos and free-up the flow of traffic for cars.Read

Traffic headache for city centre commuters

THE closure of parts of a major Birmingham route caused a headache for thousands of motorists today as part of the city became clogged up with traffic.Read

Brummies rush to keep lifeboat afloat

RNLI supporters from Birmingham took to the seas to find out about the importance of Brummies digging deep to fund a new lifeboat.Read

Tributes as Blues ace Johnny dies

FORMER Blues legend Johnny Vincent has died after losing a second brave fight against cancer.Read

Man battered to death near city school

A MAN was beaten to death in a Birmingham street just yards from a school's gates.Read

Pedestrians escape as scaffold topples over

PASSERS-BY miraculously escaped injury after a large piece of scaffolding fell from a city building.Read

Sorry, there's no room at the inn

GUESTS at a charity ball at the Hilton Metropole had to be ferried out to hotels around Birmingham - because their rooms were already booked.Read

Fire station blazes a 50 year trail

FAMILIES in east Birmingham are being invited to join crews at Sheldon Fire Station to help them celebrate its 50th anniversary.Read

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