High Brow in the Moorpool Estate, Harborne was one of many side roads in Birmingham left unattended by council binmen who could not access certain residential areas because of the recent sub zero temperatures.Read
MORE than half of people in the Midlands would be prepared to pay more tax if it meant their roads were properly gritted, a Birmingham Mail survey found.Read
A BOY of six gravely ill with tetanus was saved by a Birmingham medic after he was flown hundreds of miles from a remote village in Afghanistan to a British-run hospital.Read
IT MAY be 41 years since Gordon and Jenni Kirkham went Down Under in search of a better life but turkey is still the centrepiece for their annual festive feast.Read
FROM the opening bars of Love Like a Fountain, Ian Brown – the original singer with attitude – proved he still has what it takes to mesmerise an audience.Read
MIDLAND newlyweds Ross Fraser and Louise Everist got the star-studded seal of approval for their big day – after they received nearly 60 cards from the world’s biggest celebrities.Read
WEST Midlands Police have today been cleared of any wrongdoing after it emerged Helen Findlay had claimed her estranged husband had glued her car and house doors together just five days before her death.Read
A HALLOWED silence fell upon a busy public square in Birmingham as the city honoured foreign and British soldiers in conflicts past and present today.Read
News Editor Ben Hurst joined the Birmingham Mail in 2000 from the Gloucestershire Echo. Current Midlands News Reporter of the Year, Ben writes the technology blog for the Birmingham Mail.
