THE funeral of former Birmingham Mail sports writer Ray Matts will take place on Monday, March 28, at Streetly Crematorium, Little Hardwick Road, at midday. No flowers by request. Donations to be made to the British Heart Foundation.Read
A BIRMINGHAM MP has revealed former Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin has taken out an injunction banning newspapers from calling him a banker.Read
WEST Midlands Fire and Rescue service is to receive a grant worth £16,000 from Defra to help equip and train them to deal with local flood emergencies.Read
THE Queen was greeted by thousands of well-wishers as she visited the Midlands to open the rebuilt Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon.Read
A MIDLAND NHS Trust has paid out a five-figure compensation settlement to a couple whose son was stillborn following a series of “basic errors” in ante-natal care.Read
A PENSIONER came face-to-face with two burglars trying to break into her home in broad daylight when went to investigate a noise she heard from the kitchen.Read
LONG-term convicts locked up indefinitely for the public’s protection should not be held in Birmingham’s Winson Green prison, a jails watchdog has warned.Read
West Midlands Police, speaking immediately after the game, said offences were mainly for drunkenness and public order, and they said the crowd was dispersing peacefully.Read
A MIDLAND man who kept a brothel in Walsall town centre where police officers found two women wearing provocative clothing and a variety of sex toys has been jailed for 15 months.Read
News Editor Ben Hurst joined the Birmingham Mail in 2000 from the Gloucestershire Echo. Ben writes the Technobabble technology blog for the Birmingham Mail.
