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Whitehall hints approval for £600m revamp

THE £600 million scheme to transform Birmingham's "dungeon like" New Street station is set to be approved by the Government, it was revealed today. Read

Midlands picks up the pieces after storm battering

BIRMINGHAM'S battered road and rail network was today slowly returning to normal after the ferocious storm brought the region to a near standstill. Read

£50m road scheme set to start early

WORK on a £50 million by-pass intended to slash congestion in Birmingham is set to get under way six months early. Read

Minister pledges New Street won't go off the rails

BRITAIN'S transport minister today promised that drastic changes to rail timetables this year won't force New Street into meltdown. Read

New Street campaign taken to ministers

THE campaign to get New Street Station revamped took the battle to the very heart of government at a special lobby event. Read

Warning over New Street train capacity

NEW Street station will be "overwhelmed" unless a £600 million revamp goes ahead, a top rail industry figure claimed today. Read

M6 signed up for new traffic alert trial

JAMS-plagued Midland motorists will now be able to know exactly how long they'll be stuck in a queue, thanks to new hi-tech information. Read

Rail users face more misery

BIRMINGHAM'S embattled rail passengers face being hit by more strikes in the coming weeks, unless unions and Central Trains can thrash out a deal. Read

Twins set free from detention

TWINS Karina and Kamila Kaya have been released from a grim detention centre and were due back in Birmingham today, pending a final decision on their fate. Read

£5m in fines for illegal parking

BIRMINGHAM drivers handed over more than £5 million in parking fines in just 12 months, it emerged today. Read

Fog hits Midland airports

FLIGHTS were being diverted to Birmingham International Airport today as thick fog across much of the rest of the country plunged the great Christmas getaway into chaos. Read

Bus boost as new fleet is rolled out

A NEW fleet of single-decker buses has been launched in the Midlands, giving passengers a boost. Read

Fears over festive rail service chaos

PASSENGERS face Christmas and New Year misery on Central Trains after the announcement of a mass walk-out by senior conductors. Read

High fliers go for expansion

PASSENGER numbers at Birmingham International Airport are set to soar, giving weight to calls for an extra runway. Read

New Street plan set for go-ahead

PLANS for a £600 million transformation of New Street Station are set to be given the go-ahead by city planners tomorrow. Read

Anger over plans to raise bus fares

BUS passengers across the Midlands will be hit with inflation-busting rises of up to 25 per cent on ticket prices in the New Year. Read

It's green for go on Midland motorways

HIGHWAYS chiefs are to install 'intelligent' traffic lights on key motorway slip roads in the West Midlands in a move to cut accidents. Read

New Street campaigners hand over petition

A KEY official who accepted a massive Birmingham Mail boxful of petitions, postcards and letters calling for New Street Station to be revamped has pledged to listen to YOU. Read

We deliver your New Street pleas

NOW you must listen - that's the message Rail Minister Tom Harris received loud and clear when he was presented with the massive response from Birmingham Mail readers calling for New Street Station to be revamped. Read

Brum needs a new station - now!

IT'S billed as the "finest station in Europe", cost £800 million and opened this week - but it's not in Birmingham. Read

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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.

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