Powered by Google

Rosemary Bishop scoops Justice Awards Engaging Communities prize

A MIDLAND Victim Support volunteer has won a national award recognising top staff and volunteers working in the Criminal Justice System.Read

West Midlands is a hotspot for scientific invention and innovation

THE West Midlands has been hailed as a scientific powerhouse packed with inventions and innovations on a new online map.Read

Warning over language used by police

According to one Midland police force, “evening” is a “subjective” term that can vary depending on a person’s culture or nationality.Read

A MAN denied today that he murdered his own teenage daughter.

Gary John Fisher is accused of intentionally killing 17-year-old Chanelle Sasha Jones, whose body was discovered in the passenger seat of a Ford Fiesta near Aberaeron, Ceredigion, West Wales, on August 2.Read

Review: Franz Ferdinand at Wolverhampton Civic Hall

****

AFTER an hour of what seemed like a ‘best of’ compilation, I was racking my brains over what favourites were left for this Scottish four-piece to pull out the bag for their encore.Read

Princess Wishes - Disney On Ice at the NIA, Birmingham

****

I’VE never bought into the whole pink fest that surrounds Disney Princess and screams at you from almost anywhere you go with a little girl in tow these days.Read

Review: Richie Kotzen at Robin 2, Bilston

***

RICHIE Kotzen has long been regarded as one of the finest musicians of his generation and one of rock’s most recognisable voices.Read

Retired Midlands haulier Jack is trucking on...in miniature!

A MODEL-mad pensioner who spent his life driving lorries has made his own unique trucker tribute – by making 120 miniature wagons from scratch. Read

Midland workers could be loaned out to avoid redundancy

A SCHEME in Birmingham will allow small businesses to place staff at risk of redundancy on secondment with other firms.Read

Warwickshire are expected to unveil plans to close seven fire stations

A MIDLAND fire service today announced plans to close one in four of its stations and axe a third of fire appliances under a cost-cutting drive, union leaders claimed today.Read

Bullock rescued by firefighters in Shropshire

A BULLOCK had to be rescued by firefighters after it stumbled into a well.Read

Birmingham and Worcesters Soldiers tell of life on the front line in Afghanistan

A MIDLAND soldier fighting in Afghanistan has described the adrenaline rush of being under fire – and says his colleagues are determined to prove “they could do the job”.Read

Visitors flock to West Midland's tourist attractions

THE number of people going to England’s visitor attractions rose two per cent last year compared with 2007.Read