A SEVENTEEN-year-old’s heart stopped after he was brutally stabbed in the chest with a steak knife in a bus robbery when he was given just three seconds to empty his pockets.Read
A JUDGE is due to pass sentence today on a private health company which has pleaded guilty to two charges of failing to provide health and safety following the death of a 74 -year-old Birmingham grandmother.Read
CARS queued in the road for fuel at one of Birmingham’s cheapest filling stations as petrol prices continue to rise – and retailers warn drivers could face a £70 bill to fill up an average family saloon by Easter.Read
HOLLYWOOD screen siren Joan Collins met young stars putting on a Christmas play at their school before she takes to the stage to appear in a Birmingham pantomime.Read
SEVEN men and two female former workers from a Birmingham charity have appeared before city magistrates charged with conspiracy to defraud and launder money.Read
Fabian Venkatasamy bombarded his victim Joanna Hawkins with emails, sent her unwanted gifts and traced her to her place of work using the internet.Read
Catherine Lillington works as a general news reporter on the Birmingham Mail, covering patches in the south of the city and stories for the jobs pages.