THE mother of a Midland man who suffers cerebral palsy after being starved of oxygen when he was born, has spoken out emotionally to raise awareness of problems caused by birth trauma.Read
SANDWELL Council looks set to sever its ties with the regeneration company behind the borough’s £80 million new college campus and a £75 million facelift for West Bromwich.Read
WEST Bromwich Albion fans united with their Geordie opponents to pay moving tribute to the late “Super Bobby Robson” on the first day of the new football season.Read
TWO fraudsters who tried to rip off cash machine users in the Black Country by fooling them into thinking their cards had been swallowed are due to be sentenced today.Read
The 17-year-old, from Bilston, was arrested over the death of Suvinder Singh Batth, who was gunned down last Tuesday outside Gavin’s Sports Bar, in Bilston.Read
THREE “burly” Midland thugs armed with a machete who put a 60-year-old woman in “terror” when they broke in to her home by mistake have been put behind bars for a total of 15 years.Read
AN estate agent who ploughed his car into a taxi when he went through traffic lights on red after binge drinking at a wedding has been jailed for four months.Read
THE sister of a Midland man found stabbed to death in Spain has told of her relief after a date has been finally set for his alleged killers to face trial.Read
THERE were sprained ankles, cut knees, grazed backsides and even hypothermia as thousands of brave runners lined up to take on the summer 2009 Tough Guy challenge.Read
A 23-YEAR-OLD Midland man who put a hot iron on a leg of his screaming girlfriend after she had been punched and kicked has been jailed for two and a half years.Read
Chris is a general news reporter covering Kings Norton and Brandwood. His journalism training was carried out near his home town of Carmarthen, in South Wales, where he worked on the Llanelli Star and South Wales Evening Post newspapers.
