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Julie Clarke has got the M-Factor

A COUPLE from Suttton Coldfield have staged an amateur singing contest to raise vital cash for Macmillan Cancer Support.Read

Students premier film with Service Birmingham's help

A GROUP of teenagers have made their own film thanks to a sponsorhip deal from Service Birmingham.Read

Kingstanding fun day

THE Kingstanding Fun Day will be held on May 16 at the Wheeldon Recreation Ground (10.30am-2pm).Read

Gangbusting scheme targets Birmingham children

A TRAILBLAZING scheme will target children in Birmingham as young as ten who are “on the cusp” of joining street gangs.Read

Fears over merger of maternity services at Sandwell and City hospitals

MATERNITY services at two hospitals in Birmingham and Sandwell may be merged, it was revealed today.Read

New red panda at Birmingham Nature Centre

A NEW red panda called Ming Ming has arrived at Birmingham’s Nature Centre.Read

Leap of faith for Midlands sky-diving priests

FOUR priests from the Midlands took a death-defying leap of faith this week to raise vital funds for their sick, elderly and infirm colleagues.Read

Spate of car number plate thefts in Castle Bromwich sparks action

POLICE in Castle Bromwich are battling an upsurge in number plate thefts with a car awareness and safety day on Monday.Read

Sutton Coldfield groups urged to vie for slice of £400k projects pot

SUTTON Coldfield will receive £400,000 from the Birmingham City Council Community Chest.Read

MORE than 400 people have starved to death in the West Midlands in the last decade, it was revealed today.

Disturbing new figures show that more people have died from malnutrition in this region than any other part of the UK in the past ten years.Read

MORE than 400 people have starved to death in the West Midlands in the last decade, it was revealed today.

Disturbing new figures show that more people have died from malnutrition in this region than any other part of the UK in the past ten years.Read

MORE than 400 people have starved to death in the West Midlands in the last decade, it was revealed today.

Disturbing new figures show that more people have died from malnutrition in this region than any other part of the UK in the past ten years.Read

Smethwick man bailed over robbery claim

A MAN who claimed he had been robbed of £120 at knife-point appeared in court accused of making up the story.Read

Latest cases heard before Birmingham Magistrates' Court

CASES heard before Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on March 26 included: Read

Erdington barber Brian Grove retires after 50 years on same street

A BIRMINGHAM barber has hung up his scissors after cutting hair on the same city street for nearly 50 years.Read

Erdington barber Brian Grove retires after 50 years on same street

A BIRMINGHAM barber has hung up his scissors after cutting hair on the same city street for nearly 50 years.Read

Birmingham school gets visit from renowned orchestra

IT’S the long and the short of it!Read

City orchestra visits Wilson Stuart Special School in Erdington

BIRMINGHAM’S world famous symphony orchestra dropped in at a Birmingham special school after it was booked by a High Street bank.Read

Weoley Castle neighbour from Hell is jailed

Brett Wilkins, aged 23, of Harvington Road, Weoley Castle, was given six weeks’ imprisonment at Birmingham County Court.Read

Weoley Castle family evicted after six-year abuse campaign

A FAMILY from hell who mounted a six-year campaign of verbal abuse, growling, assaults and intimidation have been kicked out of their council house.Read

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