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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

Birmingham Airport accused of 'exploiting' passengers in terror alert

BIRMINGHAM Airport has been accused of “profiteering” from terror alerts by charging £1 for clear plastic bags for passengers to carry liquids in.Read

Black Panther serial killer Donald Neilson close to death

ONE of the Midlands’ most notorious serial killers, Donald Neilson, is to be moved to a special prison hospital unit to die.Read

Birmingham film buff has cinema in his shed

AN 81-year-old Birmingham film buff’s love of the cinema has led him up the garden path - to build a 1930s style cinema in his garden shed.Read

Castle Bromwich film fan has built a 1930s-style cinema in his garden

AN 81-year-old Birmingham film buff’s love of the cinema has led him up the garden path – to build a 1930s-style cinema in his garden shed.Read

Castle Bromwich film fan has built a 1930s-style cinema in his garden

AN 81-year-old Birmingham film buff’s love of the cinema has led him up the garden path – to build a 1930s-style cinema in his garden shed.Read

Building firms fined £17,000 after scaffolding in city collapses

TWO building firms have been ordered to pay nearly £17,000 in fines and costs for breaching health and safety laws when a huge scaffolding tower collapsed in Birmingham city centre.Read

Work on Aston burst water main ends

A BUSY city commuter route will finally re-open on Monday after a burst water main caused another week of closures and traffic chaos.Read

Date set for disgruntled Aston Villa fans to get free meal

VILLA fans who travelled to Moscow to see a severely weakened Villa team crash out of the Uefa Cup will get their free meal at Villa Park on Tuesday, April 7.Read

Inquest into Lozells police custody case is delayed again

THE inquest of a city man who died in police custody has been adjourned again – five and a half years after his death.Read

Redditch firm closed down for selling workers' data

A MIDLAND company has been shut down for selling secret personal data to building firms about would-be employees.Read

Second water pipe burst in Aston

A BURST water pipe that caused a two-week road closure when it ruptured in freezing temperatures in January has burst again in Aston.Read

Second water pipe burst in Aston

A BURST water pipe that caused a two-week road closure when it ruptured in freezing temperatures in January has burst again in Aston.Read

Elderly couple rescued from flooded ford in Solihull

AN elderly couple had to be rescued from a flooded road in Solihull. The couple were stranded in their car in Henwood Lane yesterday afternoon in more than one foot of water in a ford that is usually a couple of inches deep. Firefighters waded into the water and pushed the car to the other side.Read

Birmingham drug dealer begins four-and-a-half year prison sentence

A DRUG dealer who was caught red-handed dealing crack cocaine and heroin has handed himself in to police to serve a four-and-a-half-year prison sentence.Read

Man suffers serious injuries in Walsall car crash

A MAN was airlifted to Selly Oak Hospital after a two car crash in Walsall.Read

Aston Villa’s deal with Acorns to continue

ASTON Villa has stepped in to extend its sponsorship deal with a struggling Midland children’s charity that is cutting jobs to survive the credit crunch.Read

Villa’s deal with Acorns to continue

ASTON Villa has stepped in to extend its sponsorship deal with a struggling Midland children’s charity that is cutting jobs to survive the credit crunch.Read

Aston Villa extend sponsorship deal with Acorns charity

ASTON Villa has stepped in to extend its sponsorship deal with a struggling Midland children’s charity that is cutting jobs to survive the credit crunch.Read

Chaos after bus and car crash in Bearwood

TRAFFIC came to a standstill after a car and a bus collided in Birmingham.Read

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