Articles...
Jan 3 2008
A BUSINESSMAN shot in a Birmingham street was targeted by a mystery gunman who opened fire after ramming him off the road....
Jan 3 2008
INDIAN industrial giant Tata was today in pole position to win the race for Jaguar and Land Rover - after a six-month battle....
Jan 3 2008
MIDLAND train passengers faced further misery today as allegations emerged that the network was brought to a halt because key staff took "sickies" as a result of festive hangovers....
Jan 3 2008
VILLA are attempting to make headway in a couple of areas in the January window....
Jan 3 2008
BOURNVILLE believe they'll never have a better chance of becoming England's indoor hockey champions this year....
Jan 3 2008
CAMERON Jerome says he is so desperate to face Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup on Saturday he would play injured....
Jan 3 2008
BIRMINGHAM Opera Company, which thrilled thousands of concert-goers at the NIA in October with two acclaimed performances of La Traviata, has almost certainly sung its final note....
Jan 3 2008
THE Archbishop of Birmingham The Rt Rev Vincent Nichols was among several VIPs invited to see the start of a new era at Birmingham's St Paul's School for Girls which celebrates its centenary this year....
Jan 3 2008
MIDLAND schoolboy Callum Batham who saved his dad's life after having just one First Aid lesson is our latest Local Hero....
Jan 3 2008
THE 1907/08 season saw Wolves at a low ebb. ...
Jan 3 2008
LAWRENCE Dallaglio has announced his England retirement with immediate effect and will also call time on his Wasps career at the end of the season....
Jan 3 2008
BIRMINGHAM mum-of-three Elaine Cox was shocked into slimming after she "couldn't tell the difference between herself and the elephant" on her holiday snaps from Thailand....
Jan 3 2008
STAN Hughes - the pensioner who couldn't give his business away to redundant Longbridge workers - is selling up after 30 years in the same factory....
Jan 3 2008
A TEENAGE girl was injured when she was hit by a car on Nechells Parkway in Birmingham....
Jan 3 2008
TWO Birmingham youngsters who were devastated by the death of their mum four years ago have channelled their grief into raising thousands of pounds to help sufferers of Motor Neurone disease....
Jan 3 2008
A NEW Black Country Connexions personal adviser is proving just the ticket for the service's double-decker bus....
Jan 3 2008
They were wacky, weird and wonderful - both the contestants and their home-made cars....
Jan 3 2008
BLUES' demanding New Year schedule holds no fears for Cameron Jerome....
Jan 3 2008
LEADING Midland specialist internet services provider Netsecrets have created a new cutting edge website for top hair and beauty salon Legends. ...
Jan 3 2008
JAMES Morrison believes the Championship's table-toppers have yet to reach their peak....
Jan 3 2008
MICHAL Danek is due to arrive for his Albion trial, with the Czech goalkeeper still confident of completing a January move to The Hawthorns....
Jan 3 2008
A POPULAR £70,000 landmark statue commissioned by Walsall Council has been named in memory of tragic miner Jack Jigger Tayler who was killed in a colliery accident....
Jan 3 2008
AS someone who is generally staggered that anybody can be bothered to get out of bed in the early hours of Boxing Day and head for the sales I was completely taken aback by the significant increase in shoppers this year....
Jan 3 2008
ROLLER-skating Birmingham brother and sister circus act Victor and Emilia Arata are among the new crop of fame seekers to take part in the latest Channel 4 Big Brother spin-off show....
Jan 3 2008
FORMER Birmingham shop worker Catherine O'Flynn, whose debut novel was rejected 15 times by publishers, has clinched a top literary award....
Jan 3 2008
ROADWORKS in Willenhall, near Walsall, could cause problems for motorists, council officers warned today....
Jan 3 2008
PATIENTS visiting the new Treatment Centre at Sutton Coldfield's Good Hope Hospital are set to be reminded of old times thanks to a former ambulance driver....
Jan 3 2008
THE threats to Birmingham's Victorian heritage will be highlighted at an all-day event to celebrate the work done by a group of people over the past four decades to save some of the city's historic landmarks....
Jan 3 2008
DELIGHTED youngsters in Africa have received reconditioned bikes restored by blind and partially-sighted students at a specialist college in Birmingham....
Jan 3 2008
THE West Midlands was on high alert and bracing itself for snow this afternoon....
Jan 3 2008
A MASSIVE £129 million series of projects by Sandwell Homes and their construction partners in 2007 has improved living conditions for tens of thousands of tenants in modernised homes....
Jan 3 2008
A BUSINESS invoice scam is operating in the Midlands with firms warned to be on their guard....
Jan 3 2008
SANDWELL'S award-winning partnership with West Bromwich Albion to help children with their GCSEs has been shortlisted for yet another top accolade....
Jan 3 2008
LAWYERS battling to have crime suspects brought back to Birmingham from around the globe said they would not give up - no matter how long it takes....
Jan 3 2008
MIDLAND train passengers faced further misery today as allegations emerged that the network was brought to a halt because key staff took "sickies" as a result of festive hangovers....
Jan 3 2008
THE investigation into what caused a devastating fire at the world famous Royal Marsden Hospital began in earnest today as patients continued to receive treatment elsewhere....
