Oct
2009
Articles from 30th Oct 2009
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Poppy Appeal gets troops on their bikes to raise funds
Oct 30 2009 | Birmingham News
SOLDIERS on cycles will be riding across Birmingham tomorrow to raise money for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal. Read
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Firefighters in two-hour blaze battle in Selly Oak
Oct 30 2009 | Birmingham News
FIREFIGHTERS battled a derelict flat fire in Birmingham for more than two hours. Crews from Woodgate Valley were called to the blaze on Shenley Fields Lane, Selly Oak, at 10.30pm last night. A spokesman said: “It was tough to deal with, and we were there for a long time, but fortunately there were no injuries.” Read
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Walsall dad-of-ten, aged 71, celebrates as twin daughters are born
Oct 30 2009 | Birmingham News
son on Richard’s wish-list. Richard said: “It’s easier this time around as I’ve had plenty of practice with children. Read
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Two women arrested after raid on 'brothel'
Oct 30 2009 | Birmingham News
TWO women were arrested by police following a raid on a suspected brothel operating opposite a luxury apartment block in the heart of Birmingham. Read
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ONE of Birmingham’s seven public golf courses is facing closure within weeks, it emerged today.
Oct 30 2009 | Birmingham News
The city’s leisure boss, Coun Martin Mullaney, confirmed Hilltop in Handsworth was facing the axe in a bid to protect the authority’s remaining golf facilities. Read
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Birmingham teenagers on gunpoint robbery charge
Oct 30 2009 | Birmingham News
THREE Birmingham boys aged 13, 14, and 16 were remanded in custody charged with committing a gunpoint robbery which was filmed on mobile phones. Read
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Jobs at risk as Threshers owner falls into administration
Oct 30 2009 | Birmingham News
By Jon Griffin Read
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Talented musician jailed for stalking woman for 17 years
Oct 30 2009 | Birmingham News
A TALENTED musician who waged a 17-year campaign of harassment against a Birmingham woman has been jailed for 27 months. Read
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Tributes to Archers star Norman Painting
Oct 30 2009 | Birmingham News
WARM tributes were today paid to actor and scriptwriter Norman Painting – who starred in the Birmingham-made radio soap opera The Archers for almost 60 years – after he died aged 85. Read
