A CAMPAIGN has been launched by a Birmingham organisation which is hoping to save thousands of lives in the aftermath of the catastrophic cyclone which hit Burma.
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A MEMORIAL service is to held on Monday for a former Lord Mayor and leader of Birmingham City Council, Sir Richard Knowles. Members of the public are welcome to attend the service at 11am at St Philip’s Cathedral, in Colmore Row.
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BIRMINGHAM coroner Aidan Cotter was today ordered by Whitehall to open an inquest into the death of a war hero who died at a controversial city nursing home.
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HOSPITALS slated in patient surveys have pledged to tackle the problems highlighted. Walsall Manor Hospital was rated one of the worst in the country for overall care, while Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth and Selly Oak hospitals scored badly over mixed sex wards.
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TWO pedestrians were almost hit by flying debris when a disqualified driver at the wheel of a car with a deflated tyre tried to escape from police, Birmingham Crown Court heard.
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AN inquest into the death of Villa fan Christopher Priest, who died following a road accident after last month’s second city derby, was opened and adjourned today .
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THE earliest known surviving Crossroads episode has been discovered in an old ATV archive. Episode 126 dates back to 1965 and was found in an unmarked tin in West London.
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WEST Midlands Police and the Crown Prosecution Service will today publicly apologise and pay a six-figure sum for accusing a Channel 4 documentary exposing extremism in Britain’s mosques of misleading editing.
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THE runner who was the "eyes" for Blind Dave as he achieved his record-breaking seven marathons will again be doing his bit to support charity this weekend.
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THE former manager of a Birmingham nursing home who is accused of misconduct held up an inquiry three times in just over four hours because of unfinished photocopying.
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