Jun
2005
Articles from 30th Jun 2005
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Co-op merger fears
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
WEST Midlands Co-op is to merge with the Oxford, Swindon and Gloucester Co-op - sparking job fears among its 2,200 strong workforce. Read
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Phone firm cut off
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
THE West Midlands was dealt another industrial blow today as Sendo, the UK's only mobile phone manufacturer, collapsed into administration. Read
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Outcry over AA sackings
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
PROTESTERS in wheelchairs were today preparing to picket a major Midlands AA operations centre in a row over the alleged targeting of disabled staff for the sack. Read
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£20,000 fines alert to pubs
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM pub landlords and restaurant owners face £20,000 fines if their new licence applications are not completed by an August deadline. Read
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Boost for energy project
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
A CITY project is to receive a £1.3 million cash boost from the Government as part of one of the biggest regeneration schemes in the country. Read
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Rover notch-up record sales
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
THE last remaining Midland car dealership which belonged directly to MG Rover is doing record business, with customers flocking from across Britain to buy bargain models. Read
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Prison charity woman dies
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
A WOMAN who championed the cause of prisoners' families in Birmingham and across the region has lost her battle with cancer. Read
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Brum is sick-pay capital
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM is top of England's sick-pay league, new figures have revealed. Read
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Contest nipped in the bud
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
ORGANISERS behind a city flower competition are fuming rather than blooming because they claim the council is hampering their chances of victory. Read
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Anger as car crashes into house
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
STUNNED Tracy O'Connell was counting the cost today after a driver crashed into her Chelmsley Wood home, causing thousands of pounds of damage. Read
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Sex offender jailed
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
CONVICTED sex offender with a "deviant and sustained" sexual interest in young children was jailed for 18 months at Birmingham Crown Court after being caught with indecent photos taken from the internet. Read
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Face to face with the past
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
LIFE will come full circle for birthday boy George Green when he celebrates turning 95 at the historic pub where he was born. Read
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Anxiety husband jailed for fraud
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
A BENEFITS cheat who claimed he was unfit to work swindled nearly £19,000 to fund his addiction to drugs and alcohol. Read
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We're chalk of the town!
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
STRUGGLING city schoolchildren are getting a boost by becoming mini-teachers, thanks to the Evening Mail. Read
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Ban on jailed estate agent
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
A CROOKED estate agent who stole more than £125,000 from his customers has been expelled by the industry's professional body. Read
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Gatt's the way to do it!
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
FORMER England cricket captain Mike Gatting passed on his talents to city school pupils to help find the next generation of Test players. Read
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Brum turns its back on buses
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
COMMUTERS and casual travellers are turning away from the buses in Birmingham and the West Midlands in their droves. Read
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Appeal to find missing teen
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
POLICE today issued an urgent appeal to help finds a teenage lad who disappeared seven weeks ago. Read
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Rapist trap CCTV man praised
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
A CCTV camera operator who helped catch a knife-wielding rapist as he attacked a defenceless woman is to be honoured by police. Read
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Keith's death left me devastated
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
A GRIEVING widow relived the tragic moment she found her dying husband unconscious outside a Broad Street, Birmingham, nightclub. Read
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Screening fans all set for Live8
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
LUCKY music fans were celebrating today after securing coveted tickets to see the momentus Live8 concert in London this weekend. Read
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Terrorist who lived next door
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
SHOCKED neighbours today spoke of their amazement as they discovered that mild- mannered Stanley Curry was an evil terrorist bomber. Read
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Boy hit by cars fights for life
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
A TEENAGER was fighting for life today after he was hit by a car and catapulted into the path of another vehicle. Read
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All aboard to catch city's famous faces
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM bus route has become a tourist attraction thanks to a new guided tour of some of the city's famous sites. Read
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Final shots in Nelson's battle
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
TWO hundred years after his death, the spirit of Britain's greatest naval hero is today set to dominate a Birmingham planning committee as councillors fire the final shots in the 'Battle of Nelson's Railings'. Read
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Shopping giants in store wars
Jun 30 2005 | Top Stories
A FURIOUS battle has broken out between two supermarket giants slugging it out for a Birmingham city centre site. Read
