Articles...
Sep 16 2005
GREEN party activists today slammed the building of a new Tesco superstore in Quinton as disastrous for the environment and local economy. ...
Sep 16 2005
AN ambulance boss has told of his fears for the future of paramedic services in a West Midlands NHS shake-up. ...
Sep 16 2005
BIRMINGHAM is right on song to become Britain's capital of gospel music after campaigners won the full support of city council leader Mike Whitby. ...
Sep 16 2005
A NURSE sexually harassed a patient and even threatened to spike his tea with sleeping tablets so he could "have his way" with him, it was claimed today....
Sep 16 2005
A CITY university is battling a supermarket giant which wants to sell booze around the clock to its 10,000 students. ...
Sep 16 2005
CAMPAIGNERS in Great Barr have vowed to carry on fighting a controversial application to build on rear gardens. ...
Sep 16 2005
PROUD new mum Justine Roden holds the bundle of joy she was told she could never have....
Sep 16 2005
BIRMINGHAM City Council is caught up in a "conflict of interest" row after it was claimed senior officials have been helping the National Exhibition Centre's bid for a super casino....
Sep 16 2005
TRACEY Buller and Nicola Philpot started tripping the light fantastic together when they were just four and three....
Sep 16 2005
A SOLIHULL youth who threatened two younger boys with a hammer before robbing them on the top deck of a bus was sentenced to two years detention. ...
Sep 16 2005
BIRMINGHAM Midshires has announced the end of an era with a decision to close all of its branches across the country. ...
Sep 16 2005
A TEENAGE driver who died when his car left the road and ploughed into a tree was from Birmingham, it was revealed today. ...
Sep 16 2005
THE vast Chinese takeaway from Longbridge is set to last up to six months - leaving the Midlands' best known factory a shadow of its former self....
Sep 16 2005
MIDLANDERS are all a-flutter over an invasion of daddy long-legs....
Sep 16 2005
SUPERMARKETS were cutting petrol prices today following falls in the wholesale cost of fuel....
Sep 16 2005
TWO police officers were injured after their patrol car and another vehicle collided on a city housing estate. ...
Sep 16 2005
A TRAUMATISED young girl who had part of her ear chewed off by a horse has won £23,000 in compensation. ...
Sep 16 2005
BIRMINGHAM transport bosses are bucking the trend in every other major city - by trying to attract MORE people into the centre during rush hour....
Sep 16 2005
A PERSONAL banker at Barclays in Solihull put through bogus loans and then diverted £171,000 to his own account, a court heard. ...
Sep 16 2005
A ROBBER armed with a knife forced a terrified woman to draw £200 from a Midland supermarket cashpoint and then fled with her money. ...
Sep 16 2005
LESS than one in ten fast food outlets in Birmingham have applied for late night licences with a crucial deadline only two months away. ...
Sep 16 2005
WHEN children's television presenter Mark Speight hears youngsters talk about being bullied he knows exactly how they feel....
Sep 16 2005
TAKE a look at the next person you meet and flash them a smile - they'll probably beam from ear to ear....
Sep 16 2005
A WOMAN was cut from the wreckage of her car after it ran off the A38 and crashed into trees. ...
Sep 16 2005
SAUCE fever has gripped the country with bottles of Birmingham's famous brown ketchup collectively fetching hundreds of pounds on the online auction website....
Sep 16 2005
BIRMINGHAM'S Royal Mail has slashed its sickness rates by a third in just 12 months with the offer of prize draws for cars and shopping vouchers....
Sep 16 2005
FAMILIES living near a pub notorious for drug dealing were today celebrating victory in a battle to stop it opening until midnight. ...
