Articles...
Sep 27 2005
A ROAD tunnel scheme costing millions to end jams at a notorious Black Country rail crossing has itself been held up....
Sep 27 2005
POLICE hunting the remains of a pensioner snatched from her grave arrested a Birmingham man today in a series of dawn raids....
Sep 27 2005
UNION boss Tony Woodley today welcomed the new openness of Nanjing - saying he was now sure the company wanted to produce cars at Longbridge again....
Sep 27 2005
NANJING today broke its silence over the future of Longbridge - with a boardroom pledge to create at least 1,200 jobs and make 100,000 cars a year....
Sep 27 2005
A WOMAN from West Bromwich has been killed in a head-on crash involving an apparent 'kamikaze' driver on the sunshine holiday island of Tenerife in Spain. ...
Sep 27 2005
WAR, cancer and superbug MRSA have failed to come between Ted Cain and his beloved wife Ida since they married in 1935....
Sep 27 2005
THE only Asian member of Birmingham's Cabinet claimed today he had been sacked from his £40,000 a year job because of the colour of his skin. ...
Sep 27 2005
THE West Midlands' chief fire officer today spoke out defiantly about the massive shake-up of his brigade which has seen dozens of fire engines lying idle....
Sep 27 2005
TAXIS are being used at public expense to ferry firefighters' uniforms and safety gear between stations, it was revealed today....
Sep 27 2005
WEST Midlands Fire Service has called for the compulsory introduction of sprinkler systems to reduce the effects of fire damage in schools. ...
Sep 27 2005
NEARLY 5 tonnes of illegal coconut-sized fireworks were seized by the West Midlands Fire Service in Birmingham and Coventry. ...
Sep 27 2005
A MIDLAND curry house is the shock addition to a national hotlist spotlighting the top 10 restaurants in the country....
Sep 27 2005
THIEVES have taken "the legs" from under Birmingham City Council's election team. ...
Sep 27 2005
BIRMINGHAM'S ailing social services department is getting better, but is still offering a sub standard service to the hundreds of children in its care. ...
Sep 27 2005
ANGUISHED city teenagers who felt "blamed" for the London terror attacks today sent a message of peace to families haunted by the bus and tube tragedies....
Sep 27 2005
THE Birmingham schoolgirl who spoke in front of more than 1,000 delegates at the Labour Party conference said today: "I got through it on adrenaline."...
Sep 27 2005
ONE of the biggest rewards in railway history was today on offer to catch a serial arsonist who has plunged the West Midlands network into chaos at least 10 times....
Sep 27 2005
FRAIL pensioner Len Bettridge took two buses on an hour-long trek to collect a letter the Royal Mail didn't deliver because it had insufficient postage....
Sep 27 2005
UP to 600 jobs were today feared to be on the line at Vodafone, Birmingham's biggest call centre....
Sep 27 2005
A MAN was left with serious head injuries after an attack in a picturesque Birmingham park. ...
