Articles...
Oct 3 2005
CUSTOMS bosses were left red faced as they sought Solihull Magistrates' approval to permanently confiscate 8,000 cigarettes seized from a passenger at Birmingham Airport....
Oct 3 2005
THE first community building of African design in Britain could be built in Handsworth if the ambitious plans get the go ahead....
Oct 3 2005
AN INNER-city girls' school has teamed up with Birmingham Women's Hospital to boost the number of midwives and nurses from south Asian families....
Oct 3 2005
A LORRY driver from Birmingham was abducted and taken on a 40-mile terror drive by kidnappers who also stole his load of hi-tech televisions, worth thousands of pounds....
Oct 3 2005
TOP-LEVEL talks were under way today to decide the pay for up to 8,000 Land Rover workers - as the car maker unveiled surging sales in the United States....
Oct 3 2005
TRAFFIC levels on the M6 through Birmingham have reached the same levels as before Britains first pay-asyougo highway opened....
Oct 3 2005
POLICE were today still trying to determine the motive for the doorstep "execution" of a 50-year-old man....
Oct 3 2005
DETECTIVES were today still holding a man over the doorstep death of a devout church-going pensioner....
Oct 3 2005
POLICE were today investigating the mystery death of a 16-year-old boy at an elite Midland school....
Oct 3 2005
FURIOUS Sheldon residents have vowed to oppose plans to extend the opening hours of their local pub following a shooting outside the premises....
Oct 3 2005
SWIMMERS will be taking the plunge again in Moseley Road Baths this weekend....
Oct 3 2005
THE historical figure of Mary Seacole is to live on in the form of a new health education library in the city....
Oct 3 2005
BORED youngsters are to get a £21,000 skateboard park courtesy of a landfill tax scheme....
Oct 3 2005
A GEORGIAN treasure left to rot in the heart of Erdington must be saved, residents urged today....
Oct 3 2005
A MAIN Sutton Coldfield commuter route could be narrowed by more than six feet if plans for a new sheltered housing scheme are approved....
Oct 3 2005
DISGRACED former Albion striker Lee Hughes was today reported to be on suicide watch in jail and suffering from depression....
Oct 3 2005
CHEEKY charity bosses have stripped down to the basics for their latest fundraiser - by getting locals to shed their clothes for the cause....
Oct 3 2005
A TOP CCTV systems firm which played a role in gathering information on the London bombers has captured a rival business in a £10m deal....
Oct 3 2005
AGE Concern has joined forces with Solihull Council to organise open days for pensioners and their carers....
Oct 3 2005
A MASSIVE overhaul of street cleaning and rubbish collection in Bromsgrove could see more than £3 million invested in new equipment....
Oct 3 2005
A SPEED skating club which has bred world champions could be forced to leave its Solihull venue because of rising costs....
Oct 3 2005
A WALSALL student has become the first deaf pupil to appear on television's Grange Hill....
Oct 3 2005
PARKING rows at Good Hope Hospital which have led to angry confrontations between staff and residents are to be tackled by a series of new plans....
Oct 3 2005
THREE police officers who have helped to improve the lives of an entire community have won a public pat on the back from the people they serve....
Oct 3 2005
A MAN who bought illegal weapons over the Internet has avoided a five-year jail term after a Judge accepted he had been assured the pistol and stun guns were legal....
Oct 3 2005
A FIRE at a Sutton Coldfield house which killed a pensioner was probably caused by a discarded cigarette, an inquest heard....
Oct 3 2005
A MAJOR drive is being spearheaded by Walsall Council to attract more shoppers to the town....
Oct 3 2005
A FOOTBALL-mad teenager from Birmingham was swept to her death in a swollen stream while on holiday in Turkey....
Oct 3 2005
THEFTS of bikes in Bromsgrove have doubled over the past month, prompting a warning from police....
Oct 3 2005
POLICE hunting a serial railway arsonist flooded the area around the last attack with officers in a bid to gain vital new information....
Oct 3 2005
CHILDREN at an under-threat Black Country youth club were celebrating today after they were given a cash boost to keep it open....
Oct 3 2005
A GROUP of Solihull residents who successfully fought plans for a mobile phone mast near their homes are warning other families that their street could be targeted next....
Oct 3 2005
POLICE are turning codecrackers as part of a purge on underage boozers and trouble-makers. ...
Oct 3 2005
A PLAGUE of abandoned bunnies have left Walsall RSPCA officers in a stew trying to find them good homes....
