Articles...
Oct 6 2005
MIDLAND Metro tram services were disrupted today after the second accident in three days at the same Midland bridge....
Oct 6 2005
FRIENDS of a Birmingham woman who collapsed in a city street were today in a desperate race against time to find her relatives....
Oct 6 2005
PLANS by Marks & Spencer to send staff on inspirational dancing courses in a bid to reverse its fortunes are a waste of money, say shoppers....
Oct 6 2005
FORMER Mail theatre critic Fred Norris today declared that Ronnie Barker was one of Britain's top comedy geniuses....
Oct 6 2005
A BIRMINGHAM MP nominated in a bizarre poll to find the 'Love Rat of the Year' is going all out to win the title....
Oct 6 2005
A BUS driver concerned about being late for work died when he was struck by a car as he was crossing a road in Birmingham, an inquest heard. ...
Oct 6 2005
ALLAN Bassett has been called all sorts in his time. So when office jokers at a loan firm sent a letter to him addressed as "Mr Liquorice Bassett," it brought a wry smile....
Oct 6 2005
THOUSANDS of packets of Bassett's Milky Babies are being recalled after resin moulds were found in some packs. ...
Oct 6 2005
ROYAL Mail bosses in Birmingham were left embarrassed after being taken in by a hoax e-mail which warned of a menacing HIV plot....
Oct 6 2005
PROTESTERS today warned they will completely close a busy commuter route with human chains in a bid to get speed restrictions....
Oct 6 2005
ONE of the four consortia bidding to take over Birmingham's roads, pavements, and street lighting in a £2 billion private finance deal has withdrawn. ...
Oct 6 2005
A CITY woman has told how her fear of open spaces has decimated her life with her young daughter being moved to another school....
Oct 6 2005
THE chief prosecutor for the West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service is hoping to inspire students to pursue a law career with a series of presentations. ...
Oct 6 2005
CRUCIAL talks are being held to make sure plans for a 430ft high city centre skyscraper are not brought crashing down to earth by aviation chiefs....
Oct 6 2005
MOTHER-OF-TWO Diane Price was left battling for her life after five different doctors misdiagnosed a stroke as "just a migraine". ...
Oct 6 2005
TICKET inspectors and police have swooped on yet more buses in Birmingham city centre as part of an on-going operation to combat crime and ticket fraud....
Oct 6 2005
FAMILIES living next to land earmarked for a controversial new £37 million secure unit for the mentally ill have been given the chance to have their say on the scheme....
Oct 6 2005
CRIMINALS in Staffordshire are set to get the shock of their lives....
Oct 6 2005
A FORMER RAF pilot from Lichfield who sexually abused two girls from 1960, has been jailed for three-and-a-half years. ...
Oct 6 2005
GANGS of under-age boozers will be moved on from a Redditch precinct in a new police crackdown....
Oct 6 2005
CHIPS have been banned in three Solihull secondary schools after a decrease in the take-up of meals following Jamie Oliver's damning television programme....
Oct 6 2005
A MAJOR £ 200 MILLION development programme for the Lichfield district is to be headed by Birmingham's former planning chief. ...
Oct 6 2005
A CAR park is set to double in size to help ease traffic chaos in historic Lichfield - in spite of a bitter campaign from local residents....
Oct 6 2005
A GROUP dedicated to getting families in Staffordshire's isolated rural villages linked into the information superhighway has launched its own website. ...
Oct 6 2005
TWO men have been fined a total of £3,000 for disturbing rare birds and their chicks....
Oct 6 2005
A YOUNG boy was asked to pose for pictures by two men in a Redditch street. ...
Oct 6 2005
A SHAKE-UP of the fire service in Redditch could see one of its three engines scrapped and a new modern station built. ...
Oct 6 2005
A SOLIHULL finance credit firm has made a cash settlement in private to a former employee after facing a compensation claim. ...
Oct 6 2005
TALENTED photographers in Solihull have been honoured in a competition organised by the local council. ...
Oct 6 2005
A POPULAR social club which was under threat due to the £40 million redevelopment of Chelmsley Wood Town Centre has been thrown a lifeline and a new home....
Oct 6 2005
A HOSPITAL where a patient caught MRSA nine times is still rife with the killer bug, a national newspaper has claimed....
Oct 6 2005
IT should have been idyllic, sunshine holiday of a lifetime - instead it will haunt the Larcombe family forever....
Oct 6 2005
IRON Mike - stay out of Birmingham! That was the overwhelming opinion of our readers after we asked you to comment on the forthcoming visit of former world boxing champion Mike Tyson to the city. ...
Oct 6 2005
A TEENAGE girl is believed to have been lured from her Midland home with an older man she met in an internet chatroom....
