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Oct 7 2005
BIRMINGHAM Children's hospital has introduced a total ban on smoking on its premises....
Oct 7 2005
ELDERLY residents today claimed they have been abandoned after two major bus services were changed without notice....
Oct 7 2005
POLICE covering north Birmingham are set to tour mosques in a bid to keep the city's diverse communities united for peace....
Oct 7 2005
MASSIVE cost cutting could see the closure of the Accident and Emergency department at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, it was revealed today....
Oct 7 2005
LIFE changed literally overnight for talented young musician Sue Bibby. She went to bed as an active student studying the guitar and trumpet at Birmingham Conservatoire but woke up unable to use her legs and facing life in a wheelchair....
Oct 7 2005
TWO Birmingham men have been arrested in a major £11 million drugs bust near the Mediterranean party island of Ibiza....
Oct 7 2005
FORMER Longbridge workers have been awarded £14 million compensation after MG Rover failed to consult them on redundancies....
Oct 7 2005
A DINNER lady stole almost £16,000 from a breakfast club at a Birmingham school set up to encourage children to eat healthily, the city's crown court heard....
Oct 7 2005
PROPOSALS for how debtridden Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust can make £20 million in savings next year have been unveiled....
Oct 7 2005
MOTORISTS faced long rush-hour delays today after a crash on a Midland motorway. ...
Oct 7 2005
THE humble scarecrow is fast becoming a disappearing breed. But children who once marvelled at the Wizard of Oz or bumbled along with Worzel Gummidge can now see one "in the flesh"....
Oct 7 2005
HE HAS become a legend for his amazing work with the most difficult and out of control horses. ...
Oct 7 2005
MORE than 60 Quinton families who complained about their local pub have won a campaign to prevent it opening until the early hours....
Oct 7 2005
THE city politician responsible for recycling 30 per cent of Birmingham's rubbish has rejected calls for wheelie bins....
Oct 7 2005
A PERVERT who downloaded sick images of children off the internet onto his home computer has been jailed. ...
Oct 7 2005
THE Freedom of Information Act started off in Birmingham with a bang - but is tailing off with a whimper. ...
Oct 7 2005
A SUCCESSFUL anticrime partnership in the Black Country has been presented with an award for efforts making town centres safer for shoppers. ...
Oct 7 2005
DAD'S Army veterans will be back on parade this weekend at their own memorial site in Staffordshire. ...
Oct 7 2005
DRIVERS face months of traffic chaos as contractors tackle the most difficult section of a £22 million bypass being built in Staffordshire. ...
Oct 7 2005
FAMILIES in rat-infested homes now have to pay for pest control, sparking fears of an explosion in the rodent population....
Oct 7 2005
HEALTH watchdogs are having talks with NHS trust bosses over ward closures at a debt-ridden Staffordshire hospital....
Oct 7 2005
THIEVES who stole a Staffordshire paramedic's life-saving kit were warned today that misuse of the drugs it contained could cause a death. ...
Oct 7 2005
A MAN has been found dead in a lake after vanishing from his Staffordshire home....
Oct 7 2005
AN HISTORIC Worcestershire theatre is to reopen in April next year after a near £4 million restoration project....
Oct 7 2005
DRINKERS at a Redditch public house will be raising a glass after licensing chiefs gave it the nod to stay open later....
Oct 7 2005
TRANSPORT chiefs battling to save a train service from being derailed have stepped up their fight by launching a poster campaign....
Oct 7 2005
YOBBISH behaviour has been slashed by more than a third in a problem area in Sutton Coldfield, police said today. ...
Oct 7 2005
PATIENTS and users of a hospital threatened with closure joined forces with campaigners and staged a placard-waving protest in a bid to keep it open. ...
Oct 7 2005
A VITAL £556,000 community centre in the heart of Oldbury is to be opened tomorrow after a fundraising campaign stretching back six years. ...
Oct 7 2005
THE finishing touches are being put to a new multimillion pound Solihull school with the laying of a grass roof. ...
Oct 7 2005
MOTORISTS in the Knowle area could be heading for traffic chaos after an electricity company announced improvement works. ...
Oct 7 2005
IT'S back! By popular demand, the Birmingham Mail today reintroduces your favourite Cross-Code puzzle. ...
Oct 7 2005
A RUNAWAY Midland teenager has told her devastated family she wants to start a new life with an older man she met through an internet chatroom....
Oct 7 2005
SCORES of firefighters battled to contain a fierce blaze which destroyed a Midland factory....
Oct 7 2005
A BABY girl died in a Midland hospital after being rushed in with breathing problems, it was revealed today. ...
Oct 7 2005
A BRAND new hospital annexe that controversially stood empty for 16 months because of a bungle over water pipes has opened its doors to the first patient....
