Articles...
Oct 24 2005
A MAN was shot dead as riot police spent a second night battling to control armed gangs roaming parts of Birmingham....
Oct 24 2005
OVERZEALOUS councils have gone "red route mad" by painting red lines even on minor roads, according to a Midland MP. ...
Oct 24 2005
SHOPKEEPER Nazir Ahmed still remembers the day his father watched the family business burn to the ground in the infamous Handsworth riots 20 years ago....
Oct 24 2005
AN innocent man murdered, three others stabbed, two shot, a policeman wounded, 35 hospitalized and 80 reported crimes - the shocking statistics from the night race rioting engulfed a once peaceful and harmonious community....
Oct 24 2005
IT had all started so well - a peaceful protest in Perry Barr, the national spotlight was on my area and no-one had let us down....
Oct 24 2005
THE pirate DJ at the centre of the controversial justice protests said he regretted that a week which started with peaceful protests had ended in murder....
Oct 24 2005
POLICE chiefs today called on the community to question for themselves the rumours that sparked the worst riots Birmingham had seen for 20 years....
Oct 24 2005
AN INQUIRY has been launched at a Birmingham adult care home over claims that managers were flouting drug dispensing rules. ...
Oct 24 2005
UP TO 19,000 families in Birmingham are living in overcrowded conditions, according to a new report from homeless charity Shelter. ...
Oct 24 2005
THOUSANDS of young people across the city are organising their own appeal to help victims caught up in the horror of the south Asian earthquake. ...
Oct 24 2005
TWO young African girls eager to star in a new movie about asylum seekers are being sought in Birmingham. ...
Oct 24 2005
A VETERAN football fan collapsed and died minutes before the Staffordshire club he supported all his life kicked off in their biggest ever game. ...
Oct 24 2005
MANCHESTER United and Arsenal beware - little Chasetown Football Club are gunning for FA Cup glory....
Oct 24 2005
A CHIEF at a troubled trust which runs Worcestershire's hospitals has accepted an offer to keep his position at the organisation for an extra four years. ...
Oct 24 2005
POTENTIALLY lethal drugs stolen from a car in Inkberrow near Redditch have been found and handed into the police. ...
Oct 24 2005
A STAFFORDSHIRE college that cost £8 million to rebuild from the ashes of an arson attack is in line for a top award. ...
Oct 24 2005
A WOMAN newly re-appointed to the board of Staffordshire's ambulance trust has been warned that her £5,673-a-year job could be on the line within months. ...
Oct 24 2005
POLICE are warning Redditch residents to be on their guard after teenagers were mugged by thieves who targeted them for their expensive gadgets. ...
Oct 24 2005
BOGUS window cleaners have been targeting businesses in Worcestershire, stealing thousands of pounds worth of purses, laptops and mobile phones. ...
Oct 24 2005
MEMBERS of a Hindu charity donated £450 to a Dudley hospital's children's ward in memory of three workers who tragically died while on an aid mission in India. ...
Oct 24 2005
A SCHOOL which was one of the first in Britain to be inspected under Ofsted's new short-notice procedure has been told it is maintaining a 'satisfactory' standard. ...
Oct 24 2005
HEARTBROKEN relatives of Isaiah Youngsam, the man who was stabbed to death in Saturday night's riot, today spoke of losing "the diamond in our family."...
