Articles...
Dec 30 2005
THOUSANDS of long-suffering travellers will finally be rid of Birmingham's notorious Digbeth coach station in the New Year. ...
Dec 30 2005
WHAT do Birmingham's Bullring, Tahiti, the Pyramids and Eiffel Tower have in common? ...
Dec 30 2005
TERRIFIED staff were forced at gunpoint to hand over thousands of pounds in cash to raiders who burst into a Solihull store. ...
Dec 30 2005
A PROBLEM-plagued school which was heading for debts totalling £500,000 is being placed into special measures after a damning report by Ofsted inspectors. ...
Dec 30 2005
THE civic pride of Birmingham is to be sent around the world thanks to a new set of Royal Mail stamps. ...
Dec 30 2005
A FORMER chef turned entrepreneur is blazing a new business trail across the West Midlands at the wheels of a 30-year-old fire engine. ...
Dec 30 2005
A MOTHER who witnessed knifeman David Morgan's "psychotic" rampage through the city's House of Fraser store today attacked its offer of free blades to shoppers. ...
Dec 30 2005
A NUN died after slipping on steps on her way in to a concert in Birmingham. ...
Dec 30 2005
A MAJOR investigation was under way today into claims of massive voting fraud at the Birmingham polling station for the Iraqi elections. ...
Dec 30 2005
A ROBBER armed with a knife is being hunted by police after a woman's handbag was snatched outside a Staffordshire school. ...
Dec 30 2005
POLICE serving a Redditch estate that has been riddled with anti-social behaviour now have the power to stop people swigging alcohol in the streets. ...
Dec 30 2005
A LEADING Tory has infuriated conservationists by agreeing to sell off his 16th century home to developers who want to knock it down and build on the site. ...
Dec 30 2005
THE mum of a Midland teenager battered unconscious in a late night attack a week ago today told how the ordeal ruined their family Christmas. ...
Dec 30 2005
CITY chiefs have given the go ahead for four new old people's homes designed to bring care for the elderly into the 21st century. ...
Dec 30 2005
TORIES today claimed massive public support in their battle to stop Staffordshire police being merged with the West Midlands and other forces. ...
Dec 30 2005
A SET of CCTV cameras worth £60,000 are gathering dust in a city police station because the city council cannot get round to putting them up. ...
Dec 30 2005
TRAVEL West Midlands has pledged to tackle the number one passenger complaint of filthy buses with built-in vacuum cleaners. ...
Dec 30 2005
BIRMINGHAM'S biggest browned-off families have every reason to complain about their litter-strewn streets, according to a Government watchdog. ...
Dec 30 2005
POLICE were today still trying to identify a man found dead on the steps of West Bromwich town hall in freezing conditions. ...
