Dec
2006
Articles from 29th Dec 2006
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Youngster gets bravery award
Dec 29 2006 | Top Stories
BRAVE 12-year-old Jack Darby has been given an award for saving the life of his grandfather, whose wheelchair rolled into a river. Read
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You can save a life
Dec 29 2006 | Top Stories
VILLA's rising star Isaiah Osbourne took time out from training to meet a brave three-year-old who is living proof of the National Blood Service's success. Read
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Linden's pride at achieving the impossible!
Dec 29 2006 | Top Stories
MILLIONS of viewers watched him learn to fence as he stole the show on the television series Ballet Changed My Life: Ballet Hoo. Read
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Builder fined over poor work
Dec 29 2006 | Top Stories
A BUILDER who carried out shoddy work and wrongly claimed membership of a trade body has been fined by magistrates. Read
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Tributes as Blues ace Johnny dies
Dec 29 2006 | Top Stories
FORMER Blues legend Johnny Vincent has died after losing a second brave fight against cancer. Read
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Traders glee at sales crowds
Dec 29 2006 | Top Stories
JUBILANT traders in Birmingham have experienced record customer spending since Christmas. Read
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The girl who was scared of walking
Dec 29 2006 | Top Stories
TEENAGER Sharranjeet Tiwana appreciates every step she takes after over-coming a three-year phobia of walking. Read
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Pensioner's Christmas car-jacking ordeal
Dec 29 2006 | Top Stories
THE son of an elderly woman hauled from her car and dumped on the pavement by a carjacker today spoke of his terror after witnessing her ordeal. Read
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New Street is 'worst station for violence'
Dec 29 2006 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM'S New Street station has been named one of the worst for violence and fights, according to new figures published by the Conservatives. Read
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Murdered man was expectant father
Dec 29 2006 | Top Stories
A MAN battered to death in a Birmingham street just yards from a school's gates was set to become a father again, it has emerged. Read
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Hundreds gather for funeral of murdered shopkeeper
Dec 29 2006 | Top Stories
MORE than 1,500 mourners packed into a city mosque to pay their last respects to young father-of-two Mohammed Basharat who was shot and killed outside his grocery shop a month ago. Read
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Fears for missing schoolgirl
Dec 29 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE today appealed for help in tracing a teenage schoolgirl who has been missing from her home in Tipton for more than a fortnight. Read
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Doodle fans are drawn to Dave
Dec 29 2006 | Top Stories
A MARIO Lanza fan whose cryptic beermat doodles have baffled pub customers for a quarter of a century has turned the spotlight on a Black Country poet. Read
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Brum bottom of arts poll
Dec 29 2006 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM is Britain's least artistic place according to a new survey which puts the second city firmly at the bottom of the arts league table. Read
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Local train service to run for New Year
Dec 29 2006 | Top Stories
A "RESPECTABLE" skeleton train service will be running in the West Midlands on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Read
