Feb
2006
Articles from 14th Feb 2006
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Eviction for tenant from hell
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
AN ASBO has been imposed on a nightmare neighbour who has also been kicked out of his flat following a successful battle by council officials. Read
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Schools set to be upgraded
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
A MASSIVE scheme set to transform every school in the borough and improve their technology has taken a step closer. Read
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Poor parking failing firms
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
POOR parking in Cotteridge is killing off small firms, struggling bosses have claimed. Read
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Speed camera hope for road
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
ONE of north Birmingham's busiest commuter routes could have speed cameras installed after it was placed on a city priority list. Read
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Party shop hit by third blaze
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
THE owner of a party shop in the Black Country has been left reeling after being hit by a third arson attack in three weeks. Read
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Kallan gets a kick from Chelsea aces
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
BLUE is definitely the colour for eight-year-old Kallan Gill after his dad treated him to a birthday present he will never forget - the chance to meet his favourite Chelsea footballers. Read
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Last ditch talks in battle of reservoir
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
LAST ditch talks have been held with developers who are poised to build up to 90 homes on the shores of an Edgbaston beauty spot. Read
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Family in canal murder appeal
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
THE family of a murder victim who was abducted hours before being dumped in a canal were today making an impassioned plea to help find his killers. Read
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Phone service just the tonic for centre
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
THOUSANDS of patients at a Chelmsley Wood GP surgery will no longer be getting an engaged tone when they try to call. Read
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Tornado fund saves families
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
FAMILIES whose homes were devastated in last July's tornado have been boosted by a £20,000 fundraising drive. Read
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Ambulance car is looted
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
AMBULANCE chiefs in Worcestershire have been left "shocked and appalled" after callous thieves broke into a car parked at the service's headquarters and stole a host of life-saving equipment. Read
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Old burial site to become a memorial
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
AN OLD Burntwood burial site is to be transformed into a remembrance garden. Read
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Team called in over Bigfoot sightings
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
REPORTS were circulating today that a strange beast is roaming Cannock Chase - and now paranormal investigators are investigating. Read
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Council sniff out problem
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
ENVIRONMENTAL health officers and Severn Trent Water workers have been busy sniffing out the cause of a foul sewage odour that has been brewing in Droitwich High Street. Read
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X-ray switch draws a positive response
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
NEW x-ray technology has been installed at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch to provide better treatment for patients suffering from serious brain tumours to broken bones. Read
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Council to act on A51 safety
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
SAFETY work costing £600,000 has been ordered for a Staffordshire road where children take their lives in their hands walking to school. Read
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Yobs film cat being thrown from tower block
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
A CAT was repeatedly hurled off a fifth floor balcony in a sickening new twist on the "happy slapping" epidemic sweeping the country. Read
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Pledge of net gain for all city families
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
EVERY family in Birmingham should be on the internet within ten years under a new strategy announced today by the city's Labour group. Read
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Warning on bogus cabbie
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
A BOGUS cabbie robbed a pensioner of hundreds of pounds that she had just drawn from her savings account. Read
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Cash threat to health targets
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
MIDLAND health chiefs may fail to meet waiting list targets after they were told to cut back spending plans by almost £100 million. Read
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Academic at centre of police row dies
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM academic at the centre of a controversy involving one of the country's leading female detectives has died. Read
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Murder website claims on teacher killing
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
THE Briton arrested over the murder of his former Midland teacher wife and their baby searched the internet for information on how to kill days before their deaths, it was alleged today. Read
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Teacher's dramatic carjack escape
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
A PRIMARY school teacher hurled herself from her moving vehicle after a carjacker stole it while she was in the back. Read
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Child porn doctor still banned
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
A SHAMED Birmingham doctor who downloaded hundreds of sick porn images of children as young as four has been banned from working as a GP for another year. Read
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It's the real Deal for TV winner Daz
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND man who won £45,000 on the hit Channel 4 show Deal Or No Deal hopes to hit the limelight after clinching the cash. Read
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Burst water pipe threat to homes
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
A MIDLANDS road was sealed off today and householders left without water after a huge main fed by a reservoir burst. Read
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Tragic Troy was found in a bin bag
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
THE tiny body of sixmonthold Troy Simpson was found wrapped in a bin bag inside a sports holdall, a court heard. Read
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Hero cop faces drink drive charge
Feb 14 2006 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND police officer hailed a national hero is due in court this week accused of crashing two cars after a party to celebrate his promotion. Read
