Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
TWO Solihull men have been handed hefty fines after being hauled through the courts following a council crackdown on environmental crime. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
A NIGERIAN man got a job as a postman in Birmingham to steal credit cards as part of major false identity racket. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
WALSALL Council is giving youngsters at a borough primary school the opportunity to carry out their own wildlife and environmental study as part of a project to improve safety along a key transport route. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
THOUSANDS of pounds worth of damage has been caused in an arson attack outside a church hall. Read
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AN INQUEST was being held today on a mother of five who was found hanged at her home at Christmas. Read
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STAFF at a Black Country hospital today threatened to go on strike over chronic parking problems. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
FAMILIES have been left furious because Birmingham City Council has approved an 11.5m mobile phone mast just weeks after Walsall Council threw out an identical application across the road. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
ROVING reporters from two city schools gave rugby stars a verbal mauling in a series of interviews. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
A FORMER cafe near Sutton Park's Blackroot Pool is to reopen after standing disused for 15 years. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
A SPECIAL initiative launched following the first MG Rover crisis several years ago is now bearing fruit with the start of two major developments in Worcestershire aimed at creating hundreds of jobs. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
PLANS to build homes in Wombourne have been booted out amid fears work will send boulders from a nearby cliff tumbling on a cul-de-sac below. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
THOUSANDS of families are being urged to help put their Staffordshire villages on the map as attractive places that people want to visit. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
RIVAL councillors in Redditch are to push their political differences aside and lobby to ensure the future of young people serving on a council in the town. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
COUNCILLORS launching a blitz on filth in Tamworth are being issued with cameras to snap the town's "grot spots". Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
PEOPLE in the city proved they are all heart and big on love after responding to a digital request for Valentine's Day messages. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
THE system paying housing and council tax benefits to 130,000 Birmingham families is in "absolute shambles" thanks to a new computer, it was claimed. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
A HEROIN 'shooting gallery' that has blighted the lives of law-abiding residents has been boarded up by police. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
FIREBRAND politician and Big Brother cat impersonator George Galloway is coming to Birmingham this month for a Respect rally. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
CITY MPs today insisted they are right behind plans to make them pay more for a pint of beer. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
A FINANCIAL advisor and a former professional snooker player have been jailed after syphoning off £170,000 from a dead man's bank account to feed their gambling addictions. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
ONE of Birmingham's favourite sporting daughters was left thrilled today as it emerged the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year show was heading for the city. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
AMBITIOUS plans to turn the Jewellery Quarter into a cultural icon to rival New York's Greenwich Village today got the backing of the Government. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
A WOMAN hit with a parking ticket after rushing to use the loo has been caught short again - by a baby who couldn't wait to be born. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
FLAMBOYANT soccer pundit Ron Atkinson today spoke of the mystery illness and his fears that he could have lost his leg. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
A THUG dragged an 86-year-old woman along a Kidderminster pavement in a failed bid to steal her shopping bag. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
A MAN had to be rescued by Midlands firefighters after falling down a six-foot hole. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
THE Government will make a "substantial" financial contribution to rebuilding New Street station, Transport Minister Alistair Darling pledged today. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
IT IS 35 years since the country had to get used to a new currency. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
THE days of a pint and a cigarette will soon be over after MPs voted overwhelmingly to ban smoking in every British pub and club. Read
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WATCHING her baby twins play together on the living room rug is the moment devoted mum Sarah Charlotte thought she would never see. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
A MYSTERY allergy has forced seven members of staff to leave a £5 million state-of-the-art Midlands school. Read
Feb 15 2006 | Top Stories
YET ANOTHER dose of motoring misery with six months of roadworks on a key stretch of the pothole-plagued M6. Read