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Mar 16 2006
CITY MPs were today squabbling over the site for a West Midlands super-casino - with one even saying she would be happy for it to go to rival bidders Blackpool. ...
Mar 16 2006
HIGHWAYS chiefs have announced £5 million plans to cover over a concrete section of the M6 in Staffordshire to provide safer and quieter travel....
Mar 16 2006
MORE than 50 firefighters tackled a huge arson blaze which destroyed a Midland factory unit today....
Mar 16 2006
SOLIHULL'S Metro bar and grill has won a place in the prestigious Michelin Guide....
Mar 16 2006
A CITY centre restaurant is relaunching with a unique Asian flavour to become the first Bollywood-themed champagne bar outside London....
Mar 16 2006
LABOUR MPs turned on Tony Blair last night, rejecting his school reforms and forcing him to rely on the Conservatives for support....
Mar 16 2006
A SOLIHULL school has clinched a prestigious title within days of hosting a team of international delegates visiting Britain in search of education inspiration....
Mar 16 2006
A MIDLAND mother who tried to drive her eight-year-old daughter home from school while almost four times the drink-drive limit has walked free from court....
Mar 16 2006
A CUNNING thief literally took the p*** when he stole a bucket of urine samples from a city medical centre....
Mar 16 2006
THE families of three Red Caps killed by an Iraqi mob were blocked from questioning a Home Office pathologist who was said to have shown pictures of the men's mutilated bodies in a slide show for travel agents....
Mar 16 2006
FAMILIES in north Worcestershire have been warned to be alert after police discovered a number of scams....
Mar 16 2006
SILVER surfer George Nicholls has ridden his last wave after succumbing to pneumonia at the grand old age of 87....
Mar 16 2006
COUNCIL officials today guaranteed they would find facilities for young athletes before a town's sports stadium is bulldozed....
Mar 16 2006
A BIRMINGHAM man was due to appear in court today charged with soliciting murder during protests against cartoons satirising the Prophet Mohammed....
Mar 16 2006
HOME-grown Birmingham City players today threw their weight behind the club's ambitious casino and stadium bid....
Mar 16 2006
THE controversial suspension of bus lanes on one of the city's busiest roads was made permanent today, on a single councillor's casting vote....
Mar 16 2006
THE son-in-law of an elderly disabled cancer sufferer today branded plans by Heartlands Hospital to introduce parking fees "diabolical"....
Mar 16 2006
TWO workmen who died in a fireball horror when their van exploded were named for the first time today....
Mar 16 2006
FAMILIES have been warned to stay away from a lake which has been polluted by a mystery substance....
Mar 16 2006
TEENAGE vandals have smashed virtually every window on the top deck of a brand new bus in a mindless attack....
Mar 16 2006
ALMOST £20,000 was seized from train passengers travelling without tickets last month....
Mar 16 2006
There was cause for celebration this week when Birmingham's most prolific TV repair conman was jailed. Gurdave Singh Sharma was given a year's prison sentence for breaching a court order banning him from ripping off customers in the West Midlands. ...
Mar 16 2006
A FACTORY worker who stole commemorative gifts for the Queen's 80th birthday has been jailed for six months....
Mar 16 2006
ACTRESS Sharon Stone has tipped former Aston Villa and England footballer Stan Collymore as a Hollywood star in the making....
Mar 16 2006
A TEACHER at a city primary school spent her half-term break in the classroom - thousands of miles away in poverty-stricken Africa....
Mar 16 2006
A SANDWELL teenager who scarred a friend for life when she slashed her across the face with a knife during a pub row has been sent to a young offenders institution for six months....
Mar 16 2006
A ROW has erupted in Redditch with Tory councillors threatening legal action against Labour members amid claims the Conservatives tried to gag MP Jacqui Smith over the future of hospital services....
Mar 16 2006
A VANDAL went on a tyre slashing rampage in Tamworth causing hundreds of pounds worth of damage to four cars....
Mar 16 2006
EDUCATION bosses have vowed to tighten up procedures after it was revealed that more than 400 teenagers were removed from Birmingham schools - helping boost the city's GCSE pass rate....
