Articles...
Mar 31 2006
IT looks like something from the warped imagination of a chamber of horrors. Yet, shockingly, this lethal handclaw was on sale in the Midlands....
Mar 31 2006
COUNCIL workers in the Midlands are to stage a fresh series of strikes in their bitter row over pensions, it was announced today....
Mar 31 2006
A 46-YEAR-OLD man arrested in Birmingham will appear in court today charged with two offences under the Terrorism Act....
Mar 31 2006
BRITISH nationals are among the victims of a cruise ship sinking in Bahrain which claimed at least 57 lives, Embassy officials confirmed today....
Mar 31 2006
A BIRMINGHAM charity that has led the way for 28 years in fighting for disabled rights in the West Midlands has been forced to close....
Mar 31 2006
STUNNED motorists looked on in disbelief as a horror smash left a car on its roof....
Mar 31 2006
AS HOSPITALS struggle with mounting debts, spend-thrift Midland health bosses have ended the financial year with a surprising £23 million surplus....
Mar 31 2006
GUN Number Six. That's the label given by police to the deadly weapon used in two brutal murders and six other shootings - and it's still out there on the streets of Birmingham....
Mar 31 2006
SINGLE mum Soraya Wilson was left traumatised when clampers charged her a whopping £365 after she left her car in a pub car park....
Mar 31 2006
A CITY special school has been forced to close after raw sewage began to come up into the playground....
Mar 31 2006
THERE is "particular enthusiasm" for road pricing in the West Midlands, Transport Secretary Alistair Darling has said....
Mar 31 2006
FORMER staff at Birmingham's famous Central TV studios are to hold an April Fool's Day reunion - at a restaurant once regarded as their "external canteen."...
Mar 31 2006
A SHOWDOWN is looming over allegations that a £17 million budget intended for deprived areas of the city has been manipulated for the benefit of rich, wealthy suburbs....
Mar 31 2006
BIRMINGHAM Royal Ballet's Sinfonia could find themselves top of the pops this weekend after releasing a version of the UK Theme that Radio 4 bosses are planning to scrap....
Mar 31 2006
A CITY pub once owned by former crossroads star paul henry has finally reopened....
Mar 31 2006
A MOTHER who died following an altercation with youths at a bus stop was probably unlawfully killed, the Birmingham coroner said....
Mar 31 2006
A WOMAN today feared she might lose the sight in one eye after a vicious attack by thugs who robbed a bookmakers....
Mar 31 2006
A ROYAL Mail worker at Birmingham's huge sorting centre has resigned after investigators staged a "sting" operation into the alleged theft of cash from letters....
Mar 31 2006
SLEEPING families in a Birmingham street had an early wake-up call when workmen started digging up the pavement outside in the early hours....
Mar 31 2006
AN ADDICT who swallowed a cocktail of drugs and tried to smuggle them into the Channel Islands has been jailed for six years....
Mar 31 2006
A PENSIONER was duped out of more than £400 by a callous conman posing as a water board official....
Mar 31 2006
A NEW night out featuring disco music from the 60s and 70s is on its way to Dudley Concert Hall....
Mar 31 2006
A NEW underpass to help walkers cross a railway line is set to be built to replace an existing crossing....
Mar 31 2006
A NEW non-emergency text messaging service for Black Country residents to report anti-social behaviour has been launched....
Mar 31 2006
THE developer behind a £530 million city centre shops, leisure and apartment complex has been told to help find a new home for Birmingham's top rock venue....
Mar 31 2006
AT THE age of 75 most people would put their feet up - but not Birmingham dancing queen Shirley Thompson Bradley, who is still practising her high kicks....
Mar 31 2006
THEY had waited 24 years for the chance but Villa fans were finally able to get their hands on the European Cup once again....
Mar 31 2006
A DISABLED grandfather jailed for killing the brother of Hollywood legend Deborah Kerr has had his sentence cut....
Mar 31 2006
THE city council was made to pay £5,000 compensation to one of its own officials because of the incompetence of its social services department....
