Articles...
Apr 4 2006
TEN people were arrested and 47 dogs seized in raids across Birmingham today as part of a special operation to stamp out dog fighting....
Apr 4 2006
THE mother of a Latvian teenager whose body was found on a Lichfield road last summer appealed for help today to establish exactly how her son died....
Apr 4 2006
SIX Longbridge bosses paid themselves a total of about £1 million in 12 months as MG Rover lurched towards insolvency, it emerged today....
Apr 4 2006
POLICE are investigating the death of a 38-year-old man whose body was pulled from a canal in Bloxwich, Walsall....
Apr 4 2006
TWO wardens who help keep streets clean and tidy are here to stay, Birmingham families have been assured....
Apr 4 2006
A WOMAN in her mid-40s was left needing hospital treatment for a bruised and swollen face after she was punched in the face as she walked from shops in Longfellow Green in Kidderminster....
Apr 4 2006
A BIRMINGHAM judge came under increasing fire today amid fears that the "incomprehensible" sentence he gave Abigail Craen's killer could see him free in under four months....
Apr 4 2006
POLICE today launched a murder investigation after a post mortem revealed a Midlands man's head injuries were inflicted by an attacker....
Apr 4 2006
TWO children's wards at a Birmingham hospital were thrown into chaos after the lift broke down - and a new part had to come all the way from Italy....
Apr 4 2006
PANIC and shame kept killer driver Jaswinder Singh from admitting his crime for eight days, a judge was told....
Apr 4 2006
THE killing of 20-year-old Birmingham student Abigail Craen by a hit and run driver appalled this city....
Apr 4 2006
A FORMER Birmingham Conservative MP who was known as one of the most colourful and outspoken politicians of the 1980s has died, aged 73....
Apr 4 2006
A PHOTOGRAPH of Abigail lying dead in her hospital bed was released by Abigail's family in a bid to prick the conscience of her killer before he gave himself up....
Apr 4 2006
BIRMINGHAM'S NEC was today set to find out which rival towns and cities it faces in the race to build Britain's first super-casino....
Apr 4 2006
THE owner of a nursery where a seven-month-old boy died has pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety law....
Apr 4 2006
A LEADING city politician today condemned the BNP for putting up candidates in all 40 council wards and accused the party of "typical scare-mongering"....
Apr 4 2006
MARK Hilliard saw 29 years in his job turn to dust on the fateful day a year ago when then Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt called time on Longbridge....
Apr 4 2006
HEARTLESS vandals were today accused of causing a major setback to a charity's work with terminally ill children after they caused thousands of pounds of damage to its delivery vans....
Apr 4 2006
MUSIC fans who missed out on summer festival tickets were today warned to be wary of crooks selling fake passes....
Apr 4 2006
SHOPKEEPERS fighting a David and Goliath style-battle with a supermarket chain at the heart of a Birmingham community have welcomed our Save Our Small Shops campaign....
Apr 4 2006
RUTHLESS bird-nappers are behind a recent spate of pigeon thefts in Great Barr and Kingstanding, a city councillor warned today....
Apr 4 2006
SWORDS are already being drawn for the coveted Solihull seat ahead of the next General Election - even though it could be more than four years away....
Apr 4 2006
THE ballot on the future of the council's housing in Tamworth moved a step closer when councillors accepted recommendations about what kind of housing association should launch if tenants vote 'yes' to stock transfer. ...
Apr 4 2006
FURIOUS sports watchers are setting a 10,000 name target for a petition to block the sale of a popular Staffordshire venue....
Apr 4 2006
A MAJOR £3.4 million boost to repair schools has been approved by Walsall Council....
