Articles...
Apr 11 2006
CRIME fell in the West Midlands last year resulting in almost 6,000 fewer victims, police revealed today....
Apr 11 2006
A PENSIONER was fighting for life today after being mown down on a pelican crossing in Birmingham by a hit-and-run driver....
Apr 11 2006
PEOPLE living in Birmingham enjoy the same quality of life as those living in sunny Los Angeles, a survey has revealed....
Apr 11 2006
A PRISONER at a Worcestershire jail who wants to be able to wear a stab-proof vest to protect him from possible attacks from other inmates has put his case to a High Court judge via video link....
Apr 11 2006
THREE animal rights activists, including a Birmingham man, have admitted subjecting a family of farm owners to a six-year blackmail campaign which included the desecration of a pensioner's grave....
Apr 11 2006
A BIRMINGHAM soldier and Iraq War veteran who went on the run three times in three months has been sacked from the Army and jailed for more than five years for handling a stolen rifle....
Apr 11 2006
A CURRY battle has broken out which is set to turn up the heat in the city's famous Balti Belt....
Apr 11 2006
MOTORISTS heading into Birmingham on the M6 faced a slow crawl into the city today after a fatal crash....
Apr 11 2006
THE scene was more Wild West than West Midlands when ten firefighters lassoed a bull and pulled it from a canal....
Apr 11 2006
BIRMINGHAM'S only ice rink is set to re-open - under exciting multi-million pound plans to bring one of the city's most popular venues back from the dead....
Apr 11 2006
MORE than 500 mourners packed into a Sheldon church to pay their last respects to popular Villa fanatic and dad-of-two Steve Norton....
Apr 11 2006
CAMPAIGNERS hope to restore some pride in the battered image of Long-bridge with a cavalcade this weekend to celebrate the factory's century of car making....
Apr 11 2006
MASKED raiders fired a gun, forcing staff to dive for cover during a terrifying armed robbery in Birmingham....
Apr 11 2006
A LESBIAN asylum seeker from Albania has won the right to stay in Smethwick after the Appeal Court heard about her "committed" relationship with a fellow refugee....
Apr 11 2006
LOVEABLE blue-eyed Jake Maloney is all smiles after he was voted top of the tots in the Birmingham Mail Baby of the Year 2006 competition....
Apr 11 2006
A GUNMAN who killed a father-of-five in a crowded Birmingham nightclub and then fired a second shot as he fled has been jailed for life....
Apr 11 2006
PROPOSALS to ban hoodies from Birmingham's shopping and entertainment centres in a bid to crackdown on anti-social behaviour have been given the thumbs down by city shoppers....
Apr 11 2006
IT'S a real family affair for a talented trio of stagestruck children who are all making their mark treading the boards....
Apr 11 2006
FAMILIES are celebrating after a rowdy pub, which has been the scene of numerous booze fuelled fights and other anti-social behaviour, backed down from plans to open late at night....
Apr 11 2006
MORE than 300 new recruits are being sought by police in Worcestershire in a major campaign aimed at tackling serious and organised crime....
Apr 11 2006
A MAN who went shoplifting during a suspended prison sentence has been given a last chance to stay out of jail....
Apr 11 2006
A BURNTWOOD church is throwing open its doors in a very different way. ...
Apr 11 2006
WHEN Jean Einstein was a baby, Jack the Ripper was prowling the streets of London and Queen Victoria was preparing for her Diamond Jubilee....
