Articles...
Apr 19 2006
METAL detectors will be used at New Street Station for the first time from today to catch people carrying knives....
Apr 19 2006
A MIDLANDS vet was killed when he was attacked by a cow at an abattoir....
Apr 19 2006
A TRAINEE air conditioning fitter plunged to his death from the tenth floor balcony of a Birmingham flat after trying to hide from the police, a city inquest heard....
Apr 19 2006
NEWS that 720 jobs could be axed at three debt-ridden Worcestershire hospitals has been met with outrage by health watchdogs....
Apr 19 2006
A MOTORCYCLIST who careered off a Midland slip road and smashed head-on into a lamppost was today fighting for his life....
Apr 19 2006
SCORES of bikers have raised £1,000 for a cash-strapped children's hospice which has been forced to close beds....
Apr 19 2006
A CANNOCK secondary school which gives "lively and fun" lessons to its pupils has been praised in an Ofsted report....
Apr 19 2006
BIRMINGHAM was at the centre of a second bird flu scare today after two dead birds were discovered floating in a pond....
Apr 19 2006
THE Government faced demands for tougher penalties against hit-andrun drivers today after it emerged that the number of incidents had shot up by 80 per cent since 1997....
Apr 19 2006
DRUG dealers and addicts could be behind a rise in violent attacks by hooded criminals across towns in Staffordshire....
Apr 19 2006
MIDLANDS motorists could face another summer of misery as petrol and diesel prices head towards the £1 a litre mark....
Apr 19 2006
PLANS to reduce compensation paid to those wrongly convicted of crimes were set to be announced today....
Apr 19 2006
A COUPLE whose five-year-old son was diagnosed with a crippling illness have been given the devastating news his little brother has the same condition....
Apr 19 2006
SEVERN Trent Water has promised no hosepipe bans this summer, despite telling consumers not to waste water in the coming months....
Apr 19 2006
UNION leaders were today locked in emergency talks with workers at Peugeot as the Midland car sector faced yet another hammer blow with the closure of Ryton....
Apr 19 2006
A NEW portrait of the Queen to mark her 80th birthday was unveiled today - showing her dressed all in pink and ready for the races....
Apr 19 2006
YOUNGSTERS in Perry Barr need cheap access to sports facilities to deter crime, say councillors....
Apr 19 2006
SPORTING heroes are getting behind a campaign to help a severely disabled Birmingham boy take his first steps....
Apr 19 2006
SHOCK reigned as the news that Peugeot was to close its Midland plant reached the workers. ...
Apr 19 2006
TRADING standards chiefs have praised traders who refused to sell knives to under-age stooges in an undercover sting operation....
Apr 19 2006
THREE people were due in court today over the death of a baby whose body was found dumped in a culvert....
Apr 19 2006
AN intrepid trio of Midland travellers have raised thousands of pounds for charity after visiting all 25 European Union capital cities in just 14 days....
