Articles...
Apr 25 2006
A GUNMAN nicknamed The Laughing Cavalier escaped from prison for a second time because he had given up all hope of release after almost 20 years, a court heard....
Apr 25 2006
CADBURY Schweppes today swallowed up the Dr Pepper/Seven Up soft drinks empire and unveiled a $200 million US spending spree....
Apr 25 2006
ONE of Birmingham's best known city centre hotels has been sold in a multi-million pound deal - and it is in line for a major facelift....
Apr 25 2006
A MAN was fighting for his life today after being trapped under a Midland Metro tram....
Apr 25 2006
THE mother of a popular teenager who died tragically under the wheels of a taxi today pledged to do everything she can to repay the community's kindness....
Apr 25 2006
A KEY Land Rover boss in charge of shaking up the firm's Solihull plant has quit suddenly for a job outside the car industry, it emerged today....
Apr 25 2006
A MIDLAND motorway was closed for more than eight hours after blazing bales of hay fell off the rear of a trailer onto the road....
Apr 25 2006
STARS of stage, screen, music and sport are set to descend on Birmingham next month for an action packed celebrity Soccer Six Tournament which will be an autograph hunters dream....
Apr 25 2006
BRAVE Charlie Ramsey has given other youngsters suffering with heart conditions a reason to be cheerful - 42,000 of them to be precise....
Apr 25 2006
POLICE are concerned for the safety of a 15-year-old girl who has gone missing from her Stechford home....
Apr 25 2006
A CON artist forged cheques paid to her boyfriend's business to dupe a cheque cashing shop out of £12,000, a court heard....
Apr 25 2006
A BIRMINGHAM postman has been suspended after being accused of "horseplay" which led to a colleague suffering a broken kneecap at work....
Apr 25 2006
A MINIBUS of pensioners careered off a Birmingham road and crashed through a wall....
Apr 25 2006
HOSPITAL managers are to face their critics to defend a secure unit for mentally ill men planned for a residential area....
Apr 25 2006
BIRMINGHAM today demanded tough new laws to rein in cowboy car clampers preying on city motorists....
Apr 25 2006
THE long delayed redevelopment of an eyesore suburban shopping centre moved a step closer today after a multi million pound land deal....
Apr 25 2006
THE picturesque city square where a young surveyor was stabbed to death is to undergo a £38,000 safety and security facelift....
Apr 25 2006
BIKERS are being urged to slow down and stop making families' lives a misery by tearing around at "ludicrous speeds"....
Apr 25 2006
A WORCESTERSHIRE park is to be handed a new lease of life with a £120,000 makeover....
Apr 25 2006
CONCERNED Penkridge parish councillors have pleaded with villagers to be on their guard after a spate of thefts involving bogus callers....
Apr 25 2006
TRAPPED and kept like a pet - that's how police described the sickening way Albanian pimp Lorenc Goduni held a young Lithuanian girl against her will and forced her into prostitution....
