Articles...
Apr 27 2006
THE owner of a leading chain of Midland shoe shops was today rescued from his blazing home by his neighbour - who has been hailed a hero....
Apr 27 2006
FORMER MG Rover chairman John Towers has blamed "negative press briefings" by the Government for the final collapse of Longbridge, it has emerged....
Apr 27 2006
TAKE That's fans came out to witness the group's triumphant return to Birmingham last night - and the Mail's cameras were there too....
Apr 27 2006
PRIME Minister Tony Blair today promised an urgent investigation into a controversial bail hostel housing convicted sex offenders which has sparked outrage in the Black Country....
Apr 27 2006
THOUSANDS of City Council staff and councillors have been left fuming after four days without email or computer network access....
Apr 27 2006
THE family of a mother-of-five who bled to death following a routine operation claimed a coroner should have ordered the hospital to review it procedures....
Apr 27 2006
MIDLAND mum-of-two Rose Huntbach cried with joy as she watched Take That live in Birmingham last night - and she's such a huge fan she's set to see them SIX times....
Apr 27 2006
HOLIDAY firms are still charging Birmingham families over the odds to go abroad during school holidays, despite efforts to end the practice....
Apr 27 2006
A 24-YEAR-OLD man who spat at and racially abused a waiter after he tried to intervene in a restaurant punch-up has been jailed for nine months....
Apr 27 2006
A MAN suffering mental health problems probably died from an accidental electric shock while tampering with his microwave oven, an inquest heard....
Apr 27 2006
FAST food giant McDonald's is shutting its Broad Street restaurant - just weeks after announcing it is pulling out of Harborne....
Apr 27 2006
AN official inquiry into MG Rover may be scrapped because of a wall of silence surrounding the car-maker's demise....
Apr 27 2006
STRIKE action on Travel West Midlands buses has been averted after drivers gave the green light to a new two-year deal....
Apr 27 2006
A ROW was rumbling behind the scenes today about the new home for one of Birmingham's favourite statues....
Apr 27 2006
A MAN was caged for 12 years for a string of sickening sex attacks on young girls in Walsall....
Apr 27 2006
POLICE are bracing themselves for riotous scenes of joy or anguish in Birmingham if England win or flop at the World Cup, the city's top cop has revealed....
Apr 27 2006
A UNIQUE city school is to close despite fierce opposition from more than 400 people....
Apr 27 2006
THE world's largest children's music festival will take place in Birmingham for the next five years - and could become a permanent fixture in the city....
Apr 27 2006
A DAD-of-three was left for dead in a gutter by a crazed knife-wielding carjacker - after he had already handed over his keys....
Apr 27 2006
POLICE were today closing in on more election fraud suspects after the wife of a Liberal Democrat candidate was arrested on suspicion of trying to rig next week's council ballot....
Apr 27 2006
FORGET Paris - Birmingham is about to put its best foot forward as one the most well-heeled cities in the world....
Apr 27 2006
BIRMINGHAM is set to go green - with a 30-mile tree-lined gateway route along the A38 to the National Forest in Staffordshire....
