Top Stories for 25 May 2006

Showing 1-24 of 24 articles.

Articles...

Cadbury jobs to be moved abroad May 25 2006

BIRMINGHAM today suffered a fresh "exporting" of work from one of the city's big employers as Cadbury revealed it was sending scores of white collar jobs to India.Read

Seven held in people trafficking raids May 25 2006

SEVEN people have been arrested as part of a nationwide crackdown on the trafficking of women into the West Midlands to work as prostitutes.Read

Brum's Dawn booted out of Big Brother May 25 2006

BIRMINGHAM exercise scientist Dawn Blake has been booted out of the Big Brother house for breaking the rules.Read

Support is needed for charitable trust May 25 2006

THE Letisha and Charlene Education Awards is a pilot scheme for 12 months, but it is hoped to develop the scheme on an annual basis, under the administration of a charitable trust.Read

Letisha and Charlene's legacy could help YOU May 25 2006

AN exciting new scheme aimed at helping hard-up students achieve success in memory of tragic Birmingham teenagers Letisha Shakespeare and Charlene Ellis can be unveiled today.Read

Move to halt police merger May 25 2006

COUNCIL chiefs are urging fellow council-lors to throw their weight behind an effort to stop Worcestershire's police force from being merged with others in the Midlands.Read

MPs slam city leaders over casino snub May 25 2006

THE blame for the region's failure in the Las Vegas-style super-casino race was today laid squarely at the door of city leaders.Read

NEC: New plans are bigger than ever May 25 2006

AN "EXCITING" masterplan for the National Exhibition Centre to help stem annual multi-million pound losses is being drawn up.Read

Young mother killed in salon blaze May 25 2006

A WOMAN died when fire swept through her flat above a hair salon early today.Read

Police hunt Land Rover flasher May 25 2006

POLICE in Redditch today appealed for help to trace a sex fiend who flashed at a teenage girl as she headed to school.Read

Pregnant woman's anger at flat leak May 25 2006

A 28-YEAR-old pregnant woman and her two-year-old daughter had a narrow escape when a leak from the flat above caused the ceiling to collapse in the bedroom of her Shard End maisonette.Read

Sauce supporters taking to streets May 25 2006

BIRMINGHAM is on the march to save its beloved HP Sauce from going Dutch.Read

School's demand for 5p lunch debt May 25 2006

BARMY school bureaucrats sent a threatening letter to ten-year-old Ryan Foxall's parents demanding they pay 5p he had borrowed for a school dinner.Read

Sir Bill in attack on 'sell out' Heinz May 25 2006

NEWLY created peer Sir Bill Morris today launched a scathing attack on Heinz over its plans to axe Birmingham's famed HP Sauce plant.Read

Streets safer since pub hours shake-up May 25 2006

LATER pub and bar opening hours have made Birmingham nightspots safer, according to city licensing bosses.Read

Terror raid targets charity May 25 2006

THREE addresses in Birmingham were raided as part of a nationwide anti-terror operation that saw the arrest of seven people.Read

Waiter mixes with the stars Down Under May 25 2006

BUDDING actor Richard Price is leading a double life.Read

Warning after man tries to lure boy into car May 25 2006

POLICE in Redditch are warning youngsters and parents to be on their guard after a potential paedophile tried to lure a young boy into his car.Read

Mother dies after attack May 25 2006

A MOTHER of one who was attacked at a house in Solihull where she worked as a cleaner has died.Read

Midlands has been abandoned - Whitby May 25 2006

BIRMINGHAM council leader Mike Whitby today came out fighting to slam the Casino Advisory Panel over its snub.Read

Hope of HP rescue package May 25 2006

A GLIMMER of hope emerged today after the city council refused to rule out a rescue package to keep production of HP Sauce in Birmingham.Read

'Cruelty' head quits school May 25 2006

THE head teacher of a city nursery school has resigned two years after she was suspended amid allegations of child cruelty.Read

Birthday party for road victim's son May 25 2006

THE son of road crash victim Rik Adams was at the centre of his grieving family's thoughts today - his first birthday.Read

OAP care homes in jeopardy May 25 2006

A FIGHT to save Tamworth care homes has been launched amid claims pensioners' lives could be blighted if a radical reform is given the green light.Read

Showing 1 - 24 of 24

Articles from May 2006 »

Quick Links

Get involved

We want your local stories, videos & pics.