Articles...
Jun 7 2006
A LABOUR Party candidate has won the right to a recount of a local election result in the West Midlands which gave a BNP candidate a seat by mistake....
Jun 7 2006
THOUSANDS of city centre traders and residents will be texted with orders to evacuate under a major new terrorism response plan unveiled in Birmingham today....
Jun 7 2006
HOSPITALS in the West Midlands ended the financial year £30 million in debt....
Jun 7 2006
TWO cats died today when a faulty dishwasher sparked a fire in the kitchen of a house....
Jun 7 2006
A DEFIANT pensioner who waged a 'David and Goliath' battle against Sandwell Council to stay in his beloved home has been found dead in the house....
Jun 7 2006
FILM-GOERS were injured when a brawl broke out between two gangs of youths during a screening of The Omen at a Black Country cinema....
Jun 7 2006
TRIBUTES poured in today for a popular father-of-three from Birmingham who was stabbed to death in the Danish capital of Copenhagen....
Jun 7 2006
HP is a brand name so closely linked to Birmingham it should be protected as much as champagne and parmesan cheese, it was claimed today....
Jun 7 2006
BIRMINGHAM drivers sit frustrated and stationary in traffic jams for more than 20 minutes every hour, according to new research....
Jun 7 2006
A VICTIM of the double drive-by shooting in Birmingham was today described as a "great bloke who would do anything to help anyone"....
Jun 7 2006
ONE of Worcestershire's most historic tourist attractions is undergoing a £1.4 million facelift....
Jun 7 2006
BOOZE-fuelled thugs who blight Birmingham's World Cup party can expect to be banned from future football matches, police chiefs warned today....
Jun 7 2006
POLICE are appealing for information after three 13 year old boys were assaulted in Rubery....
Jun 7 2006
A NEW state-of-the-art library is set to open in Brownhills next week - almost a month ahead of schedule....
Jun 7 2006
A BIRMINGHAM breast cancer victim refused miracle drug Herceptin for the second time because her tumour is 3mm too small is planning to re-mortgage her house to get treatment....
Jun 7 2006
A NEW film depicting the life of the prophet Muhammad has been hailed as pioneering by Muslim community leaders following its UK premiere in Birmingham....
Jun 7 2006
FORMER trade union giant Bill Morris today brought honour to his Brummie roots as he officially became Lord Morris of Handsworth....
Jun 7 2006
A PENSIONER was fighting for life today after being struck by a bus....
Jun 7 2006
CHILDREN in an inner-city area of Birmingham were given a colourful introduction to a new range of vital services....
Jun 7 2006
MALCOLM Stent's show Go And Play Further Up Your Own End took on an unexpected meaning - when a pirate radio station knocked out some of the cast's microphones on opening night....
Jun 7 2006
A RING of drug dealers could face a long spell behind bars after families refused to turn to a blind eye in Staffordshire....
Jun 7 2006
A SOLIHULL man who took part in a 'burglary' as part of an insurance scam but then kept the property has been jailed after breaching a court order....
Jun 7 2006
UNION and council officials are locked in talks discussing a potential £1 million payout for cleaners in an equal pay claim....
Jun 7 2006
A STUDENT motion calling for a party to celebrate the eventual death of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was withdrawn today following a storm of protest....
Jun 7 2006
BEAUTIFUL baby Lena Konwiak is a little angel - despite being born on the "devil's day"....
Jun 7 2006
POLICE are hoping new powers will enable them to stop gangs terrorising families in the Crabbs Cross area of Redditch....
Jun 7 2006
A MUSLIM councillor who criticised the absence of ethnic minority representatives in positions of power in Birmingham has been told by the leader of the city council she should consider moving to Oldham or Burnley - the scene of vicious race riots in 2001....
Jun 7 2006
A BIRMINGHAM care worker appeared in court charged with killing an elderly patient at a home for people with mental health disabilities....
Jun 7 2006
A CHRISTMAS bug which swept around city schools at Christmas has been blamed for rising council sickness rates....
Jun 7 2006
JOYRIDERS using a nature reserve as a race track and dumping ground for stolen cars are being urged to stop playing with fire before an innocent life is lost....
Jun 7 2006
AN ALLOTMENT association in Sheldon today defended its action in sending warning letters to plot-holders in a bid to ensure they keep the gates to their premises locked....
Jun 7 2006
FINANCIAL help may be offered to Heinz tomorrow to help save Birmingham's sauce factory, city councillors heard....
