Articles...
Jun 20 2006
A HUGE television screen in Birmingham which was due to show England's World Cup game against Sweden has blown over....
Jun 20 2006
POLICE are seeking witnesses to an accident in which a 52-year-old motorcyclist from Droitwich died on the M27 motorway....
Jun 20 2006
AN aircraft packed with holidaymakers was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after take-off at Birmingham International Airport....
Jun 20 2006
ENGLAND fans are pulling out all the stops to support the team in Germany - and to try to win our great prize!...
Jun 20 2006
PROBATION chiefs today sought to quell anxiety over fears that more paedophiles could be placed in hostels near their homes....
Jun 20 2006
PLANS for a multi-million-pound redevelopment of Birmingham's Swan Centre were today criticised by a Yardley church minister....
Jun 20 2006
THE flag of Illinois has been hoisted high above Birmingham city centre to mark the start of a week-long cultural event in honour of sister city Chicago....
Jun 20 2006
SANDWELL Council leader Bill Thomas has been seriously hurt in a fall while on holiday....
Jun 20 2006
JUBILANT Birmingham breast cancer victim Sue Jordan was today preparing to take miracle drug Herceptin for the first time, declaring: "This will give me the best chance of life."...
Jun 20 2006
IS this the best value breakfast in Britain? Hungry diners are tucking into a sizzling special - for just 99p....
Jun 20 2006
FOOTBALL fans gathering in Birmingham for tonight's crucial World Cup match with Sweden on the big screen at Millennium Point were today hailed as the best behaved in the country....
Jun 20 2006
A HUGE summer celebration of south Asian culture has been moved to a new Birmingham venue after parking chaos last year....
Jun 20 2006
A UNIQUE school due to be closed by the city council next year has been given a massive boost by Government inspectors in its fight to stay open....
Jun 20 2006
WEAPONS like this blood-chilling Samurai sword are making a mockery of Britain's knife amnesty - because they can be bought by teenagers perfectly legally....
Jun 20 2006
FAMILIES could be at risk in an emergency because their properties cannot be identified by 999 crews, Staffordshire Ambulance chiefs warned today....
Jun 20 2006
A EURO MP today insisted HP has a "good case" for protected status to ensure production of HP Sauce remains in Birmingham....
Jun 20 2006
CHILD sex offenders should be allowed to stay in a Birmingham hostel even though it is next to a school, an MP has insisted....
Jun 20 2006
FOOTIE fans celebrating England's first World Cup victory could prove to be the key to help police prosecute a vicious robber who attacked a teenage motorist on his way home....
Jun 20 2006
POLICE in north Worcestershire today warned vehicle owners to pay road tax - or risk seeing their pride and joy reduced to metal fragments....
Jun 20 2006
WEST Mercia Police won a stay of execution when the Home Secretary officially scrapped plans to force it to merge within a year....
Jun 20 2006
TWO masked robbers armed with a knife held up a security van in front of shocked supermarket shoppers....
Jun 20 2006
POLICE were today hunting a gang of car thieves who 'fished' sets of keys through the letterboxes of unsuspecting owners....
Jun 20 2006
POST offices in east Birmingham were on red alert today after an armed raid in Tile Cross....
Jun 20 2006
CALLS have been stepped up to install sprinkler systems in schools in the wake of the devastating fire which swept through Light Hall School in Shirley....
Jun 20 2006
YOBS who terrorise bus passengers are being shown the red card in a police crackdown....
Jun 20 2006
PUPILS, parents and staff were reeling today after shock news that council chiefs want to close a school in the Black Country....
Jun 20 2006
BIRMINGHAM New Street's £500 million revamp will be based on Cornwall's iconic Eden Project, it emerged today....
