BIRMINGHAM MPs are to investigate whether American food giant Heinz may have broken assurances given to competition watchdogs over its takeover of HP Sauce.Read
TALKS over the future of the Birmingham vanmaker LDV are continuing - as the prospect of the company passing from American to Russian hands looked strong.Read
POLICE were today continuing to quiz a man and a woman in connection with an alleged scam which saw scores of Bromsgrove youngsters miss out on seeing a World Cup match.Read
A PEACE garden dedicated to murdered teenagers Charlene Ellis and Letisha Shakespeare is nearly completed and will be officially opened in September by former ITN news anchorman Sir Trevor McDonald.Read
IT'S not the work of Doctor Who, but a Staffordshire police station looks set to take a huge step forward in time when its current home disappears forever.Read
A POLICE negotiator was called to a church in Bromsgrove in a bid to convince a girl to climb down after she had scaled to the top of scaffolding surrounding the building.Read
POLICE today appealed for information after a shop assistant was left terrified when a gun-wielding robber forced her to hand over cash at a Midland store.Read
BOURNVILLE will be ringing out the bells to celebrate 100 years of its rare carillon as musicians from across the world arrive for a festival of the instrument.Read
BUSES in the West Midlands are unreliable, dirty and poorly maintained, according to the body responsible for promoting public transport in the region.Read
POLICE today refused to confirm or deny reports that former Walsall manager Paul Merson is one of three men they want to quiz over allegations that a woman was drugged and raped.Read
HUNDREDS of Midland football fans are already taking advantage of extra flight seats to Stuttgart from Birmingham this weekend to see England play Ecuador.Read
A CITY head teacher with almost 40 years spent working in Birmingham schools today blamed work pressure, stress and political correctness for damaging the profession he loves.Read
PARENTS tearing their hair out at the thought of six weeks of looking after the kids can take advantage of a special scheme offering cheap days out.Read
THOUSANDS of former MG Rover workers will get a mini-windfall in the next fortnight as a final payout from Longbridge lands on their door-mats, it was revealed today.Read
A SOLIHULL man has been jailed after his Transit van took off as he drove over an island hitting another van, knocking its doors off, and ended up in the front garden of a house.Read
