Articles...
Jun 27 2006
A MAN tried to rape a 101-year-old woman after smashing his way into her home in the early hours, a jury heard today....
Jun 27 2006
A MAN was shot in the leg in a Birmingham tower block, police said today....
Jun 27 2006
INVESTIGATORS probing the deaths of a couple in a house fire believe the woman may have been murdered by her jealous husband, it was claimed today....
Jun 27 2006
A GUN was fired when a violent battle erupted between two gangs in a Black Country city centre in broad daylight....
Jun 27 2006
POLICE are hunting the driver of a car which sped off after crashing into another vehicle....
Jun 27 2006
A MARRIED woman who was paid £1,000 to undergo a sham bigamous marriage at Birmingham's Register Office has been given a suspended prison sentence....
Jun 27 2006
AN estate agent who helped drug dealers launder the proceeds of crime by buying their home for less than a third of its value has been jailed for three years....
Jun 27 2006
STUNNED members of a Birmingham rugby club which burned to the ground today vowed it would rise from the ashes....
Jun 27 2006
CASH-STRAPPED health bosses have revealed controversial plans to cut emergency services at a Birmingham casualty department....
Jun 27 2006
THIEVES stole eight garden chairs, two wrought iron tables and two distinctive yellow parasols worth more than £1,000 from an historic pub near Droitwich....
Jun 27 2006
TWO MPs have stepped into the battle to save a school from the axe....
Jun 27 2006
THE mum of tragic Birmingham shooting victim Charlene Ellis is seeking an urgent meeting with Home Secretary John Reid to put her views to him on how to crack down on violent crime....
Jun 27 2006
A PROUD mum has made a moving video tribute of her young daughter in a bid to help people understand more about Down's syndrome....
Jun 27 2006
AS A child, Letitia Bennett dreamed of becoming a nursery nurse when she grew up....
Jun 27 2006
A DRIVER and his female passenger were injured when their car careered into a pub after colliding with a van at an accident blackspot....
Jun 27 2006
A MAN whose body was discovered on the Redditch ring road was named today as Anthony Chambers....
Jun 27 2006
MYSTERY today surrounded the death of two people whose bodies were discovered in a blaze at a Midland house....
Jun 27 2006
THE writing could be on the wall for Portugal if the signwriters behind what is believed to be the world's biggest World Cup wallchart in Birmingham have anything to do with it....
Jun 27 2006
A LARGE number of stolen computers and other property was discovered by police when they raided the Solihull home of a BBC Asian Network DJ, a court heard....
Jun 27 2006
VILLAGERS have won a £600,000 package of safety improvements allowing children to walk to school securely....
Jun 27 2006
VILLAGERS who fought against plans to build a bypass close to their homes were celebrating today after being told the route of the road was going to be changed....
Jun 27 2006
THE anguished family of high-flying graduate Gemma Newman who was killed by her ex-fiance have set up a website in her honour....
Jun 27 2006
CALLS for a regional mayor in the West Midlands have been rejected by Conservatives....
Jun 27 2006
LOW fares airline Monarch has announced further investment at Birmingham International Airport, creating 50 new jobs....
Jun 27 2006
TWO teenagers were winched from a ledge separating them from a sheer 400ft drop in a dramatic rescue mission in Staffordshire after raising the alarm with their mobile phone, police have said....
Jun 27 2006
CADBURY'S salmonella scare is likely to burn a £5 million hole in the chocolate giant's profits, it emerged today....
Jun 27 2006
HOLIDAYMAKERS were forced to wait in the rain today after a full evacuation was triggered at Birmingham International Airport - after a food hostess trolley smashed into a fire alarm....
