Articles...
Jun 30 2006
COMUTERS looking to avoid congestion have been told to leave their cars at home and use public transport....
Jun 30 2006
BIRMINGHAM drivers were today braced for traffic chaos on every route into the city as a six-month road work programme begins on the M6....
Jun 30 2006
POLICE and community groups in Bushbury and Low Hill, Wolverhampton, have hailed a new radio scheme a huge success....
Jun 30 2006
RUGBY-mad teenager Daniel West was on course to be a sports star when a scrum accident brought his dreams crashing to the ground....
Jun 30 2006
A DEADLY haul of 5,000 combat blades, serrated hunting knives, machetes and samurai swords have been taken off the streets of the West Midlands....
Jun 30 2006
RELATIVES of elderly residents who faced eviction from their care home today branded social services' handling of the issue "absolutely digesting"....
Jun 30 2006
AFRICAN Caribbean children are more likely to be expelled in the West Midlands than anywhere else in the country, sparking fresh calls for black only schools....
Jun 30 2006
A CAMPAIGN is underway in Tamworth to stop lorries flouting weight restrictions imposed to keep residents safe after claims a child was almost killed....
Jun 30 2006
BIRMINGHAM city centre is blossoming in the summer sunshine, with a little help from the Lord Mayor and school-children....
Jun 30 2006
A DELICIOUS salt and vinegar soaked bag of crispy fish and chips is a Friday night treat for many people....
Jun 30 2006
A THIRD person has been charged with the murder of a DJ who was stabbed on a Birmingham street. Dad Marlvin Jiro was stabbed to death in Howard Street, Hockley, on May 29....
Jun 30 2006
VITAL road safety improvements are to be carried out at a Birmingham school where pupils have been injured in car crashes....
Jun 30 2006
ENGLAND supporters in Birmingham are being rewarded for their good behaviour in the Fan Park at Millennium Point....
Jun 30 2006
A MIDLAND motorcyclist was hurt after coming off his machine today due to a serious diesel spillage....
Jun 30 2006
IT'S A form of handiwork you won't find in any TV newsreaders' handbook....
Jun 30 2006
AN inquest was due to open today into the suspected murder and suicide of a Redditch couple whose bodies were discovered on their bed in a house fire....
Jun 30 2006
BIRMINGHAM indie-rock stars Ocean Colour Scene have left a lasting memory of their first own-label CD recording Live at the Jam House. ...
Jun 30 2006
A LICHFIELD charity is spearheading a new campaign to stop revellers in the city's bars and restaurants having their drinks spiked - with the aid of plastic caps....
Jun 30 2006
A MAN, 47, was appearing in court today accused of waging a 17-month campaign of vandalism against the Midland railway network....
Jun 30 2006
ONE of Britain's leading health officials today said that patient care will suffer because of NHS cuts, as it emerged three out of four West Midlands graduate nurses have no jobs to go to....
Jun 30 2006
TWO Eastern European women were forced to work at brothels in Birmingham by men who controlled them, the city's crown court was told....
Jun 30 2006
POLICE were today continuing to quiz three men suspected of domestic violence who were arrested during swoops in south Birmingham....
Jun 30 2006
A POLICE officer standing trial in connection with the death-in-custody of Michael Powell drove at him because he believed he was armed with a gun, a jury has been told....
Jun 30 2006
A SCHOOL which serves a "socially disadvantaged" area has received a glowing report from Ofsted....
Jun 30 2006
MUMS ushered their children to safety as a man was blasted in a drive-by-shooting just yards from where they were playing football....
Jun 30 2006
AIRPORT bosses have removed the last major hurdle to the building of Birmingham's tallest skyscraper....
Jun 30 2006
A SMOKER owed his life to a fire alarm today after passing police officers who heard the noise burst into his home and led him to safety....
Jun 30 2006
THOUSANDS of Brummies have had more than £10 million-worth of debt worries eased by the city's Citizens Advice Bureau experts in the past year....
