Articles...
Jul 5 2006
COLLEGE students are celebrating after their childcare skills helped them clinch a prestigious award....
Jul 5 2006
BLUES have rejigged their youth set-up by appointing Terry Westley as new Academy director....
Jul 5 2006
A CHARITY set up in memory of tragic Midland teenager Rosie Ross is gearing up for its largest fund-raising weekend later this month....
Jul 5 2006
PUPILS at a Black Country school are battling against plans to put a 45ft mobile phone mast near their school....
Jul 5 2006
A HOLIDAY activities leaflet which appeared to show a young girl pointing a gun at the head of another has been axed by Midland education chiefs after causing a storm....
Jul 5 2006
A distraught dog owner watched in horror as her four chihuahuas were snatched from her garden by masked thieves....
Jul 5 2006
FAMILIES trying to stop a Birmingham pub staying open until midnight have lost their battle in a test case challenge of the new licensing laws....
Jul 5 2006
WEST Midlands firms have been rapped for their safety records - with one in every 1,432 employees suffering a major injury in a 12-month period....
Jul 5 2006
IT'S dawn in Birmingham's Ward End park - and the unmistakable stench of rotting fish hangs over the lake like a suffocating cloak of death....
Jul 5 2006
SILHILLIANS have voiced their disgust over a decision to close public toilets in Solihull town centre and other shopping parades across the borough....
Jul 5 2006
FOOTBALL fans face derby day misery next season after all six matches in the Championship were switched from their traditional Saturday afternoon slots....
Jul 5 2006
SHARON Gayle was a successful, high flying sales and advertising businesswoman, with a glittering career ahead of her....
Jul 5 2006
THE search is on for pupils with ideas to put themselves forward in Birmingham....
Jul 5 2006
THE funeral of a popular Birmingham trucker, killed in Denmark, is to take place next Monday....
Jul 5 2006
PENSIONERS opposing the £1.5 million refurbishment of their Yardley tower block amid fears of crippling debts have been hit by another blow - deafening noise....
Jul 5 2006
LONGBRIDGE today began its rise from the ashes following the dramatic closure of MG Rover - with the launch of a £15 million development project....
Jul 5 2006
A MAN has admitted helping a criminal to escape from an unmarked Solihull police car which was ambushed and attacked with a baseball bat and pick-axe handle....
Jul 5 2006
A SUTTON Coldfield special school about to be merged with a similar school in Erdington has been praised by Government inspectors for over-coming an unsettling period....
Jul 5 2006
A BIRMINGHAM Muslim MP has backed Tony Blair after he claimed Muslims were not doing enough to fight extremism within their community....
Jul 5 2006
ONE of Birmingham's best-known names is to disappear from the high street after 39 years....
Jul 5 2006
FITNESS fanatic Paddy Doyle has warmed up for his first ever record attempt in the US - by scooping another four titles....
Jul 5 2006
SPECIAL police have turned to pedal power to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour in Burntwood....
Jul 5 2006
MORE than 75 minibikers face seeing their pride and joy crushed as police step up their fight to put the brakes on their dangerous antics....
Jul 5 2006
A FATHER-of-two wielding a samurai sword who terrorised and raped a woman after breaking into her Birmingham home, has been caged indefinitely....
Jul 5 2006
VIOLENT thugs who beat their loved ones on the back of England's exit from the World Cup will be shown the red card, police warned today....
Jul 5 2006
A POLICE officer standing trial in connection with the death in custody of Michael Powell dismissed suggestions that excessive force was used....
Jul 5 2006
MORE than 230 litter louts and irresponsible dog owners have been hit in the pocket as part of a crackdown....
Jul 5 2006
SUTTON Coldfield's vast array of historical buildings have been targeted by English Heritage to ensure they are not lost forever in the relentless drive for redevelopment....
Jul 5 2006
THE family of tragic cancer patient Deborah Yardley were planning legal action today, claiming she was let down twice by a Birmingham hospital trust....
Jul 5 2006
THREE teenagers involved in a sickening act of animal cruelty when a cat was hurled four times from the fifth floor of a Birmingham tower block were today warned they could be sent to detention....
Jul 5 2006
THE prospect of developers creating a gentlemen's club or an Ibiza-style nightspot on the shores of Edgbaston Reservoir is being put down to bullying tactics, protesters have claimed....
