Articles...
Jul 13 2006
BIRMINGHAM'S first lap dancing club has been visited by receivers but today issued a "we're still alive and kicking" message....
Jul 13 2006
THOUSANDS of angry hospital workers facing redundancy have been threatened with disciplinary action if they carry out a protest at work, it emerged today....
Jul 13 2006
CONCERNED unions today called for an urgent meeting with Nanjing amid fears MG output at Longbridge could be wrecked by its new US alliance....
Jul 13 2006
BUILDING work on the controversial West Bromwich arts centre in the midst a cash crisis could resume in the autumn, it was announced today....
Jul 13 2006
A STAFFORD man who attracted national publicity after fathering ten children by two sisters is due to appear before magistrates tomorrow....
Jul 13 2006
A DISABLED father of two terrorised at knifepoint in his home today spoke of his relief after his teenage attacker was jailed....
Jul 13 2006
HP Sauce workers from Birmingham's closure threatened Aston plant were told by their Dutch colleagues: "We sympathise - but don't expect us to strike in support of you."...
Jul 13 2006
CUSTOMER complaints to Birmingham-based Severn Trent Water rocketed by 54 per cent in just 12 months, it was revealed today....
Jul 13 2006
THE final Solihull-built Freelander was rolling off the track at Land Rover headquarters today, closing a major chapter in a Midland success story....
Jul 13 2006
POLICE arrested a man on suspicion of drugs offences after raiding a house....
Jul 13 2006
AROUND 14,000 people could die in the Midlands if a flu pandemic sweeps the region, health bosses warned today....
Jul 13 2006
WORLD-famous dance night Miss Moneypenny's may be coming to the end of an era after plans were revealed to demolish the club it founded more than ten years ago....
Jul 13 2006
A YOUNG Birmingham couple are still waiting anxiously for news of friends who may have been caught up in the bomb blasts which killed more than 200 people on rush-hour trains in Mumbai....
Jul 13 2006
A MOTHER of seven branded Birmingham's worst neighbour is facing a fresh probe into her behaviour....
Jul 13 2006
WORRIED residents were today reassured that work under way at a Staffordshire quarry is not the precursor to quarrying resuming at the site....
Jul 13 2006
THE mums of tragic teenagers Letisha Shakespeare and Charlene Ellis met students to explain how they can benefit under an exciting awards scheme in memory of their daughters....
Jul 13 2006
A VICAR has been forced to step down as a school governor after kissing a 10-year-old pupil on her cheek....
Jul 13 2006
AN EXHIBITION of photographs which make up a unique new book dedicated to football legend Pele are causing a stir after going on show to the public in Birmingham....
Jul 13 2006
WORKERS at a struggling Birmingham car parts firm have called off their campaign of industrial action after winning a better pay deal....
Jul 13 2006
HE left his native Ireland as a teenager from an impoverished family and went on to become one of Birmingham's most successful entrepreneurs and wrestlers....
Jul 13 2006
BIRMINGHAM'S rich ethnic diversity is used to "package" the city globally but its black and Asian people are living in segregated communities, it was claimed....
Jul 13 2006
A TAXI driver who ignored a lollipop lady on a crossing and put schoolchildren's lives at risk has been fined....
Jul 13 2006
SUPERMODEL Erin O'Connor strikes a pose to launch a campaign designed to cement Birmingham's position as the best shopping destination outside London's West End....
Jul 13 2006
A TEENAGE girl was left distressed after a man grabbed her and tried to kiss her as she walked towards a Redditch underpass....
Jul 13 2006
A MUM and toddler had a lucky escape after a blaze broke out at their home in Winson Green....