Articles...
Aug 4 2006
RUTHLESS drug dealer Joel Smith was convicted at the Old Bailey today of the murders of seven-year-old Toni-Ann Byfield and her father....
Aug 4 2006
BIRMINGHAM'S upmarket Druckers café chain is set to undergo the biggest expansion in its history, shifting its bakery and headquarters across the city and creating dozens of new jobs....
Aug 4 2006
LAWYERS told the family of Michael Powell that the prosecution of ten police officers could fail just two days after it started, it emerged today....
Aug 4 2006
EXTRA security has been drafted into a Birmingham leisure complex to put the brakes on thieves who left a trail of misery among cinema-goers....
Aug 4 2006
THIS is the Midland family who were all killed in an horrific crash as they returned home from a sunshine holiday in France....
Aug 4 2006
FORD has launched a "strategic review" of loss making Jaguar just eight months after announcing a £1.2 billion lifeline for the luxury car firm....
Aug 4 2006
THE Queen Mary has a special place in the lives of one extended Midland family....
Aug 4 2006
THEY came in their hundreds to say their final farewells to a young lad whose death has touched an entire community....
Aug 4 2006
POLICE have today appealed for witnesses after a 23-year-old motorcyclist died when his bike hit a car on a Midland road....
Aug 4 2006
A SCHEME which has been pumping £25 million a year into a run-down inner city area is to have its cash slashed after a critical report....
Aug 4 2006
A LORRY collided with a bungalow and became stuck while doing a U-turn in a Birmingham cul-de-sac....
Aug 4 2006
THE largest Hindu temple in Europe opens in the Midlands on August 23, with 10,000 worshippers expected to take part in the celebrations....
Aug 4 2006
EXTRA police patrols are being put on around Birmingham city centre over the coming month to tackle booze-fuelled crime....
Aug 4 2006
MURDER detectives in Birmingham today offered a £5,000 reward for help nailing those behind the kidnap and murder of a former model....
Aug 4 2006
A PENSIONER has been awarded nearly £3,000 after being sacked as sales manager at a Birmingham firm....
Aug 4 2006
BRUCE Springsteen fans were fuming this morning after queuing through night for tickets - only to be told they could have bought them at the click of a button....
Aug 4 2006
TRADERS at the In-Shops market at the Swan Centre, in Yardley, were up in arms today after being served just four weeks' notice to quit stalls some of them have run for more than 20 years....
Aug 4 2006
RESIDENTS have won their battle to stop a three day party with live music from being staged in Moseley....
Aug 4 2006
BEACH babes and soccer stars enjoyed the summer sunshine in Birmingham as the city hosted the first day of the national volleyball championships....
Aug 4 2006
A TODDLER sparked a fire in a bedroom after finding a box of matches on the floor....
Aug 4 2006
CHEERS! Staff at a Midland family brewery are toasting success after one of their ales was voted among the best in Britain....
Aug 4 2006
IT'S one of the most successful shopping centres in Europe yet a number of stores are lying empty and abandoned in the heart of Birmingham's flagship Bullring....
