Articles...
Aug 23 2006
AMERICAN food giant Heinz tonight confirmed the closure of its Birmingham HP Sauce factory with the loss of 120 jobs....
Aug 23 2006
A BIRMINGHAM man held over the alleged airline bomb plot has been freed without charge....
Aug 23 2006
ONE of Europe's largest Hindu temples was due to officially open its doors to the public today with an elaborate ceremony that is expected to attract more than 10,000 people....
Aug 23 2006
ABOUT 180 jobs will be created in Dudley when a £12 million new business centre is built on a former landfill site....
Aug 23 2006
A HORRIFIC case in which thugs threatened to kill a Midland teenager with a lethal heroin overdose if she dared testify against a paedophile is to be highlighted on television tonight....
Aug 23 2006
A STOCKY man is being hunted by police after he held a knife against a woman's throat and threatened to kill her....
Aug 23 2006
A NATION of lazy, picky and ill-equipped Britons has left the country relying on Eastern European migrants to keep the economy competitive, former CBI director general Sir Digby Jones warned....
Aug 23 2006
RELATIVES of a man who died at a Birmingham nursing home which was investigated following 28 deaths in a year, have launched legal action to get an inquest held....
Aug 23 2006
TWO lorries burst into flames after being involved in a head-on crash on a Midland motorway today....
Aug 23 2006
DISABLED pensioners who claimed a council blunder left them prisoners in their own homes are celebrating, thanks to the Birmingham Mail....
Aug 23 2006
BRITAIN should pay foreign countries to take back their criminals, according to a Black Country MP....
Aug 23 2006
A WOMAN has been banned from keeping any animals for three years after her dog ran wild and injured a police officer....
Aug 23 2006
STAFFORDSHIRE Police today pledged they would strive to repair damaged community links after armed officers shot a man outside a school....
Aug 23 2006
KERRY Ramsey was not born when her father Kevin was killed in a hit-and-run accident on a city street....
Aug 23 2006
A TAMWORTH high school has been dealt a massive blow after thieves broke in an stole hundreds of pounds worth of computer equipment....
Aug 23 2006
CALLOUS thugs broke into a scrapyard before cutting off a horse's tail....
Aug 23 2006
COUNCILLORS have called time on plans by students to serve drinks from a new university bar - following fears about noise and disturbance by residents....
Aug 23 2006
A MOBILE phone and a slice of pizza were behind attacks on two men and a woman....
Aug 23 2006
TWO men were today still being quizzed by detectives investigating the death of two women at a Midland massage parlour....
Aug 23 2006
A GREEN belt base for a new community fire station looks set get the thumbs down from councillors....
Aug 23 2006
BIRMINGHAM'S closure-haunted HP Sauce plant was today facing its survival D-Day as Heinz bosses prepared to tell workers their fate....
Aug 23 2006
FRIENDS and family are tomorrow due to bid their final farewell to a Midland 18-year-old student who was killed in a head-on car smash on her way to collect her A-level results....
Aug 23 2006
A TRAGIC Midland family were laid to rest in a funeral described by a vicar as "the biggest and most tragic I have ever conducted."...
Aug 23 2006
EXCESSIVE speed and alcohol were major factors in an horrific car crash which killed three young men, an inquest heard....
