Sep
2006
Articles from 7th Sep 2006
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Blair: I'll go within the year
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
Prime Minister Tony Blair today confirmed he would leave office within 12 months, but refused to name a precise departure date. Read
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Vapour set for trial at Alexandra
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
A HOSPITAL is to trial a new weapon in the fight against deadly "super-bugs" in a bid to save patients' lives. Read
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Specials keep the peace - since 1831
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
FORMER Staffordshire police specials are being urged to join present-day colleagues for an "historic milestone event". Read
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It's a sticky subject for this squad
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
THOUGHTLESS chewers have been urged to bin their gum and make their town a cleaner place. Read
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Fair ride woman paralysed for life
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
A WOMAN who was hurled from a fairground ride in an horrific accident may never walk again after being left paralysed from the neck down, it emerged today. Read
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'Exciting' time for college
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
A £13 MILLION college building has opened its doors for the first time to welcome hundreds of students through its doors. Read
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Cafe gets a new order
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
SUTTON Coldfield's ground-breaking Youth Cafe at McDonalds will be open for another 12 months after receiving a £25,000 windfall. Read
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Y'all done got us wrong, say US Brummies
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
AMERICAN tourist bosses have shot down Birmingham City Council's stetson-wearing hillbilly created to promote Brum - claiming the portrayal was miserably far off the mark. Read
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Plea for witnesses after street attack
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE today appeaed for information after a man was left with serious injuries after a night out in the city centre. Read
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My legs were dancing and the fairies had kidnapped my brain
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
TO this day, my one and only trembling trauma on the golf course occurred in 1967 at the age of 14. Read
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Katie on the fitness beat
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
A POLICE officer has ditched her handcuffs in favour of a tracksuit and trainers to become a fitness instructor - after shedding more than five stone. Read
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House plans foiled
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
A MAJOR blow has been struck against Birmingham's industrial giants selling off their factories and sacking staff to make way for lucrative housing projects, it emerged today. Read
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Fears of wife on the day she died
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
A UNIVERSITY information assistant who was bludgeoned to death by her husband told her boss she had a "sick" feeling in her stomach the day she was killed, Birmingham Crown Court was told. Read
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Courts: Pervert abused girls at factory
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
A CONVICTED paedophile who groomed and then sexually abused young girls at the factory where he worked has been jailed for six years. Read
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CD in honour of tragic dad
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
THE anguished family of a man who died in police custody will today gather to mark the third anniversary of the incident. Read
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Workers evacuated as blaze hits recycling plant
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
WORKERS fled after an explosion in a crushing machine sparked a fire at a Midlands recycling plant. Read
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Why I had to resign - Mahmood
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
REBEL Birmingham MP Khalid Mahmood today said he still admired Tony Blair - but his constituents had convinced him it was time for the Prime Minister to go. Read
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Letisha and Charlene were taken from us - but this garden will always be here
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
THE completion of a beautiful garden in the heart of Birmingham signals a major turning point for two mothers who have endured the agony of losing their teenage daughters in a drive-by shooting three years ago. Read
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I tamed Brum, now it's New York's turn
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
A PARK keeper who helped transform a park in a "no-go" area of Birmingham is set to take on the wide open spaces of New York. Read
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City MPs tell PM it's time to quit
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
TONY Blair's Birmingham MPs have told him it is time for him to go. Read
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City lap dance club for women
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
BRITAIN'S first male lap dancing club solely for women is to open in Birmingham. Read
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City council staff set to land windfall
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
HUNDREDS of Birmingham council workers are in line for payouts worth up to £3,500 each after a legal defeat left bosses with a massive six-figure legal bill. Read
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Bad dads use cash loophole
Sep 07 2006 | Top Stories
JOBLESS young dads who pride themselves on getting teenagers pregnant could be targeted in a new campaign to slash Birmingham's shameful rate of gymslip mums. Read
