Articles...
Sep 22 2006
BABY Ariane Giles may only be seven months old but her name will go down in Birmingham's history books....
Sep 22 2006
PLANS for congestion charging in Birmingham were today dealt a blow when it emerged that bus passenger levels have plunged for the fifth year in a row....
Sep 22 2006
THE suspicious package that sparked a mid-air terror alert on Birmingham-bound jet contained only hand tools, it emerged today....
Sep 22 2006
CHRISTMAS looks set to herald a welcome new era for shoppers in Tamworth....
Sep 22 2006
CLAIMS that a pedestrian who died after being struck by two cars in Birmingham had been playing chicken were "fanciful," a jury was told....
Sep 22 2006
FIREFIGHTERS in Staffordshire are hopeful of averting strike action after talks with authority bosses....
Sep 22 2006
It was only when special needs pupil Jordan McCormack failed to meet his frantic mum at the school gates that he was discovered in the tiny annexe room....
Sep 22 2006
A MAN accused of murdering a six-year-old girl by firebombing her family home in Birmingham was seen buying petrol shortly before, a court was told. ...
Sep 22 2006
A TEENAGE friend of an eight-year-old girl who died from cancer is battling to stop others falling victim to the disease - by fighting plans for a mobile phone mast....
Sep 22 2006
A 20-year-old clubber is so fanatical about his favourite night out in Birmingham that he has become a walking bill-board for the event by having its logo permanently tattooed on his back....
Sep 22 2006
DOCTORS are hopeful Birmingham-born Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond will make a good recovery after suffering a "significant brain injury" in a high-speed jet car crash....
Sep 22 2006
A NEW York-style community justice court is coming to Birmingham next year in a bid to cut anti-social behaviour in the inner city....
Sep 22 2006
THEY don't come much bigger than Ricky 'The Hitman' Hatton in today's world rankings - but that's where Birmingham's Matthew Macklin is headed....
Sep 22 2006
A MAN is recovering in hospital after the car in which he was travelling in went off the road and smashed into a petrol sign early today....
Sep 22 2006
BIG hearted Martin Foxall is bracing himself for the pain and suffering he can expect when he tackles the infamous New York Marathon....
Sep 22 2006
THE Mayor of Worcester is set to leap off the roof of an eight-storey building and is calling on county residents to follow suit....
Sep 22 2006
LONG-suffering motorists using the M6 in the Midlands were today given a new hammer blow - more than a year of extra roadworks....
Sep 22 2006
A BIRMINGHAM MP today warned online shoppers against an email scam after his own computer was almost infected with a virus....
Sep 22 2006
ENERGETIC Alex Walton loves nothing more than to dance and run - and it is a sight her devoted parents thought they would never see....
Sep 22 2006
POLICE are today re-appealing for information following a serious assault on a man in the Greenlands area of Redditch....
Sep 22 2006
NEW Labour will continue once Tony Blair's reign at Number Ten is consigned to the history books, according to the Birmingham MP who led a plot to depose him....
Sep 22 2006
YOUNG footballers claim foul play is ruining their season - because unruly dog walkers are allowing their pets to mess up pitches....
Sep 22 2006
A FORMER priest and an "evil" Midland man were behind bars today after thousands of child porn pictures were discovered in a secret vault....
Sep 22 2006
A REDDITCH text messaging firm has joined forces with three London bankers in a bid to raise cash to help the victims of the clash between Israel and Lebanon....
Sep 22 2006
A VAN driver was bundled from his vehicle by a knifeman who had moments earlier threatened two other motorists....
Sep 22 2006
PLANS to move Staffordshire County Council's headquarters at a cost of £43 million have been branded "too risky" by an independent review, opposition Tories claimed today....
Sep 22 2006
BIRMINGHAM pupils missed more than 200,000 days of school without permission last year, official figures revealed....
Sep 22 2006
IMPROVEMENTS to public transport must come before congestion charges are introduced on West Midland roads, politicians and business leaders have warned....
Sep 22 2006
A BIRMINGHAM pedestrian who was killed after being dragged 150 metres by a car was playing chicken seconds before he was hit, it was alleged in court....
Sep 22 2006
RESIDENTS have been warned to steer clear of bogus tradesmen who pose as council workers and offer cut price dropped kerbs....
Sep 22 2006
SWELTERING conditions led to rail misery for passengers when an incredible 290 trains were cancelled in Birmingham during the July heatwave....
Sep 22 2006
ONE of Birmingham Airport's largest airlines today welcomed the easing of hand luggage restrictions....
