Oct
2006
Articles from 27th Oct 2006
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Merry Hill set to scrap free car parking
Oct 27 2006 | Top Stories
FREE parking at the giant Merry Hill shopping complex is to be scrapped, it emerged today. Read
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£3m expenses bill for our MPs
Oct 27 2006 | Top Stories
WEST Midland MPs claimed more than £3 million in expenses last year. Read
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Muslim worker in row over headscarf
Oct 27 2006 | Top Stories
A MUSLIM teenager walked out on her first day as a city centre shop assistant because her boss allegedly asked her to adjust her religious headscarf. Read
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City road that's worth £340,000-a-year...in fines!
Oct 27 2006 | Top Stories
A BUSY Birmingham road is turning into a parking ticket goldmine with hard-hit drivers being struck with hundreds of thousands of pounds in parking fines. Read
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Appeal over murder of prison warden
Oct 27 2006 | Top Stories
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of a Midland woman prison officer today urged her friends and colleagues to contact them. Read
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Thieves steal giant church bell
Oct 27 2006 | Top Stories
AS heists go, it was hardly on the scale of the Great Train Robbery or Brinks Mat, but it was just as audacious and daring. Read
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Man questioned over noise row death
Oct 27 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE were today continuing to question a Birmingham man over the death of his neighbour following an apparent "noise rage" row. Read
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Man admits swinging from railway cable
Oct 27 2006 | Top Stories
AN "IDIOT" diced with death by swinging from an overhead railway cable, a court heard. Read
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City set for clash over elected mayor
Oct 27 2006 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM was poised for a head on clash with the Government today after city leader Mike Whitby pledged to resist demands for a new public referendum on a directly elected mayor. Read
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Call for ban on hooligan DVDs
Oct 27 2006 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM MP is calling for a ban on the sale of DVDs showing sickening scenes of football hooliganism over the internet. Read
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Motorists warned of traffic hold-ups
Oct 27 2006 | Top Stories
MOTORISTS in east Birmingham have been warned they could face delays as highways workers resurface two roads in Sheldon. Read
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Discredited doctor in the clear
Oct 27 2006 | Top Stories
CONTROVERSIAL paediatrician Prof Sir Roy Meadow has been cleared of serious professional misconduct by the Court of Appeal. Read
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Christmas Day death riddle
Oct 27 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE examined CCTV footage and made house to house inquiries after a man was found wandering around Birmingham early on Christmas Day with a serious head injury, an inquest heard. Read
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Children's home ready to re-open
Oct 27 2006 | Top Stories
EIGHT months of extensive renovation and refurbishment work comes to an end at a Moseley children's home today. Read
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Bus route is top of the stops
Oct 27 2006 | Top Stories
BUSES on one of Birmingham's busiest routes are to finally get up-to-the-minute information - five years after the scheme was launched. Read
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Billie's a flying doctor
Oct 27 2006 | Top Stories
FORMER Doctor Who actress Billie Piper materialised in the Midlands to unveil the region's latest life-saving air ambulance. Read
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Shock at Corfu holiday deaths
Oct 27 2006 | Top Stories
A FAMILY'S half-term holiday to Corfu ended in tragedy today when two children died and their father and his partner were left seriously ill in hospital after a suspected poisoning. Read
