Articles...
Dec 28 2006
A WOMAN in Wolverhampton suffered burns to her face after the oxygen mask she was wearing blew up as she smoked a cigarette....
Dec 28 2006
A MIDLAND great-grandmother has moved 680 miles to start a new life on a remote Scottish island - at the age of 100....
Dec 28 2006
A MAN has died after becoming trapped inside the wreckage of car which ploughed into a tree in Birmingham in yet more tragedy on the region's roads....
Dec 28 2006
A BIRMINGHAM engineer was among hundreds of guests, dignitaries and celebrities summoned to Buckingham Palace for a Christmas drink with the Queen....
Dec 28 2006
HUNDREDS of youngsters put their artistic skills to the test to enter Broad Street's Christmas colouring competition....
Dec 28 2006
THE sad, fourth anniversary of the murders of Letisha Shakespeare and Charlene Ellis will occur on Tuesday, but 2007 will also bring some optimism and hope for their grieving families....
Dec 28 2006
MORE than 250 mini-motos have been seized by police in the Birmingham over the past year, new figures revealed today....
Dec 28 2006
TALKS are under way to increase protection for Birmingham's thousands of council house tenants from a "silent killer"....
Dec 28 2006
A PENSIONER in her eighties was dragged from a car and dumped at the roadside after a hoodie stole the vehicle while she was still sitting in the back....
Dec 28 2006
HUNDREDS of families across the West Midlands have been left out of pocket by a mobile phone selling scandal which is sweeping the industry....
Dec 28 2006
POLICE have charged another man in connection with the death of a man found in a city street....
Dec 28 2006
A MUM today thanked the quick-thinking crew of a broken-down ambulance that managed to get to the aid of her sick baby - despite being on the back of a recovery truck....
Dec 28 2006
TOP Gear speed-freak Richard Hammond was back in the fast lane just months after the 288mph smash that left him fighting for his life in a coma....
Dec 28 2006
A COUPLE were taken to hospital suffering suspected spinal injuries after a road accident in Solihull....
Dec 28 2006
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save an historic Midland village pub from closure have lost their battle....
Dec 28 2006
MOTORISTS in Birmingham city centre face more traffic misery in 2007 when two busy roads will be shut for six months....
Dec 28 2006
A PUPPY hopes the New Year will bring him a new home after he was cruelly dumped in a suitcase on the brink of death outside Birmingham Dogs' Home....
Dec 28 2006
HEALTH bosses have come with an "oarsome" idea to slash Birmingham children's evergrowing waistbands....
Dec 28 2006
LEADING Midland politician and businessman John Butcher, who was Conservative MP for Coventry South-West for 18 years, has died suddenly on holiday....
Dec 28 2006
THE large gardens of hundreds of Victorian homes will have to be turned into building sites if Birmingham is to meet house building targets....
Dec 28 2006
THE culinary expertise of students at Birmingham's College of Food and Tourism has been highlighted in a new food guide....
Dec 28 2006
BROAD Street is to go "virtual" with montages of Birmingham's Golden Mile emblazoned on vacant premises to bring technicolour images to grey buildings....
Dec 28 2006
A RETIRED Birmingham head teacher has made sure that an Indian orphan will welcome in the New Year with a new heart....
