Feb
2007
Articles from 16th Feb 2007
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Warning on fraudsters
Feb 16 2007 | Top Stories
SMALL businesses across the West Midlands are being targeted by e-mail thieves fuelling a sharp rise in electronic ID fraud, it is claimed. Read
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Woman punched in bookies raid
Feb 16 2007 | Top Stories
A BOOKMAKERS today offered a £10,000 reward to help catch the yobs who punched a woman worker in the face during a robbery. Read
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Twins give fame a whirl
Feb 16 2007 | Top Stories
YOU spin me right round, baby right round... Read
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St Chad's development taking shape
Feb 16 2007 | Top Stories
MONTHS of bulldozing and traffic chaos has finally seen Birmingham's St Chad's Circus flattened ready for redevelopment to begin. Read
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Smoke ban police 'like the Taliban'
Feb 16 2007 | Top Stories
CRITICS of the controversial smoking ban today accused the Government of creating a "town-hall Taliban" in its bid to enforce new rules at Birmingham's bars, restaurants and shops. Read
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Pervert struck after blunder
Feb 16 2007 | Top Stories
A SERIAL sex offender was housed in a tower block filled with vulnerable women because of a "terrible mistake" by Birmingham housing chiefs. Read
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Patient barcode scheme is launched
Feb 16 2007 | Top Stories
A GROUND-breaking scheme to put supermarket-style barcodes on patient wristbands has been launched at a city hospital. Read
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Mayor phone vote results - plus video from the Big Debate
Feb 16 2007 | Top Stories
THE leader of Birmingham City Council's largest political group says his party will back the Mail's call for a referendum on an elected mayor. Read
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Hungry for another taste of Brum
Feb 16 2007 | Top Stories
THE Taste of Birmingham is returning to the city for a second helping this summer, showcasing the best food and restaurants the region has to offer. Read
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Grief for the boy who loved to make people smile
Feb 16 2007 | Top Stories
THE family of a ten-year-old boy who died suddenly at home told today how they had lost "the light from their lives." Read
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World-renowned model found dead
Feb 16 2007 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM woman who became a world-renowned model after working as a hairdresser at Rackhams has been found dead at her Edgbaston flat, aged 43. Read
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Family facing the boot after 19 years
Feb 16 2007 | Top Stories
TIME is finally running out for a family of Irish itinerants who have monopolised Birmingham's only gypsy site for 19 years. Read
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City praised for netting loan sharks
Feb 16 2007 | Top Stories
A CRACK team of investigators has taken such a large bite out of the loan shark problem in Birmingham it has sparked a national crackdown. Read
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Pond plunge boy fights for life
Feb 16 2007 | Top Stories
THE parents of a three-year-old boy pulled back from the brink of death after falling into a garden pond were keeping a bedside vigil today as he battled for life. Read
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Date set for service station inquiry
Feb 16 2007 | Top Stories
D-DAY has finally been set for a public inquiry into controversial plans for a motorway service station in Solihull. Read
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Minister praises loan shark crackdown
Feb 16 2007 | Top Stories
A TEAM of loan shark hunters in Birmingham has won praise from consumer minister Ian McCartney. Read
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Conductors to strike over rota row
Feb 16 2007 | Top Stories
HUNDREDS of senior conductors at Central Trains, which serves the West Midlands, are to strike on February 24 in a worsening row over rotas, it has been announced. Read
