Articles...
Apr 12 2007
POLICE are investigating the "suspicious" death of a man whose body was found outside an office block in Birmingham city centre....
Apr 12 2007
THE family of a pensioner who died six weeks after he was stabbed with a metal spike and found in a cupboard paid tribute to him today....
Apr 12 2007
THE runners and riders are in for this year's Grand National - and you can be a winner too with our free sweepstake kit....
Apr 12 2007
REVOLUTIONARY 'supermops' have been junked by a Midland hospital in favour of the traditional mop and bucket after they failed to tackle a bug outbreak....
Apr 12 2007
THE elite of the horse riding world is in Birmingham as the British Open Show Jumping Championships take centre stage....
Apr 12 2007
AN ANGUISHED teenager is believed to have hanged himself because girl bullies tormented him on an internet chat site....
Apr 12 2007
MOTORISTS faced chaos today after police were forced to shut a major road when a lorry shed its load....
Apr 12 2007
BIRMINGHAM care worker Caroline Bishop was rushed into hospital complaining of pains in her side - and came out holding a baby boy....
Apr 12 2007
TWO families were rushed to safety after a chimney collapsed into their back gardens....
Apr 12 2007
TRAIN bosses today offered a "substantial" reward to catch an armed robber who beat up a station cashier....
Apr 12 2007
NEIGHBOURS from hell in Birmingham are to be given a choice between living on the streets or moving into managed "sin bins" where they have to obey strict rules....
Apr 12 2007
LOW-COST airline flybe is to end its sponsorship deal with Birmingham City FC after four years....
Apr 12 2007
TEENAGED tearaways commit an incredible 75 per cent of crimes on the buses, figures released today show....
Apr 12 2007
ANNIE Reece has outlived all her family and friends to reach her milestone 105th birthday....
Apr 12 2007
A FILM based on the story of the so-called 'Tipton Taliban' is among the nominations for this year's Bafta television awards....
Apr 12 2007
A WOMAN and her teenage daughter needed oxygen treatment after being overcome by smoke in their home in Solihull....
Apr 12 2007
CZEPPELINAI and koldina could become commonplace on the dinner tables of Birmingham if Linas Bagoras gets his way....
Apr 12 2007
A BIRMINGHAM Liberal Democrat candidate has leapt to the top of the ballot paper for May's local polls after changing his name by deed poll....
Apr 12 2007
A MASS convoy of hundreds of cars is to descend on Longbridge to mark the second anniversary of the loss of more than 6,000 jobs following the collapse of MG Rover....
Apr 12 2007
BARMY" EU bureaucrats are trying to abolish the English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish football teams and replace them with a united UK squad, a Birmingham MEP claimed today....
Apr 12 2007
Intrepid grandad hits new heights...
Apr 12 2007
SMETHWICK'S rich history has been brought to life in a fascinating book of old photographs compiled by two author friends....
Apr 12 2007
A BIRMINGHAM-born singer could be Joseph after making the final stages of the BBC's search for a West End star....
Apr 12 2007
A WAR hero, who parachuted behind enemy lines and survived eight months as a prisoner of the Nazis, has died aged 84....
Apr 12 2007
A POLICEMAN'S lot can be a very varied one, as PC Michael Todd found out when he donned a giant rabbit costume to cheer up sick youngsters stuck in hospital over the Easter break....
Apr 12 2007
CABIN crew could not communicate with passengers during an emergency landing on a flight from Birmingham because they were wearing smokehoods....
Apr 12 2007
BIRMINGHAM'S only Conservative MP has backed calls for a referendum on elected Mayors....
Apr 12 2007
A MAN who sent threatening letters to a Staffordshire farm during a six-year campaign by animal rights extremists has been jailed for 12 months....
Apr 12 2007
THE University of Birmingham has been accused of conducting "cruel and unnecessary" tests on animals using banned drugs such as cocaine and amphetamines....
Apr 12 2007
MURDER squad detectives were standing by today after a man was found dead at an address in West Bromwich....
Apr 12 2007
POLICE are appealing for information following a fatal road traffic collision in Walsall in which a pensioner collided with a bus....
