Articles...
May 29 2007
LONGBRIDGE-built cars will be on sale again in the UK by the autumn - but Nanjing has refused to reveal when volume production will start....
May 29 2007
A HERO police officer who dived to grab a machete off a man during a violent domestic drama could be off work for weeks, it was revealed today....
May 29 2007
FAMILIES who successfully fought for a controversial phone mast to be removed from next to two Midland schools have been dealt a further blow....
May 29 2007
AN ELDERLY brother and sister who had lived together all their lives died after collapsing at their Birmingham home, an inquest was told....
May 29 2007
MIDLAND motorists accustomed to motorway gridlock may be surprised to find out the region is home to two of Britain's fastest roads....
May 29 2007
TWO freshly painted buses are taking the West Midlands' new look public transport logo on to the streets of Birmingham....
May 29 2007
A YOB who sparked violence during the World Cup in Germany has become the first fan in the West Midlands to be banned from football games under tough new laws....
May 29 2007
AS the Birmingham Mail's elected mayor petition continues, CHRIS GAME, senior lecturer in politics at the University of Birmingham take a timely look at how Birmingham could learn a few lessons from the Spanish experience of local government....
May 29 2007
A 20-YEAR-OLD woman has been killed and a man airlifted to hospital after their car collided with another vehicle in Warwickshire....
May 29 2007
A CABBIE was attacked with a meat cleaver as he tried to fight off two passengers who tried to rob him....
May 29 2007
A FATHER-to-be was hailed a hero today after rescuing a family man from a blazing house in Smethwick....
May 29 2007
CARING for hundreds of animals is just not enough for city vet Richard Watts - he draws and makes animated cartoons about them too....
May 29 2007
A MAN who paid £50,000 to extend his Solihull house before applying for planning permission has been told to rip it down by the council....
May 29 2007
AS DEVASTATED Albion fans saw their Premiership dreams sunk, Bob Evans, aged 46, from West Bromwich, summed up the feelings of fans....
May 29 2007
A DISCARDED Albion flag left in a puddle on the way back to the station yards from Wembley Stadium said it all....
May 29 2007
BIRMINGHAM is bidding to take over a slice of a £250 billion industry....
May 29 2007
BIRMINGHAM shivered through icy rain, single figure temperatures and wind chill factor, but visitors to the Lord Mayor's Show were still smiling....
May 29 2007
BROTHERS Simon and Stephen Gardner who have only been playing the accordion a matter of months have just won a national competition....
May 29 2007
A ROOFER who conned elderly and vulnerable victims out of cash has been jailed for three years at Birmingham Crown Court....
May 29 2007
TAXPAYERS will not be forced to cough up for a beach in Birmingham's city centre....
May 29 2007
COUNCIL leader Mike Whitby once again side-stepped a question over the Birmingham Mail's call for a referendum on an elected mayor....
May 29 2007
AN OVERWEIGHT pensioner triggered a gas leak in his home after tumbling down stairs and crashing into a heater....
May 29 2007
A WOMAN'S body has been recovered from a Midland canal....
May 29 2007
AN INNER-city charity which claimed £700,000 of council money over three years has had its funding slashed after investigators found "fundamental management weaknesses"....
May 29 2007
A VIOLENT 35-year-old man who robbed a newsagents shop at knifepoint while he was on licence from an 11-year jail term has been given an indeterminate sentence....
May 29 2007
A "DANGEROUS and manipulative paedophile" who groomed a girl of 11 wallowed in self pity as he told how his life had been destroyed....
May 29 2007
TWO paramedics were airlifted to hospital when their ambulance collided with a bus on their way to a 999 call in Birmingham....
