May
2007
Articles from 30th May 2007
-
Call to give hero soldier the VC
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
f=xZapfDingbats s=8.6n f=XFrutiger-Light s=8.6q=l MUCH MISSED... one full line. | Picture: Alan Wiliams Read
-
Tragic end to smash as tot dies
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
A GIRL aged six has died in hospital after the car she was travelling in hit a tree. Read
-
Cheers to an ale triumph
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
A FATHER and son who revived a centuries-old family tradition by resurrecting a famous brewery were today celebrating a top award. Read
-
Hospital 'ran out of drugs'
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
A PATIENT with a septic wound was forced to go without antibiotics for 24 hours at a Birmingham hospital because they had run out. Read
-
Move over Ozzy - I'm the new Prince of Darkness
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
SEPARATED at birth? Because as well as his name, Ozzy the dragon Moray Eel shares a mean stare with Brum's Ozzy Osbourne. Read
-
Shock over fly-tip levels
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
ILLEGALLY dumped rubbish was reported to West Midlands councils on more than 55,000 separate occasions last year, official Government figures have revealed. Read
-
New row in sale of land
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
THE first Birmingham councillor to be publicly named and shamed for bringing the local authority into disrepute today denied making a killing on a land deal. Read
-
Warning to shops over conmen
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
SHOP owners across the West Midlands were today warned to be on the look-out for a gang of eastern European conmen behind a string of burglaries. Read
-
Anger as shamed Hughes signs deal
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
DISGRACED former West Bromwich Albion soccer star Lee Hughes will resurrect his football career if he is freed from prison later this year. Read
-
Hospital's laundry staff face the axe
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
MORE than 100 hospital laundry workers' jobs are under threat after bosses revealed they may shut the service. Read
-
Ale fan toasts dream job
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
FEW people can boast of having the dream job - but real ale buff Martin Birch reckons he has got it licked. Read
-
Man dies after fire in flat
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
A MAN died after a fire engulfed his Birmingham home. Read
-
Dozy bar steward forgot mum's wake
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
A GRIEVING family who booked a wake for their dead mother were shocked to turn up and find nothing arranged because the manager had forgotten. Read
-
MP demands health inquiry on Mosquito
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
A SONIC device designed to drive young louts away from shops must be investigated by the Home Office, according to a West Midlands MP. Read
-
Cracking good cause, Gromit!
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
POPULAR animated stars Wallace and Gromit rolled into Birmingham to boost a local charity. Read
-
Man seriously hurt after double accident
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
A MAN suffered serious injuries after he was hit by a car and then a van in Kidderminster. Read
-
Grammar schools 'must go', says Estelle
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
FORMER Education Secretary Estelle Morris today called for new rules making it easier to abolish grammar schools. Read
-
They tortured us, and that's no lie
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
TWO Midland men who spent two years at Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay are to be featured in a new TV programme. Read
-
Hamster bite lands man in hospital
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
A MAN was taken to hospital with serious breathing difficulties after being bitten by a hamster. Read
-
Worcester sauce tops list of British exports
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
WORCESTERSHIRE sauce is the British food with the biggest impact on worldwide cuisine, a new survey says. Read
-
Power cut hits city centre
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
THOUSANDS of people had a bad start to the day when a power cut blacked out homes and businesses in Birmingham city centre today. Read
-
Uniform change for frontline police
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
WEST Mercia Police has decided to drop its policy of requiring officers to wear white shirts and clip-on ties while on the beat. Read
-
More oxygen cylinders damaged - claim
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
POLICE are investigating two more oxygen cylinders found damaged at a Midland hospital. Read
-
Kwik Save axes stores
May 30 2007 | Top Stories
DOZENS of supermarket workers across the region have lost their jobs with the shock collapse of 79 Kwik save stores. Read
