Articles...
Jun 1 2007
PEOPLE living near a giant mast which sprang up next to their homes overnight are launching a campaign to have it pulled down....
Jun 1 2007
A MAN who converted his back yard into a den for fighting dogs has been handed a suspended sentence by Birmingham magistrates....
Jun 1 2007
A STAUNCH Villa fan whose dying wish was to raise money for cancer research has had his dream realised thanks to donations from family and friends....
Jun 1 2007
POLICE in Birmingham today stepped up an appeal for witnesses as they admitted they are no closer catching a hit-and-run driver who ploughed into a six-year-old boy, leaving him for dead....
Jun 1 2007
A GATE which leads to nowhere is delaying plans for the biggest private investment of homes in Handsworth in living memory....
Jun 1 2007
COUNCIL leader Mike Whitby defends our rights to sun ourselves under artificial palm trees on Chamberlain Square's bmibaby beach opening soon. ...
Jun 1 2007
AN MP today backed plans to seize the "bling" from criminals and stop them living in the lap of luxury....
Jun 1 2007
TV VIEWERS will tonight see a Birmingham man collect an award for his inspirational battle against cystic fibrosis at a star-studded ceremony....
Jun 1 2007
LOW fares airline Ryanair has launched a new service from Birmingham to Shannon - for a penny each way....
Jun 1 2007
A WOMAN was abducted from a shopping centre car park by a gang of thugs who drove around Birmingham raiding her bank account....
Jun 1 2007
MORE than 1,000 furious campaigners disgusted at plans for a secure mental health unit on their doorstep today staged an angry demonstration....
Jun 1 2007
DUDLEY-born comic Lenny Henry is going back to his roots to perform in the town for the first time in his professional career....
Jun 1 2007
WALSALL Council was today accused of backing away from action against the owners of a controversial phone mast at Darlaston....
Jun 1 2007
A NEW Rose of Tralee has been picked for Sandwell after the original winner was controversially stripped of her title....
Jun 1 2007
THUNDER, lightning and rain wreaked havoc in the Midlands - and more downpours are set to dampen the weekend....
Jun 1 2007
BANDIT, the two-year-old Staffordshire cross, finds something of great interest on the small screen following a pioneering move by the RSPCA aimed at finding homes for unwanted dogs....
Jun 1 2007
THUGS suspected of a vandal attack which brought the Metro to a standstill were today urged by police: "Hand yourself in for your own sake."...
Jun 1 2007
STAFFORDSHIRE and West Midlands Ambulance services will merge on October 1, health chiefs have revealed....
Jun 1 2007
A GROUP of neighbours say they are lucky to be alive after a five metre high wall in Birmingham collapsed under tonnes of earth, burying their back gardens....
Jun 1 2007
PERMANENT metal detectors in schools could be the next step in the battle to stop youngsters taking deadly weapons into class, Birmingham teachers predict....
Jun 1 2007
CLASSICAL music sensation Gardar Cortes was a great hit with Birmingham's shoppers when he performed in a makeshift garden in the city centre....
Jun 1 2007
TWO Midland teenagers have been given fixed penalty notices after posting a friend's details on a dating website as a practical joke....
Jun 1 2007
A LIFELONG Blues fan has vowed to stop supporting the club after discovering that personal details of his children would be kept on a database....
Jun 1 2007
JOB-creating plans for a casino in Solihull suffered a further setback after the Government insisted they could not go ahead until the issue of a controversial "supercasino" has been settled....
Jun 1 2007
A CHARITY which looks after sick children is being targeted by thieves who are stealing bags of goods donated by kind-hearted Brummies....
Jun 1 2007
A BIRMINGHAM MP has welcomed an inquiry into claims that details of January's terror raids in Birmingham were leaked to the press....
Jun 1 2007
THE Archers has lost one of its most controversial characters with the death of Siobhan Donovan....
Jun 1 2007
BIRMINGHAM-based confectionary giant Cadbury Schweppes was today reported to be considering a fresh round of factory closures and job cuts....
Jun 1 2007
A WEBSITE set up to help catch the killer of a Warwickshire teacher who was strangled in Japan has received more than 13,000 hits in just four days....
