Articles...
Jun 8 2007
GRANNIE rapper Norma Clarke is set to take Britain by storm....
Jun 8 2007
A TAXI driver was pelted with bricks and robbed by a mob who had surrounded his car during rioting in Lozells, Birmingham Crown Court heard....
Jun 8 2007
A COMMUNITY came to a standstill as it honoured a "remarkable" Birmingham soldier who died in Iraq....
Jun 8 2007
AT work she's a bobby on the beat, but out of uniform Aimee-Louise Porch has made history as the city's first police officer to reach the finals of a prestigious festival honouring Ireland's heritage....
Jun 8 2007
TWO brothers are being threatened with eviction after more than 50 years, just weeks after their father's death....
Jun 8 2007
FOR a man who has stared death in the face more times than he can remember, Abe 'Ricky' Recardo remains philosophical about life....
Jun 8 2007
REFUGEES from war-torn Iraq and Africa visited hundreds of Birmingham school children to tell them about their dangerous journey to the West Midlands from their home countries. ...
Jun 8 2007
A CITY hospital worker hit the right notes when his band performed a gig for poorly youngsters...
Jun 8 2007
MORE than 1,000 people are expected to turn out to honour soldiers awarded the highest military award for bravery under fire at the first event of its kind in the Midlands....
Jun 8 2007
REBORN Birmingham van maker LDV is doubling production less than a year after massive losses threatened its future....
Jun 8 2007
A MAN was killed and two others were injured in a car crash in Birmingham today....
Jun 8 2007
THE heartbroken family of a murdered pensioner finally bid farewell to him at his funeral....
Jun 8 2007
A MAN died after his motorcycle was in a freak accident with a car in the Black Country....
Jun 8 2007
A FAMILY of three was evacuated from their Walsall home today after the derelict house next door was set ablaze by arsonists....
Jun 8 2007
A RAPIST who attacked a woman in Birmingham almost 17 years ago has finally been convicted thanks to new scientific techniques....
Jun 8 2007
MORE than 2,000 creditors face years chasing a £1.3 billion trail of debts from the financial wreckage of MG Rover, it was revealed today....
Jun 8 2007
BoWEST Midlands business leaders today condemned a proposed postal strike which could close down struggling small firms....
Jun 8 2007
THE dreaded stormtroopers from the classic Star Wars films descended on Birmingham to bring back memories of the famous sci-fi trilogy....
Jun 8 2007
BIRMINGHAM International Airport was today branded the "Achilles heel" of aviation safety and threatened with Government intervention over a series of security lapses....
Jun 8 2007
A BRITISH soldier from a Midland regiment killed in action in Afghanistan has been named by the Ministry of Defence....
Jun 8 2007
SHE may have starred in a top TV show, but Hannah Yarnall is still happiest in the company of her school friends and helping to raise awareness of Down's Syndrome....
Jun 8 2007
A SENIOR cashier at a building society in Birmingham who siphoned off almost £100,000 from customers' accounts was today starting an 18-month jail sentence....
Jun 8 2007
A POLICE officer has described his terror at being confronted by a violent mob of around 100 launching wave after wave of missiles during rioting in Lozells....
Jun 8 2007
ARMY comrades, family and friends were united in grief for the funeral of a brave Black Country soldier killed in Afghanistan....
Jun 8 2007
A MIDLAND bridegroom who ended up in a Slovakian jail after a naked stag weekend stunt, will be able to get married as planned after he was released early....
Jun 8 2007
CONTROVERSIAL plans to festoon Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery with "garish" signs and banners have been thrown out by councillors....
Jun 8 2007
BRUMMIES will be spoilt for choice if they want to sun themselves on a beach this summer without having to get in their cars and head down the motorway....
