Articles...
Jun 12 2007
BIRMINGHAM's council leader is to turn up the heat on the Government to agree a long-awaited revamp of New Street Station....
Jun 12 2007
TWO men have been locked up for a violent racist attack which was filmed by CCTV on a Midland Metro tram....
Jun 12 2007
BIRMINGHAM motorists will be able to give their hearts a potentially life-saving MOT while their cars are serviced under a scheme being trialled....
Jun 12 2007
THREE men, including two from Birmingham, who helped prop up a Libyan terrorist group from their base in the UK have been jailed for a total of nearly eight years....
Jun 12 2007
A BRAVE Kurdish refugee who fled Iraq and is now studying in Birmingham will be honoured tonight with an award in memory of Anne Frank....
Jun 12 2007
A SUSPECTED car thief with a fascination for guns ran from a police officer before stopping and then blasting him in the chest with a revolver, Birmingham Crown Court heard....
Jun 12 2007
FRESH calls were made today for improved safety measures at a Birmingham lake where a 19-year-old man drowned and at least eight others have died....
Jun 12 2007
MORE than 9,000 Midland jobs were today plunged into uncertainty amid claims that Land Rover and Jaguar are being sold off by crisis-hit Ford....
Jun 12 2007
A BANKRUPT Cannock businessman who benefitted by nearly £80,000 from criminal activity has agreed to repay £18,000 - over the next four years....
Jun 12 2007
A JUDGE has thrown out a High Court challenge against plans for 17 new casinos, including one at Solihull....
Jun 12 2007
A BODY was set to be officially identified today after it was recovered from a Midland lake....
Jun 12 2007
A FORMER Land Rover worker who said he wanted to kill himself after starting a fire at his bungalow has been jailed for 12 months....
Jun 12 2007
MORE than 200 people signed a petition to get a referendum on an elected mayor for Birmingham at a city mosque....
Jun 12 2007
A £2 MILLION system which provides reliable train arrival information to millions of passengers in Birmingham and the West Midlands was going live today....
Jun 12 2007
TENNIS superstars with model looks, well-heeled ladies who lunch and the excited chatter of children on school trips....
Jun 12 2007
CHILDREN with special educational needs are missing out on vital support and facilities if taught in a mainstream, rather than special needs school....
Jun 12 2007
A PETROL bomb was hurled into a car at a Solihull councillor's home in what is feared may be a grudge attack....
Jun 12 2007
BOOKMAKERS have named the Archbishop of Birmingham as the joint favourite to become the next leader of Britain's Roman Catholic church....
Jun 12 2007
THEY may not be quite ready in time for the 2012 Olympics, but a group of sporting youngsters are still hoping to make their mark in the world of athletics....
Jun 12 2007
A DARTS team is celebrating after winning a league title in memory of a partially-sighted player who defied the odds by beating former world champion Eric Bristow....
Jun 12 2007
A MAN who grabbed cash from the till of a Marston Green shop has avoided a jail sentence because he has already spent five months in custody....
