Articles...
Jun 13 2007
A WORKMAN plunged up to 50ft from the top of scaffolding in Birmingham city centre this afternoon....
Jun 13 2007
THE Government is coming under pressure to intervene if car giant Ford sells its Jaguar and Land Rover operations to a private equity firm....
Jun 13 2007
JAMAICAN police today defended their investigation into the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer after they announced he was not murdered but died of natural causes....
Jun 13 2007
A WOMAN who allegedly posed as a bogus charity collector in Staffordshire, claiming to be raising money to help find Madeleine McCann, has appeared in court....
Jun 13 2007
THE boss of Jaguar and Land Rover, Geoff Polites, confirmed that "nothing has been ruled in or out" in the fight to secure the future of the troubled firm....
Jun 13 2007
BIRMINGHAM'S Hall Green MP Steve McCabe narrowly escaped being caught inside a building in central London which suddenly collapsed leaving a man trapped for hours....
Jun 13 2007
A "BRAZEN" Birmingham builder who claimed he was a member of a trade federation despite twice being fined has been handed a suspended prison sentence....
Jun 13 2007
LIFE'S a beach for Birmingham parks staff who scooped a major award at BBC Gardeners' World Live....
Jun 13 2007
THE snow and ice of bleak winter might seem light years away, but thousands of motorists can today breathe a sigh of relief after road bosses voted not to cut back on gritting....
Jun 13 2007
BIRMINGHAM television and radio presenter Sarah-Jane Mee has been plagued by a fantasist who claimed she was talking about him on TV....
Jun 13 2007
THE recovery of a lost mobile phone led police to discover that a man had downloaded over 18,000 images of child pornography from the internet, Birmingham Crown Court heard....
Jun 13 2007
A MINING tragedy that put Birmingham in the national spotlight almost a century ago is being re-told to show the comradeship and heroism that went on 1,800ft below ground....
Jun 13 2007
POLICE today swooped in early morning raids at the homes of a suspected gang of hardened graffiti artists....
Jun 13 2007
A MAN already serving a nine-year prison sentence for abusing young girls has been convicted of raping a boy more than 30 years ago....
Jun 13 2007
HUNDREDS of West Midlands school children were today striding out in an effort to cut the number of deaths on the road....
Jun 13 2007
WORKERS and people living in the shadow of Solihull's giant Land Rover plant have been stunned at the news that the business might be sold due to mounting debts....
Jun 13 2007
A THREATENED strike by contract cleaners and porters which threatened to bring a Birmingham hospital to a virtual standstill has been averted....
Jun 13 2007
A TEENAGER verbally abused a Midland Metro ticket controller and then spat in her face, a court heard....
Jun 13 2007
POLICE are appealing for information following a street robbery in the Midlands....
Jun 13 2007
TWO men died in the space of three hours after being struck by trains in the Midlands....
Jun 13 2007
BIRMINGHAM'S Selly Oak Hospital provides excellent care for soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan but made "shameful" mistakes at the start of the conflicts, MPs have heard....
Jun 13 2007
CITY Methodists fear their prayers and worship could be disrupted by the revival of all-night teenage raves only two doors away....
Jun 13 2007
A BIRMINGHAM family whose children have attended the same cluster of schools for the last 11 years have suffered heartache after one of their daughters narrowly missed out on a place....
Jun 13 2007
A HOSPITAL trust's top nurse is retiring after almost 40 years of caring for patients....
