Jun
2007
Articles from 14th Jun 2007
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Strike called off by city teachers
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
A STRIKE planned for today by teachers at a Birmingham school has been called off. Read
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Scaffolder fights for life after plunge
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
A WORKMAN was today fighting for life in hospital after falling 50ft from scaffolding on a Birmingham office block. Read
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Refugee carer faces boot from the UK
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
A REFUGEE who provides vital 24-hour care for a frail Birmingham couple is set to be booted out of the UK. Read
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Parents unhappy with health truck plan
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
ANGRY parents from a Bournville school are opposing plans for a fleet of controversial health trucks that they claim will dominate their school car park for the next seven years. Read
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Overcrowding sees inmates sent to London
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
MIDLAND prisoners are being ferried to police cells more than 120 miles away in west London because overcrowding in local jails has reached an all time high. Read
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Man jailed for attack on city cabbie
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
A MAN who subjected a Birmingham taxi driver to a terrifying attack and then robbed him has been jailed for two and a half years. Read
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Jogger freed from under rubbish truck
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
A JOGGER suffered serious leg injuries when he was trapped under the wheels of a rubbish truck in Birmingham. Read
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Governors quit over sex shame head
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
THE governing body of a Birmingham secondary school has been thrown into crisis after three members resigned in protest at their shamed headteacher being allowed to continue in charge. Read
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Driver's lucky escape after crash
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
A MOTORIST escaped serious injury today when his car spun out of control and smashed into a lamp-post. Read
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Dad's anger at wait to recover son's body
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
THE dad of a teenager who drowned in a Birmingham lake has criticised West Midlands Police for disbanding its under-water unit. Read
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Central Hall plan gets go-ahead
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
TWO Hall Green brothers have been given the go ahead to turn one of the city's oldest buildings into an entertainment and community complex accommodating up to 2,000 people. Read
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Armed police raid city address
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
ARMED police swooped on a house in Birmingham today in a dawn raid on suspected armed crooks. Read
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Anxious wait for deportation row twins
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
DEPORTATION row twins Kamila and Karina Kaya are still in Birmingham anxiously awaiting their fate. Read
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Police praised for graffiti raids
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
FAMILIES today praised a police crackdown on graffiti following a series of early morning raids. Read
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Meningitis victim baffles doctors
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
A FORMER builder told today how he had beaten the deadly brain bug meningitis EIGHT times over the past 11 years. Read
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Man jailed for double attack on his ex
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
A VIOLENT man who attacked his ex-girlfriend twice on the same day has been given an extended prison sentence. Read
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It's Gordon's G-word!
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
THOUSANDS of people were today flocking to Birmingham NEC for the second day of the city's biggest ever lifestyle event. Read
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Housing chiefs make pledge to tenants
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
FAMILIES forced to live in dilapidated homes on a Birmingham "hell hole" estate will have their flats fixed by the end of the year. Read
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Families warned of faith healer conman
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
ASIAN families in the West Midlands were today warned to beware after one was duped into sending an unscrupulous faith healer more than £16,000. Read
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Dame Kelly opens new sports centre
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
DOUBLE Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes will be spearheading the next step in sport research and science by officially opening a new £16.4 million centre. Read
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Workman injured after 50ft fall
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
A WORKMAN has been injured after plunging 50ft from the top of scaffolding in Birmingham city centre. Read
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Pathologist: Woolmer was murdered
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
THE Jamaican pathologist whose autopsy found former Warwickshire cricket coach Bob Woolmer was murdered is standing by his report. Read
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Parents pay tribute to son after crash tragedy
Jun 14 2007 | Top Stories
THE parents of an 18-year-old Tamworth driver who died with two of his friends in a collision in Warwickshire last week have paid tribute to their son. Read
