Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
THIS weekend sees a top music mogul come to Birmingham to audition girls for places in a new supergroup aimed at being a modern day mix of the Spice Girls, The Pussycat Dolls, Girls Aloud and Atomic Kitten - and there's still time arrange your audition. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND college lecturer has been killed in a tragic quad bike accident on a dream holiday with her boyfriend, it was revealed today. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM man serving life for the murder of a soldier who was shot dead hours after arriving back in the UK on leave has lost an appeal against his conviction. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
PRETTY awful - that was the scathing criticism of the authorities' performance after flooding left dozens of Tamworth families homeless. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
THE future of tourism in the Midlands has been dealt a severe blow with the impending closure of the region's major tourist board. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
A STUDENT from Smethwick who "adopted" an unknown soldier who died in World War I is to read out a poem to the Queen. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
THE owner of a popular Arabic shesha café, where customers smoke flavoured tobacco through a Hookah water pipe, claims he is being driven out of business by the July 1 smoking ban. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
A FORMER soldier convicted of rigging up camera equipment to spy on a woman as she showered has lost his appeal against conviction. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
WORKERS at a Birmingham pub were threatened at knifepoint and locked away by armed robbers. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
GOVERNMENT military watchdogs are to hear evidence in Birmingham on the controversial treatment of injured soldiers in the city. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
WOUNDED policeman Geoff King, who has not yet returned to work, said his shooting still haunted his every waking moment. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
AN 86-year-old woman was dragged along the pavement as thieves stole her handbag. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
EVIL would-be cop killer Marcus Bailey snarls for the camera - as he points a gun at his own head. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
A MAN who forced a young girl to eat raw chillies in a "prolonged" act of cruelty has been jailed for 12 months. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
LAND Rover is claiming £200 million from the financial collapse of Longbridge, it was revealed today. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
A 99-YEAR-OLD Birmingham woman had hundreds of pounds stolen by a doorstep trickster who conned his way into her home. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
CAMPAIGNERS battling to save an historic pub from being permanently shut have been given fresh hope for its future. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
A WELL-known former Midland pub landlord has been charged with a series of child sex offences spanning 30 years. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
FASHION stars of the future took to the stage in Birmingham to showcase their creations in a colourful catwalk display. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
LINKS to Birmingham's slave trade past were as strong as the yokes and chains being worn by demonstrators as they staged a march to mark the bicentenary of abolition. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
A PRO-cannabis protest inviting people to smoke the drug in Birmingham's main park has been advertised on the city council's website, it was revealed today. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
A CLUBBER was attacked and had her handbag stolen in a Worcestershire nightclub. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
BOURNVILLE will continue to be the heart of Cadbury "as long as there is breath in my body", the chief executive of Cadbury Schweppes has pledged. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
BRAVE security guard Kevan Parry didn't think twice when he saw a gunman holding two nurses and a doctor hostage at a Birmingham hospital. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
STORE wars are set to break out in Birmingham after supermarket giant Asda revealed it is targeting sites in the south of the city - including Longbridge. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
EVIL would-be cop killer Marcus Bailey snarls for the camera - as he points a gun at his own head. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
POLICE were today investigating footage apparently showing a teenager climbing to the top of Birmingham's iconic Selfridges building. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
A PAEDOPHILE already serving a prison sentence for offences against children has been jailed for eight years for having sex with a young girl. Read
Jun 20 2007 | Top Stories
A VIOLENT thug from Wolverhampton who shot an unarmed police officer with a Magnum revolver has been jailed for life. Read