Jun
2007
Articles from 28th Jun 2007
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Man in multi-storey car park fall
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
A MAN was fighting for life in hospital today after falling from the upper level of a multi-storey car park. Read
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Illness puts veteran councillor in hospital
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
ONE of Birmingham's top councillors is seriously ill in hospital, it was revealed today. Read
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Man falls from centre car park
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
A MAN was fighting for life in hospital today after falling from the upper level of a multi-storey car park. Read
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MP Smith to be new Home Secretary
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
WEST Midlands MP Jacqui Smith was today set to make history as Britain's first female Home Secretary. Read
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Council chief in hospital
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
ONE of Birmingham's top councillors is seriously ill in hospital, it was revealed today. Read
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Warning of more wet weather on the way
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
MIDLAND towns and villages have been warned to prepare for more heavy rain over the weekend, which could cause rivers to rise again. Read
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Tower block alert after blaze in flat
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
MORE than 30 firefighters were called to tackle a blaze in a tower block flat in Erdington. Read
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Pupils taking Ozzy metalwork lessons!
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
EATING bats and prolific swearing may not be the usual classroom topics but that's what Birmingham pupils got when they decided to do a project on Ozzy Osbourne. Read
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Protesters in new probation office demo
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
FORTY protesters ignored the rain to mount another demonstration outside Birmingham's newest probation office. Read
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New speed camera still out of action
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
A NEW speed camera to catch boy racers has still not been switched on - almost two months after it was revealed it had been put in the wrong place. Read
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Magician's trick gone in a puff of smoke
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
MAGICIAN John Milner always has plenty of tricks up his sleeve but his favourite is about to disappear in a puff of smoke. Read
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Hoodies threatened to stab OAP
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
THREE hooded men burst into the home of a Birmingham pensioner and subjected him to a terrifying ordeal when they threatened to stab him. Read
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Honour for military heroes
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
TWO victims of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have officially taken their place among Birmingham's heroic war dead during a moving ceremony in the city. Read
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Festival set to celebrate Aston's pride
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
A TWO-day festival is about to kick off at Aston Villa with the football giant one of the main players in the Aston Pride Family Festival - also backed by the Birmingham Mail. Read
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Businesses split over smoking ban
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
CITY businesses are divided on the effects that the ban will have on trade. Read
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The £52,000 homes that nobody wants
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
HOMES costing less than £100,000 are going begging in Birmingham city centre because no-one seems to want them. Read
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Teenage robber is freed
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
A YOUTH who tried to rob a teenager on a Solihull bus has been released after spending 79 days locked up on remand. Read
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Region named as dog-fighting hotspot
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM and the Black Country are the UK's hotspots for barbaric dog fighting rings where owners stand to make thousands from a single bout. Read
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Police set to re-open unsolved cases
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
MORE than 100 previously unsolved crimes across the West Midlands could be re-opened by police as part of a national review of forensic techniques. Read
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Community groups urged to join mayor debate
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
COMMUNITY groups across the city are being urged to take up the debate over whether Birmingham should be run by an elected mayor. Read
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£20m windfall as city lands convention
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM'S hotels and restaurants will be packed to the rafters when 25,000 Rotarians come to the city for their international convention. Read
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Dealers lined up for new MG
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
NANJING has lined up its first UK dealers in the next key stage of the long awaited rebirth of Longbridge. Read
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Woman dies after stabbing at house
Jun 28 2007 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM woman told today how she discovered a neighbour dying from stab wounds after being alerted by her hysterical children. Read
