Articles...
Jul 9 2007
A DRUG user from Cannock who carried out a fake door-to-door collection for missing Madeleine McCann to fund her habit has been jailed for 90 days....
Jul 9 2007
THREE men were found guilty today of an extremist Muslim plot to launch a series of suicide bomb attacks on the London transport system exactly two weeks after 7/7....
Jul 9 2007
SEVEN people were injured, one seriously, today after being hit by a bus in Walsall town centre....
Jul 9 2007
NEW hi-tech businesses are already signing up to Longbridge as a fresh era finally dawns for the world-famous site, it emerged today....
Jul 9 2007
FRIENDS of a popular Birmingham pub worker who died in a road accident today paid tribute to the "friendly giant" as they spoke of their heartache....
Jul 9 2007
ACTOR Colin Buchanan will kick off a day full of activity on Sunday for thousands of people with the opening of the annual picnic in the park at Warley Woods....
Jul 9 2007
WEST Brom goalkeeper Dean Kiely was knocked out when he was attacked by a thug with a bottle....
Jul 9 2007
DETECTIVES across the West Midlands are getting their own knife-proof vests as part of a new safety drive - three years after an officer was stabbed to death....
Jul 9 2007
A MAN was repeatedly stabbed in a frenzied knife attack as he enjoyed a drink with pals in a popular city pub....
Jul 9 2007
CLAIMS the West Midlands has been identified as the al-Qaeda hotspot of the country were today dismissed as wide of the mark....
Jul 9 2007
PLANS for a new film studio for Birmingham are being developed, to help attract film crews to the city....
Jul 9 2007
LITTLE Elizabeth Elie may not know it as she sleeps soundly, but she could be the world's luckiest baby....
Jul 9 2007
SECURITY guards are standing watch over Ozzy Osbourne's Broad Street star....
Jul 9 2007
AMBULANCE chiefs today lashed out at motorists for not being prepared to cope with delays after a fuel leak brought chaos to roads in the Midlands....
Jul 9 2007
POST Office chiefs have axed Erdington's Central Square branch after signing a deal to relocate services to WH Smith....
Jul 9 2007
SUMMER arrived at last as carnival-crazy families enjoyed fun in the sun....
Jul 9 2007
BIRMINGHAM is one of Britain's poorest performing cities for employment, population growth and skills, a new study revealed today....
Jul 9 2007
THE atmosphere was like the mother of all hen nights and the World Darts Championships rolled into one....
Jul 9 2007
TOURIST businesses battered by severe flooding were today mon thrown a £1.5 million lifeline by Advantage West Midlands....
Jul 9 2007
A COACH driver was today praised for springing into action to help out at the scene of a car crash....
Jul 9 2007
WEST Midlands Police have made 15 arrests as part of an operation to tackle metal thefts....
Jul 9 2007
BUCKLES were well and truly swashed at one of Birmingham's historical gems as visitors were taken back in time to the era of highwaymen and Georgian dandies....
Jul 9 2007
SIX people, including a baby, were hurt when two cars collided in Birmingham....
Jul 9 2007
SCORCHING sun was on the menu for the final two days of the city's mammoth culinary festival Taste of Birmingham ....
Jul 9 2007
A BIRMINGHAM mum has condemned Labour's war on gun crime after new figures revealed almost two in three gunmen escape with less than the "mandatory" five year jail term....
Jul 9 2007
A NIGERIAN man has been jailed for nine years after being caught trying to smuggle cocaine with a street value of £160,000 into Birmingham....
Jul 9 2007
THE Midland mum whose eight babies were born dead has admitted she tried to kill herself....
Jul 9 2007
TWO people escaped with their lives when their glider plummeted to the ground and smashed into a hedge....
Jul 9 2007
THE family of tragic teenage hit and run crash victim Scott Poll have launched a bid for £500,000 of lottery cash to provide a community centre in his memory....
Jul 9 2007
AN INNER city church primary school in Birmingham is hoping to tackle underachievement among future generations of black pupils by opening its doors to secondary age pupils....
Jul 9 2007
MIDLANDS water company Severn Trent Water has come top of the table for drinking water quality in England and Wales....
Jul 9 2007
HUNDREDS of bikers from across Britain converged on Birmingham at the weekend to say no to congestion charging....
Jul 9 2007
A TEENAGE boy at the centre of a kidnap alert was found safe and well....
Jul 9 2007
A MAN was seriously injured when the stolen car he was driving ploughed into a tree during a police chase....
Jul 9 2007
DETECTIVES were today continuing to investigate a double shooting outside a pub....
