Articles...
Jul 19 2007
ZOE Lister, who plays Zoe Carpenter in Channel 4’s Hollyoaks will be in town to ring the changes at a new mobile phone store....
Jul 19 2007
POLICE today issued a warning to parents and schools amid fears youngsters could have picked up drugs dumped from a car that had been stopped by police....
Jul 19 2007
AN honour-killing victim was raped before she was tortured, and died an agonising death before her body was dumped in Birmingham, it has emerged....
Jul 19 2007
THE race to buy Jaguar and Land Rover was revving up today, with six initial bidders said to be targeting the Midland car firms....
Jul 19 2007
A SEA rescue search for a 20-year-old West Midlands woman who went missing after a boating accident in which a man died has been called off by the coastguard....
Jul 19 2007
HOME Secretary Jacqui Smith today admitted she smoked cannabis while she was a student at Oxford University....
Jul 19 2007
A POPULAR, long-serving teacher at a Midland school has died following an horrific three-car crash....
Jul 19 2007
WHEN he fled war-torn Afghanistan with his family, football was the last thing on little Ali Karimi's mind....
Jul 19 2007
SPEAK out now - or learn to live with it. That is the message from campaigners to local residents who have just hours to register their attendance for tonight's Big Debate on Centenary House, the controversial new Kitts Green probation centre.
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Jul 19 2007
A MAN who claimed nearly £17,000 in benefits when he had savings of around £30,000 stashed in five accounts has avoided time behind bars....
Jul 19 2007
PROTESTERS battling to stop a Birmingham A&E being downgraded are celebrating a victory after Health Secretary Alan Johnson agreed to haul in the proposals....
Jul 19 2007
WEIRD and wonderful wannabes faced a grilling from TV's Mr Nasty Simon Cowell as auditions for the new series of X-Factor were held at the NEC....
Jul 19 2007
A MAN, a woman and five children were led to safety by firefighters after an arson attack on their Midland maisonette....
Jul 19 2007
MORE than £120 million for New Street station could be approved next week despite warnings that Ministers are still not convinced about a long-awaited refurbishment....
Jul 19 2007
WEST Midlands Ambulance Service has adapted three vehicles, at a cost of £100,000, to meet the needs of obese patients weighing more than 19 stones....
Jul 19 2007
SECURITY at Birmingham International Airport have been given a boost as part of a £30 million overhaul of the departure lounge....
Jul 19 2007
AN innocent bystander had a knife held to his throat by a robber after being taken hostage as he placed a bet at a Birmingham bookies....
Jul 19 2007
A FATHER of two today set his sights on becoming the first winner of a rowing race across the Indian Ocean....
Jul 19 2007
A BIRMINGHAM postman accused of grabbing a colleague around the neck during a workplace row has been sacked after 18 years with the Royal Mail....
Jul 19 2007
MORE than 50 fare dodgers have been fined a combined £10,000 for trying to travel on trains without tickets....
Jul 19 2007
LAWYERS in the West Midlands are leading the way in prosecuting thugs who beat their partners, new figures have revealed....
Jul 19 2007
A MAN who carried out a terrifying sex attack on a disabled woman at a student residence in Birmingham was today starting a seven-year sentence after he was trapped by modern science....
Jul 19 2007
A WEST Midlands soldier has been awartded the Military Cross for his outstanding service during a battle in Afghanistan....
Jul 19 2007
(with stock pics)...
Jul 19 2007
THE boss of Birmingham Dogs' Home today criticised pet owners who fail to vaccinate their animals after an outbreak of an extremely virulent disease claimed the lives of seven animals....
Jul 19 2007
A MUSLIM man from Birmingham jailed for inciting murder during protests against 'anti-Islamic' cartoons had links to a group of extremists, it was revealed today....
Jul 19 2007
with before and after pics...
Jul 19 2007
AS a newcomer to the city and in a bid to fit in I decided to take a lesson in speaking Brummie from the organiser of tomorrow's celebration of our accent....
Jul 19 2007
BRUMMIES will be talking loud and proud in their local accent tomorrow for the first international Talk Like a Brummie Day....
