Jul
2007
Articles from 27th Jul 2007
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Family's agony over gym killing
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
THE brother of a man gunned down in a city gym three years ago has spoken of his family's devastation that the killers have still not been caught. Read
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Poppy appeal at Second City derby
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
POPPY Appeal organisers hope to capitalise in on a high-profile Second City Derby on Remembrance Sunday - despite concerns from some members who have branded the fixture "disrespectful". Read
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Beach fun goes undercover
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
THE dream of sitting on a deckchair, sand between the toes and the sun beating down on your knotted hankie during a day out in Birmingham has been ruined by one of the wettest summers on record. Read
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Businessman stabbed by burglars
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
A BRAVE Birmingham businessman who tried to fight off two armed raiders was stabbed three times and tied to his own toilet in a terrifying hour-long ordeal. Read
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Party time for former Dunlop workers
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
ERDINGTON'S reinvented Fort Dunlop tyre factory wheeled out tea, jazz and dance to one hundred former workers on Tyburn Road. Read
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Indian hero Carol gets her reward
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM Mail 'hero' has finally collected her trophy after spending two months in India working with orphaned children -helped by the generosity of city pupils. Read
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£5.2m payout for city youngster
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM mum has been awarded £5.2 million in damages after a 12-year fight for help to care for her severely disabled son. Read
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Murder in 2004 still a mystery
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
MURDER detectives today renewed appeals for help to track the machine-gun killers who shot dead a dad as he worked out at a city gym. Read
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City riddle of man in coma
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
DETECTIVES were today hoping to speak to a man found lying unconscious in a Birmingham street. Read
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Council pledge over job cuts
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM City Council has vowed to do all it can to avoid compulsory redundancies as it prepares to axe hundreds of positions. Read
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Country festival is axed
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
THIS year's Sheldon Countryside Festival has been cancelled due to the continuing bad weather. Read
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Lib Dem fury at Mahmood
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM MP has been rebuked by a veteran councillor after attacking the city's offer to help flood victims from across the country. Read
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Tributes to club's linchpin
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
A FATHER who who died with his son as they cleared up flood damage at a rugby club was described as a community "linchpin". Read
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We need one head honcho
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
AN EXPERT panel of Birmingham business and community leaders have enthusiastically backed calls for an elected mayor. Read
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Mail editor and MP debate elected mayor
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
CITY MP John Hemming and Birmingham Mail editor Steve Dyson last night debated the petition for an elected mayor at a public meeting. Read
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Prepared for a brilliant time!
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
SCOUTS from across the Midlands are well prepared for the biggest date in their calendar. Read
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Riding to the aid of police memorial
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
A RELATIVE of hero Birmingham policeman Ryan Hunt will saddle-up for a marathon fund-raising ride to pay for a memorial to every police officer killed in the line of duty. Read
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Temporary homes still going strong
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
THEIR prefabricated timber homes were only meant to last five years, but nine decades later families are planning celebrations for a landmark anniversary. Read
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Mother wins £5.2m payout for disabled son
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM mother who has spent 12 years fighting for help to care for her severely disabled son has been awarded £5.2m in damages. Read
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Find a cheaper New Street plan, council told
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM City Council has been ordered to prepare a "cheap" option for New Street Station by the government. Read
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Farewell to hero guardsman
Jul 27 2007 | Top Stories
MOURNERS lined the streets of Small Heath in pouring rain today to say a sad final farewell to a brave Birmingham soldier killed in action while protecting colleagues in Afghanistan. Read
