Articles...
Sep 14 2007
BRUMMIE historian and Mail columnist Carl Chinn admits he is struggling to get on top of his correspondence....
Sep 14 2007
THE red carpet was rolled out for a group of budding actresses who are the stars of a film all about one of Birmingham's most-loved beauty spots....
Sep 14 2007
WE'D like to hear what you and your friends think about bullying. Send us your poems and short stories relating to bullying and we will post them online, plus you could also win yourself and your class a fantastic prize. ...
Sep 14 2007
THE Broad Street Walk of Stars was launched in July when Ozzy Osbourne was the first inductee - and Jasper Carrott will be next tomorrow....
Sep 14 2007
SPORTING stars of the future can test their skills on an inflatable pitch a free city festival on Sunday....
Sep 14 2007
REQUESTS for the Birmingham Mail Speak Out Stop Bullying pack are pouring in ....
Sep 14 2007
BIRMINGHAM'S most iconic tower came a stage closer to completing an impressive 21st century revival as major restoration work officially ended....
Sep 14 2007
TWO men who robbed another of £140 at a Sandwell hotel while armed with an imitation firearm and a knife were each jailed for five years by a court....
Sep 14 2007
POP star Lee Ryan will be hitting the right note with thousands of Midlands schoolchildren when he headlines a choral event in Birmingham later this year....
Sep 14 2007
A CONWOMAN stole more than £20,000 worth of goods from a house after tricking the owner's girlfriend into believing she had been employed as a cleaner....
Sep 14 2007
CASH-STRAPPED Midlanders who ignore their debts to go on holiday could be facing their day of reckoning, it was claimed today....
Sep 14 2007
DISABLED people in Kidderminster are being invited to the Connect centre in the town to make the most of the facilities on offer....
Sep 14 2007
RESIDENTS are gearing up for one of the biggest events in their village calendar this weekend....
Sep 14 2007
TEENAGER Assiya Shabir has suffered more pain than most people endure in a lifetime....
Sep 14 2007
HOUSE price growth across the West Midlands has shown the most dramatic slow-down for nearly two years, a new survey showed today....
Sep 14 2007
Paul Ryan is furious with bosses at the In Shops market inside the One Stop Shopping Centre in Perry Barr, who have given him 12 weeks' notice to remove his greeting card business by November 17, as Christmas sales are about to take off. ...
Sep 14 2007
AREAS of south Birmingham have been colour-coded with lampposts, bollards and railings painted in either red, green or blue....
Sep 14 2007
A WEST Midlands Police officer who worked with the force's family protection unit investigating child abuse cases was today starting a five-year sentence after being convicted of a serious sex offence and indecent assault on a 14-year-old boy....
Sep 14 2007
BUNGLING council bosses today apologised after being forced to admit that their error paved the way for a controversial phone mast to be erected against their wishes....
Sep 14 2007
IN A statement, Solihull Council said: "After carrying out an investigation we have found that the T-Mobile phone mast is lawful despite planning sub-committee's refusal of its application. ...
Sep 14 2007
THIEVES have been snatching road signs across the Solihull area and selling them as scrap metal to cash in on increasing value of aluminium....
Sep 14 2007
THE manager of a Birmingham care home systematically plundered cash from the accounts of deaf and blind residents which he was responsible for, it was alleged....
Sep 14 2007
TWO men from the Black Country were due in court today after being arrested in one of the biggest drug swoops the Midlands has ever seen....
Sep 14 2007
MORE than 95 bikers took to the streets of Birmingham to celebrate the city's past as home of motorcycle manufacturing....
Sep 14 2007
A MOTHER who used her car as a weapon to run down her former partner after a family dispute has avoided time behind bars....
Sep 14 2007
DIABETES sufferers in Sandwell were today being given a boost with the opening of a new advice centre....
Sep 14 2007
A BLACK Country soccer derby clash with a difference takes place this weekend....
Sep 14 2007
SANDWELL health chiefs are waging war on smoking among the Muslim community - using calendars....
Sep 14 2007
A MASSIVE clean-up of two Smethwick "problem" sites has been launched following concerns by families....
Sep 14 2007
RESIDENTS of all ages are invited to put their best foot forward and go around the world in a day to raise money for good causes....
Sep 14 2007
CAMPAIGNERS against a controversial Birmingham probation centre say they have been given fresh hope after Government officials pledged to meet them....
Sep 14 2007
BELEAGUERED city centre commuters are bracing themselves for more misery when further road-works start next week....
Sep 14 2007
KIND-HEARTED Craig Topham is to trek 30 miles in a bid to raise thousands of pounds for autistic children....
Sep 14 2007
A LITTLE girl who beat the odds to survive after being born 15 weeks premature has started school in Birmingham....
Sep 14 2007
THE relentless triffid-like march of the virulent Japanese knotweed could nipped in the bud by a new campaign....
Sep 14 2007
MIDLAND commuters were facing the misery of delays to their journeys today after a suspected arson attack forced the closure of a rail line....
Sep 14 2007
THE planned new high-adrenaline vertical theme park immediately won lots of fans in Birmingham city centre....
Sep 14 2007
FOUR men were arrested in Birmingham in a joint operation to target suspected organised dog fighting....
Sep 14 2007
A BIRMINGHAM golf club has been stymied once again in its 70-year fight to build a practice area on its own land....
Sep 14 2007
A BIRMINGHAM model claimed her cousin was killed in the 7/7 London terrorist bombings to extract cash from her besotted fiance....
Sep 14 2007
A MURDER inquiry has now been launched into the death of a 79-year-old mugging victim....
Sep 14 2007
THE £95 million VerTiPlex theme park in the sky will leave the London Eye in the shade - delivering a "world-class" leisure project to Birmingham, VIPs were told....
Sep 14 2007
PARENTS across Staffordshire are being urged to play their part in a scheme to highlight the dangers of underage drinking among youngsters....
Sep 14 2007
AN HISTORIC Birmingham city centre police station has been closed suddenly amid safety fears after structural damage was discovered to its roof....
Sep 14 2007
PRIZED artwork stolen from a Birmingham park may have ended up on the rubbish tip, it emerged today....
Sep 14 2007
FANS who snapped up tickets to see The White Stripes at Birmingham's NEC were today being told the gig has been cancelled because the band's drummer is suffering from "acute anxiety"....
Sep 14 2007
WORKERS across Worcestershire must do more to help protect children, a government board announced today....
Sep 14 2007
THE victim of Ragan and Brown's deceit said today he had been blinded by love....
Sep 14 2007
TEENAGERS at two schools are hoping to help combat cyber bullying across their borough by putting together their own information pack....
