Top Stories for 5 December 2007

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Empire Cinema at Rubery is closed for two days by heating failure Dec 05 2007

THE Empire at Great Park in Rubery, near Birmingham, has been closed for two days because of a major heating problem.Read

'Titan' prison to be built in the West Midlands Dec 05 2007

A MAJOR new prison is to be built in the West Midlands, it has been announced.Read

The maintenance cradle at Colmore Plaza.

Probe launched into cradle left dangling in high winds on Birmingham city centre office block Dec 05 2007

AN investigation has been launched into how a cradle was left to dangle perilously 140ft up at the top of the 13-storey Colmore Plaza in Birmingham city centre.Read

PCSO Lindon Lloyd praised for campaign against mini-moto riders Dec 05 2007

CRUSADING Midlands police community support offficer Lindon Lloyd has entered the record books after targeting nearly 100 mini-moto riders.Read

New DVD charts career of Wolves legend Derek Dougan Dec 05 2007

MEMORIES of Midlands football legend Derek Dougan will come flooding back with the release of a special DVD tracing his glorious career.Read

Midland couple are killed in New Zealand crash tragedy Dec 05 2007

DEVOTED Midland couple wJonathan Hale and Jody Butler, ho emigrated to New Zealand in September have been killed in a tragic crash while on a charity motorbike ride.Read

Birmingham priest John Herve is cleared of child abuse Dec 05 2007

BIRMINGHAM parish priest John Herve, who was accused of sexually assaulting two boys, has walked free from court after the case against him was dramatically dropped.Read

'Full up' Birmingham's Good Hope Hospital turns patients away Dec 05 2007

SERIOUSLY ill patients were turned away from packed Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, because it is bursting at the seams.Read

Birmingham's Alexander Stadium to host Olympic trials Dec 05 2007

BIRMINGHAM is back on track to become the home of British athletics after landing next year's Olympic trials.Read

Captain Hook in Peter Pan at Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

Peter Pan, Birmingham Repertory Theatre Dec 05 2007

DIRECTOR Rachel Kavanaugh has sprinkled a touch of magic dust onto this musical production of the classic tale of Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up.Read

Row over noise at Birmingham Brummies speedway track Dec 05 2007

UNIVERSITY students have joined Birmingham families in a "noisy neighbour" war with a speedway team which wants changes to its licence.Read

Care for stroke patients in the Midlands 'is a lottery' Dec 05 2007

MIDLAND stroke victims are suffering at the hands of a postcode lottery with some of the worst treatment in the country, new figures reveal today.Read

Birmingham City stars Sebastian Larsson and Mikael Forssell gives medical equipment to disabled youngsters Dec 05 2007

BIRMINGHAM City football aces Sebastian Larsson and Mikael Forssell presented some vital life-changing equipment to two disabled city youngsters.Read

Angry Birmingham Council workers protest at pay cuts Dec 05 2007

HUNDREDS of angry city council workers took to the streets to demonstrate against salary cuts of thousands of pounds a year. About 500 workers took part in the lunchtime rally ahead of the monthly full city council meeting.Read

Birmingham City Council accused of 'fiddling the figures' over pay cuts Dec 05 2007

CITY leaders have been accused of fiddling the figures to cover up a multi-million pound cut in the council's payroll bill for thousands of staff.Read