Articles...
Dec 21 2007
DOZENS of charities and community groups across the Midlands are celebrating today after clinching cash grants from the Birmingham Mail's Get Involved initiative....
Dec 21 2007
WILL Birmingham be swathed in a magical blanket of snowflakes on Christmas Day or will December 25 be soggy and grey?...
Dec 21 2007
A BODY found in the River Severn was that of 62-year-old Stourport man Reginald Southall, who had been missing for more than a week....
Dec 21 2007
LDV Chief Executive Steve Young has resigned from the Birmingham van maker - less than 18 months after his appointment....
Dec 21 2007
A MEMORIAL service for the four firefighters who died in a warehouse blaze in Warwickshire is to be held at Coventry Cathedral next month....
Dec 21 2007
FIVE men have denied murdering Hell's Angel Gerry Tobin on the M40 in Warwickshire....
Dec 21 2007
DRUNKEN time wasters who clog up hospital A&E departments with minor ailments will be sent to a temporary clinic set up in Birmingham this Christmas....
Dec 21 2007
HEROIC Midland mother-of-four Jody Owen has been nominated for a top life-saving award after diving into an ice cold Bloxwich canal to rescue a man, woman and two young boys....
Dec 21 2007
LEGENDARY reggae boys UB40 made a triumphant homecoming as they performed in front of thousands of familiar faces in their native Birmingham....
Dec 21 2007
CHILDREN at the National Institute of Conductive Education in Birmingham produced a wizard show to help spread Christmas cheer....
Dec 21 2007
BUILDERS working to restore Small Heath Baptist Church to its former glory have discovered a time capsule....
Dec 21 2007
FAMILIES have laid floral tributes at the spot in Hampton-in-Arden where an elderly tramp was found dead in his makeshift hut....
Dec 21 2007
STAFF at hospitals in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester have been praised for their efforts in their fight against so-called superbugs MRSA and Cdiff....
Dec 21 2007
THOUSANDS have been waiting for the moment when Dr Who and Torchwood's Captain Jack would take to the stage in Birmingham in this year's panto Aladdin....
Dec 21 2007
FOR teenager Nicola Pye it proved to be a night to remember after winning tickets to see Aladdin in a Birmingham Mail and Birmingham Hippodrome competition....
Dec 21 2007
A MAN has been killed in a hit and run road accident which closed Hockley flyover, one of the main routes into the centre of Birmingham today....
Dec 21 2007
WORKERS and shoppers in Birmingham city centre took time out to enjoy a festive treat when a Christmas carol service was staged at St Philip's Cathedral....
Dec 21 2007
HAVE you got the X-mas factor? If so you can join young and old who are tuning up to sing alongside X Factor finalist Kimberley Southwick in Birmingham tomorrow....
Dec 21 2007
ARMED raiders fled with thousands of pounds after ambushing a prominent Midland businessman and holding him and his wife hostage in their Great Barr home....
Dec 21 2007
NEIGHBOURS today spoke of their shock after 14 people were rescued from a Quinton block of flats after a suspected arson blaze filled their homes with smoke....
Dec 21 2007
A letter from Sue Davis, chairman of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust....
Dec 21 2007
RAIL company London Midland has announced its Christmas timetable for Birmingham services over the festive period....
Dec 21 2007
THOUSANDS of Midland drivers were handed an early Christmas present today when roadworks were suspended for the festive season....
Dec 21 2007
TRADING Standards officers in Sandwell are warning consumers and businesses to be on their guard after counterfeit vodka was found at a number of Midland off-licences....
Dec 21 2007
SUPERSTORE giant Tesco has been warned not to display huge, garish posters under its revised plans for the Swan shopping centre in Yardley....
Dec 21 2007
MIDLAND youngster Cameron Simpson, who died after being hit by a minibus, was related to a teenager killed in a road tragedy just before last Christmas....
Dec 21 2007
BIRMINGHAM Big Issue seller Kevin Dodd, who has pounded the streets for ten years, has landed the perfect Christmas present - a job....
