Articles...
Jan 18 2008
THE Birmingham daughter of a world famous reggae legend who launched the career of Bob Marley is opening up a city shop in his memory....
Jan 18 2008
A MASSIVE Midland industrial success story has notched up another milestone....
Jan 18 2008
ASTON Villa bosses are stumping up the cash for a giant Villa Park flag - and want supporters to choose the best design....
Jan 18 2008
BLACK cab drivers have been given the go ahead to increase fares for late night revellers....
Jan 18 2008
UNDER-fire rail infrastructure company Network Rail will today publish a report into the engineering overruns which wrecked travel plans for thousands of train passengers over the New Year period....
Jan 18 2008
A 42-year-old man has denied a hit-and-run attack on a female police officer trying to arrest him....
Jan 18 2008
A READY supply of migrant workers to fill jobs in the West Midlands must not be allowed to mask the education and employment needs of the local population, church leaders warned today....
Jan 18 2008
THE number of drivers caught over the alcohol limit or on drugs over Christmas dropped by 45 per cent, West Midlands police have revealed....
Jan 18 2008
LEGAL eagles brought smiles to the faces of hundreds of Birmingham children in an evening of theatrical magic....
Jan 18 2008
A TEMPORARY clinic set up over Christmas by West Midlands Ambulance has been deemed a success....
Jan 18 2008
A TEACHER who "colluded" with his wife to alter classroom test results has been struck off for a year....
Jan 18 2008
THE husband of a Midland tourist who died in a grass fire in South Africa has told of his disappointment after a man was found not guilty of her manslaughter....
Jan 18 2008
THE BBC Mailbox has been hit by its third major blow in a month with news that BBC WM is to lose its late night Danny Kelly show....
Jan 18 2008
WHEN the Lomas family bought their dream home they had all the usual checks done and couldn't wait to move in....
Jan 18 2008
A SEARCH for suitable foster parents for children will hit the shops of Birmingham and Solihull next week....
Jan 18 2008
THIS IS Midland pilot Peter Burkill who was today hailed a hero after saving the lives of 152 passengers and crew in a dramatic Heathrow crash landing....
Jan 18 2008
HOSPITAL bosses today promised to keep a close eye on controversial changes to City A&E and intervene if it all goes wrong....
Jan 18 2008
A MAN left blind and deaf after his wife allegedly poisoned him with anti-freeze has given evidence against her in court....
Jan 18 2008
BRITISH Gas owner Centrica today announced double-digit price rises for millions of its customers....
Jan 18 2008
BRACE yourselves for more rain over the next five days with weather forecasters making the gloomy prediction following days of downpours....
Jan 18 2008
AN actor has been awarded £2,000 after he was called a faggot on the set of kids' TV favourite In The Night Garden....
Jan 18 2008
DELIGHTED pupils at a Sutton Coldfield school found there was an extra item on their menu - custard pies, courtesy of the local Vesey Players....
Jan 18 2008
A TOWN'S business leaders and community workers will get final chances to have their say in how their council spends its money over the next financial year....
Jan 18 2008
Changes will now take place to surgical services A&E, the children's and baby wards and pathology departments. How will each be affected and when will changes come into force?...
Jan 18 2008
BLIND and partially-sighted Sandwell people and their carers are to be targeted in a year-long leaflet campaign offering help....
Jan 18 2008
POLICE today released CCTV images of a West Midlands man they are trying to trace in connection with a stabbing in a Welsh seaside town....
Jan 18 2008
FIVE women who ran a Jobcentre fraud operation "like a family business" from their Birmingham homes were today starting jail sentences....
Jan 18 2008
CITY housing staff have been sent an e-mail slamming Labour Party support for strike action over pay and grading....
Jan 18 2008
THE Wolverhampton India Project, which has the support of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, is being launched in Wolver-hampton tomorrow....
Jan 18 2008
JAGUAR'S stunning new XF took top honours at the 31st annual motoring 'Oscars', the What Car? Car of the Year Awards 2008....
Jan 18 2008
A CRUNCH meeting next week could decide whether or not hundreds of late-night revellers in the Black Country are hit by a new taxi strike....
Jan 18 2008
A TEENAGE girl trapped in her car after it ploughed into a tree and burst into flames early today owes her life to a brave passer-by....
Jan 18 2008
AROUND 400 West Midland jobs are being lost to India and other parts of the UK with the closure of the Capita site at Wythall, it was confirmed today....