Articles...
Jan 21 2008
A MAN was fighting for his life today after a mass armed brawl in the arrivals lounge of Birmingham International Airport. ...
Jan 21 2008
FOUR people have been charged with the murder of a man found dead in an old building in Birmingham city centre....
Jan 21 2008
TWO passers-by have been praised after plucking a nine-year-old boy to safety when the car he was in crashed into a tree and burst into flames, killing the driver....
Jan 21 2008
HOME Secretary Jacqui Smith today gave her backing to airport-style metal detectors being installed in some of Birmingham's toughest schools in a bid to put a stop to gun and knife crime....
Jan 21 2008
A MIDLANDS restaurateur known as a friend to football stars across the city has died suddenly, aged 45....
Jan 21 2008
THREE more men suspected of clashing with police following the second city derby have handed themselves in after seeing their faces in the Birmingham Mail....
Jan 21 2008
GOLF fan Barbara Brittain is the oldest swinger in town. While most women her age are sitting down to a cup of tea Barbara, aged 90, from Oldbury is busy teeing off....
Jan 21 2008
FORECASTERS were urging people to remain vigilant and prepare for possible flooding as they predicted yet more heavy rain today....
Jan 21 2008
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save Birmingham's heritage have called for an end to decades of neglect which is threatening to wipe out some of the city's past....
Jan 21 2008
A BIRMINGHAM mother has been left devastated after losing a nine-year fight to seek medical compensation for her son who was left paralysed following a hospital operation....
Jan 21 2008
AN EMOTIONAL concert has been staged to honour four Midland firefighters who lost their lives in a warehouse blaze....
Jan 21 2008
A BANK in Birmingham is offering a £25,000 award in a bid to catch masked armed robbers who left staff terrified when they held them up at gun point....
Jan 21 2008
DEFENCE Secretary Des Browne is due to make a Commons statement today on a military laptop computer stolen in Birmingham, which contained the personal details of 600,000 people....
Jan 21 2008
THREE cars were badly damaged in an arson attack in the Black Country....
Jan 21 2008
A 20-YEAR-old Midland man caught on CCTV as he kicked and stamped on the head of his victim has been sent to a Young Offenders' Institution for a year....
Jan 21 2008
FIREFIGHTERS had to cut a young man free after he became impaled on a metal fence in Birmingham....
Jan 21 2008
BRITNEY Spears has dumped Birmingham boyfriend Adnan Ghalib - after finding out he apparently hoped to make £5 million from pictures of her....
Jan 21 2008
RAIL users in Solihull and Birmingham face disruption and delays next month....
Jan 21 2008
BATTLING residents were today celebrating a famous "People Power" victory after plans to resurrect Cradley Heath Speedway after 12 years were dramatically abandoned....
Jan 21 2008
BIRMINGHAM'S schools face ruin because of the council's failure to plan for a new salary structure, it was claimed today....
Jan 21 2008
FOUR roads were closed off in a safety alert today after a member of the public handed in a grenade at Wolverhampton's Bilston Street police station....
Jan 21 2008
A COUPLE who ran Birmingham's biggest ever cannabis factory were today behind bars after being foiled when police sniffed them out - literally....
Jan 21 2008
SEVEN people were today starting jail sentences totalling 27 years for their part in a large scale drugs operation in the Midlands....
Jan 21 2008
WALSALL'S Manor Hospital has been forced to isolate more patients because of the norovirus winter vomiting bug....
Jan 21 2008
BUDDING young stars flocked to a Birmingham theatre in a bid to win a place on musicals set to be staged across the country....
