Articles...
Jan 29 2008
A TEENAGER was appearing in court today charged with the murder of a Midland man....
Jan 29 2008
A FORMER tax inspector was today beginning a six-year prison sentence for a £1 million blackmail plot against Tesco....
Jan 29 2008
RAIL companies have warned that England needs a new high speed rail link linking Birmingham to London – because the West Coast Main Line will soon be full....
Jan 29 2008
AN elderly man died when he was hit by a bus in Birmingham....
Jan 29 2008
ONE of Birmingham's best loved nightspots will live again after being saved from the bulldozer....
Jan 29 2008
RAIL passengers faced rush-hour delays today after someone was hit by a train in the Midlands....
Jan 29 2008
SNOW and high winds could be on their way to Birmingham as winter returns with a vengeance, forecasters warned today....
Jan 29 2008
BIRMINGHAM pub group Mitchells & Butlers faced turmoil today after its finance director resigned following hedge fund losses of £274 million....
Jan 29 2008
POLICE have swooped on a suspected brothel in Birmingham, taking nine young women into care....
Jan 29 2008
A TEENAGER was appearing in court today charged with the murder of a Midland man....
Jan 29 2008
THE plight of people affected by autism from across the West Midlands is to be tackled further following the opening of a new regional headquarters in Solihull....
Jan 29 2008
THE proud history of a West Bromwich drama group which was launched 60 years ago is being celebrated with a Diamond Anniversary pantomime....
Jan 29 2008
A Rowley Regis soldier who was told he would struggle to walk again after breaking his leg in nine places in a skiing accident has amazed doctors by returning to the slopes....
Jan 29 2008
TAMWORTH X Factor finalist Niki Evans is hoping to star in a West End musical, she revealed today....
Jan 29 2008
A BIRMINGHAM nursing home has been closed to new arrivals because of worries over the care offered to dozens of frail and elderly residents....
Jan 29 2008
A CHARITY which helps to rehome unwanted animals has had its busiest year - and bosses today issued a plea to help find new owners for dozens of dogs and cats....
Jan 29 2008
A MOVING car was attacked by a gang of thugs wielding golf clubs during a terrifying chase on a motorway....
Jan 29 2008
A COOL-HEADED Worcestershire lad has been praised for calmness under pressure when his father collapsed at home....
Jan 29 2008
A BOY who lost his battle with cancer almost 20 years ago is the inspiration behind an ambitious piece of music set to have its premiere at Birmingham's new Town Hall....
Jan 29 2008
STAFFORDSHIRE is set for a jobs boom after it emerged business bosses were clamouring for industrial space in the county....
Jan 29 2008
NEARLY £4.5 million is to be pumped into boosting A&E, nurses and treatment at a trouble-hit Birmingham hospital, it was revealed today....
Jan 29 2008
POLICE officers are to hold a mass meeting in Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's back yard over their ongoing pay row with the Government....
Jan 29 2008
A SOLDIER killed in Afghanistan was planning to propose to his girlfriend, his heartbroken mum revealed today....
Jan 29 2008
A MAN has pleaded guilty to a plot to kidnap and execute a Muslim British soldier by cutting his head off "like a pig " in Birmingham, a jury was told today....
Jan 29 2008
A TEENAGER was appearing in court today charged with the murder of a man in the Black Country....
Jan 29 2008
MORE than 50 Birmingham children remained unaccounted for today after "disappearing" from their school rolls prior to GCSE exams....
Jan 29 2008
POLICE are searching for thugs who fired shots from an air gun and smashed a window....
Jan 29 2008
BRITAIN must hold an inquiry into the invasion of Iraq as the fifth anniversary of the war approaches, according to a Birmingham peer....
Jan 29 2008
With up to 20,000 Birmingham council workers set to strike next Tuesday, Local Government Correspondent NEIL ELKES assesses the likely impact....
Jan 29 2008
ANGRY campaigners who feel besieged by developers made a rallying call to battle on against "garden grabbers" at a hastily-arranged public meeting....
