ELAINA Cohen, a former journalist and chair of Ladywood Ward Labour Party, is in Pakistan writing a parliamentary report on the 2008 elections. Here is her second diary entry. Read
THE long campaign to rebuild Birmingham’s New Street station celebrates victory today as Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly announces the Government is committing almost £400 million to the project.Read
A BIRMINGHAM MP who married his first cousin today criticised a Government Minister who warned that arranged marriages to cousins were causing birth defects in Pakistani communities.Read
SHE'S Birmingham's own queen of the dance after stepping out in style to receive an Oscar equivalent for her lifelong devotion to generations of city dancers.Read
A PIONEERING charity battling to stop Sudden Death Syndrome striking down young people is to meet leading politicians in Downing Street thanks to a dedicated Birmingham dad.Read
A JEALOUS husband used a series of kitchen implements to kill his wife in front of two of their children, it was alleged at Birmingham Crown Court.Read
POLICE today appealed to Birmingham's criminal fraternity for help in the hunt for a gang of armed robbers who robbed supermarket workers at gunpoint.Read
PROPOSALS to put forward Birmingham's historic Jewellery Quarter as a World Heritage Site were today given the seal of approval by a conservation watchdog.Read
HEALTH campaigners have urged hospital bosses to make a halfway house accident and emergency ward permanent for the benefit of thousands of Worcestershire patients.Read
