A VILLA fan who hurled racist abuse at black footballers as he sat alongside his father in the family stand was this afternoon banned from soccer matches for five years. Read
A JURY trying two men in the case of a plot to kidnap and kill a British soldier and the supply of equipment for terrorists in Pakistan will retire today to consider their verdicts.Read
TRANSPORT Secretary Ruth Kelly today defended the rebuild of Birmingham New Street station amid criticism it will fail to allow for more trains to run through the city.Read
TRANSPORT chiefs today issued a fresh plea to the Government to give the green light to release funds for a new tram line through Birmingham city centre.Read
FAMILIES across Birmingham will be hit by a second major walk-out on February 26 after union bosses failed to make a breakthrough in pay negotiations.Read
A BIRMINGHAM hospital has been accused of racism by a respected GP after two of his British Asian patients were denied treatment "for not having their passports with them".Read
A MOTHER of three pleaded with a neighbour to help her as she lay dying after she had been repeatedly stabbed by her jealous husband, Birmingham Crown Court was told.Read
CALLS by a Government watchdog for a ban on a high-pitched alarm which disperses youths have been criticised by a city councillor whose ward planned to put it on trial.Read
FORMER Villa star Stan Collymore and ex-boss Graham Taylor have slammed plans for a Premiership roadshow which would take football stars around the globe.Read
A SICKNESS bug which has been sweeping the Black Country for months, causing hospital patients and staff to be violently ill, has again closed wards in a new outbreak.Read
A COUPLE pretended to have a normal family life in a secluded house while they ran a massive money laundering business, Birmingham Crown Court heard.Read
