Articles...
Feb 13 2008
AN investigation has been launched in the Midlands after a swan was shot dead by a gun-toting thug....
Feb 13 2008
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. ...
Feb 13 2008
THE body of a man has been found near Birmingham city centre....
Feb 13 2008
JON GRIFFIN takes a personal look back at the fast moving commercial climate, its casualties and success stories....
Feb 13 2008
THE driver of a National Express coach which crashed near a motorway service station has appeared in court charged with dangerous driving....
Feb 13 2008
POLICE sealed off a busy road and brought traffic to a standstill after a double decker bus caught fire in the city centre....
Feb 13 2008
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....
Feb 13 2008
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....
Feb 13 2008
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....
Feb 13 2008
THE £550 million transformation of Birmingham's New Street station will create at least 5,000 jobs....
Feb 13 2008
A MAN who threw an empty beer can on the ground in the Midlands has paid the price - with a court bill of £350....
Feb 13 2008
POLICE sealed off a busy road and brought traffic to a standstill as flames tore through a double-decker bus in Birmingham city centre....
Feb 13 2008
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....
Feb 13 2008
FIREFIGHTERS today hit out at arsonists who set fire to a car and bags of rubbish outside homes on a Birmingham street....
Feb 13 2008
SHAMPOO, shower caps and sewing kits are the items most frequently taken from hotel rooms by guests....
Feb 13 2008
NEVER mind Paris or Rome. Love-starved Brummies should look closer to home for inspiration - to Birmingham's Rag Market!
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Feb 13 2008
AMOROUS Brummies will be ditching traditional cards in favour of text messages to send their messages of love this St Valentine's Day....
Feb 13 2008
A BIRMINGHAM chippy has battered the opposition and walked away with a prestigious award from top chip shop inspectors....
Feb 13 2008
A BRAVE Birmingham pensioner who chased off a gang of masked raiders is our latest Local Hero....
Feb 13 2008
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"....
Feb 13 2008
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....
Feb 13 2008
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....
Feb 13 2008
A HOODED heroin addict who was armed with an axe when he robbed terrified staff at a newsagent's shop has been put behind bars for four years....
Feb 13 2008
TWO Birmingham sisters will be braving the sweltering temperatures of the Sahara in an emotional tribute to their grandad....
Feb 13 2008
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....
Feb 13 2008
A CITY centre hotel is to close its doors to the public for three days later this month because Gordon Brown is in town....
Feb 13 2008
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....
Feb 13 2008
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....
