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Feb 19 2008
THE rule of Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf was under threat today after opposition parties roundly defeated his allies in parliamentary elections....
Feb 19 2008
BIRMINGHAM chocolate-maker Cadbury is planning to bin the boxes with its new range of eco-friendly Easter eggs. ...
Feb 19 2008
CADBURY today warned the High Street that increased commodity costs of up to six per cent would force up its prices for consumers. ...
Feb 19 2008
AILING Fidel Castro today resigned as Cuba’s leader after nearly a half-century....
Feb 19 2008
CLOSE aides of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf today conceded defeat as the opposition headed to victory in parliamentary elections that look set to end his reign. ...
Feb 19 2008
PUBS with bad reputations are to be banned from serving beer in glasses, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced....
Feb 19 2008
SOUND of Music star Connie Fisher has postponed her concert tour, including a date at Birmingham NIA Academy on June 25....
Feb 19 2008
THIRTY firefighters battled a serious blaze at an empty community building in north Birmingham last night....
Feb 19 2008
A HOTEL fire which claimed the lives of a Staffordshire mother and son is to feature on the BBC’s Crimewatch programme, police said today....
Feb 19 2008
THE four other Birmingham men involved with Parviz Khan were:...
Feb 19 2008
ISLAMIC fanatic Parviz Khan was taped in his Birmingham home training his young sons to slit the throats of "infidels"....
Feb 19 2008
POLICE are hunting a man who went on the run during his trial for identity theft. ...
Feb 19 2008
DESIGNER fashions from top names such as Giorgio Armani, Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs and Dolce & Gabbana will be the catwalk in Birmingham for this spring's Harvey Nichols catwalk show....
Feb 19 2008
SHE was the girl who touched the hearts of people across the country as she fought a rare life-threatening allergy to water....
Feb 19 2008
KINGS Heath student Onyeka Nwokedi has beauty as well as brains. Her looks have helped her reach the final of the Miss Top Model UK 2008....
Feb 19 2008
A RELIGIOUS festival at a Birmingham park turned to mob violence between two warring factions and ended with a man almost losing his life, a court heard....
Feb 19 2008
AMBULANCE bosses are in talks with Midland health bosses over a £6 million scheme to create a network of super-paramedics....
Feb 19 2008
NEARLY 7,500 vulnerable families across Birmingham have been saved from living in freezing conditions through a Health Through Warmth scheme....
Feb 19 2008
THREE employees with Central Trains exploited a weakness in the ticket-selling system to "skim off" cash and give themselves first class tickets, a court heard....
Feb 19 2008
BUDDING caravan owners can try their hand at towing when the National Boat Caravan & Outdoor Show opens to the public today....
Feb 19 2008
AMJAD Mahmood, aged 32, of Jackson Road, Alum Rock, was cleared of knowing about the plot and failing to tell the authorities, and supplying equipment....
Feb 19 2008
PEOPLE living in Alum Rock today urged others not to feel wary of visiting the Birmingham suburb....
Feb 19 2008
SIX of the world's most successful modern architects have been shortlisted to help turn the £600 million redevelopment of New Street Station into a landmark gateway to Birmingham....
Feb 19 2008
TRIBUTES have continued to be paid to Sir Richard Knowles, Birmingham's former city council leader who has died, aged 90. Among them is this one from RICHARD BURDEN, MP for Northfield and Chair of the Birmingham Group of Labour MPs....
Feb 19 2008
THREE nurses who worked at a Birmingham care home where 27 residents died in a year have been accused of misconduct at a disciplinary hearing....
Feb 19 2008
THE driver of a powerful Jaguar car has finally been prosecuted more than a year after an horrific crash in which a maintenance worker died....
Feb 19 2008
A BIRMINGHAM mosque leader today vowed to pay a prison visit to the fanatics jailed over a plot to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier....
