Feb
2008
Articles from 29th Feb 2008
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Double joy on Mother's Day for Senita and Ozzy
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
MOTHER'S Day will be twice as nice for Senita and Ozzy Anderson this year because after years of trying for children they now have double the reason to celebrate. Read
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Babies escape as car crashes into Birmingham house after brake failure
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM was made to "beg and plead" for funding to rebuild New Street station, Conservative leader David Cameron has claimed. Read
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David Cameron: Birmingham 'had to beg' for New Street cash
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM was made to "beg and plead" for funding to rebuild New Street station, Conservative leader David Cameron has claimed. Read
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Birmingham doctor to give African boy the gift of life
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM consultant Andrew Ready has come to the rescue of an African teenager who had just months to live. Read
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Architects told to re-think Birmingham city centre hotel plan
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
ARCHITECTS behind a "monstrous" 29-storey tower planned for central Birmingham have been told to make it less severe. Read
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Worker 'frittered' away Solihull school money
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
A FORMER worker at a Midland private school wept in court after avoiding jail for stealing thousands of pounds of money from pupils' parents. Read
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Boyfriend 'loved' tragic Birmingham toddler, court told
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
AN UNEMPLOYED Birmingham man has denied causing horrific injuries to a toddler saying he loved the child and had not "laid a finger" on him. Read
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Police to get strike poll, Birmingham meeting is told
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
THE leader of rank-and-file bobbies is to poll officers about the right to strike over their ongoing pay row, a meeting of the Police Federation in Birmingham was told. Read
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A new era for Birmingham's Irish Centre
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
A CHARITY which helps Birmingham's Irish community is celebrating the dawn of a new era. Read
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Birmingham woman leaps into action for love
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
BY tradition, women only get the chance to propose once every four years - on February 29 in a leap year -and one Birmingham woman is doing just that. Read
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Row over anti-war speaker at Birmingham rally
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
THE controversial editor of a newspaper with alleged links to extremist organisations is due to speak at an anti-war rally at Birmingham City Council's offices tomorrow. Read
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New wave of help from marine unit in Birmingham
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM may be landlocked - but the city which famously has more miles of canals than Venice is seeing police patrols take to the water for the first time. Read
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Birmingham mum Clare McVerry risked her life for baby's sake
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM breast cancer victim Clare McVerry gave the ultimate sacrifice in order to beat the odds and give birth to the baby she was told she could never have. Read
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Birmingham mosque 'militants' programme makers to sue for libel
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
MAKERS of an undercover programme that exposed extremism at a Birmingham mosque are to sue police and prosecutors for libel. Read
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Gordon Brown: Birmingham can reinvent itself as a great world city
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM can "invent itself again" as one of the world's greatest cities, Gordon Brown has predicted. Read
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Friends help stranded star Jennifer Ellison in Birmingham
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
RED-faced Jennifer Ellison needed the help of two Birmingham teenagers when her Bentley broke down on the A38 after a publicity event in the city. Read
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Greggs bakery axe doughnuts after taste test
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
GREGGS Bakery were in a jam as thousands of doughnuts had to be recalled from its Birmingham shops. Read
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Death quiz doctor Priya Ramnath in court
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND doctor charged with killing a British patient with an injection of adrenaline almost 10 years ago has been remanded on bail after arriving back in the UK from Texas. Read
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'Granny State' to be launched by Labour in Birmingham
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
LABOUR will launch plans for a "granny state", with new benefits aimed at people caring for older relatives at the conference. Read
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Rail passenger's anger at CCTV in station toilets
Feb 29 2008 | Top Stories
AN ANGRY rail passenger has accused Virgin Trains of an invasion of privacy after discovering CCTV cameras in toilets at a Midland station. Read
