Mar
2008
Articles from 7th Mar 2008
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Doctor charged with killing Staffordshire patient a decade ago
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
A DOCTOR has appeared before a Crown Court judge accused of killing a Staffordshire patient with an injection of adrenaline almost 10 years ago. Read
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Change of name for new Worcestershire prison
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
A NEW Worcestershire prison will be called HMP Hewell, not HMP Redditch as previously planned, it has been announced. Read
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Beast jailed for raping OAP
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
A REDDITCH man who raped an 81-year-old woman has been given an indeterminate sentence for public protection. Read
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Birmingham Mail's lollipop warden recruiting campaign is a success
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
THOUSANDS of school children will be helped safely across busy roads thanks to Birmingham Mail readers who answered an SOS plea to become lollipop men and women. Read
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Paul Henry to play Tony Hancock for Birmingham's Maverick Theatre
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
BENNY is to make a comeback - in the legendary shoes of Birmingham's best-known comedian Tony Hancock. Paul Henry, the actor behind the loveable simpleton who became a Crossroads star, will be in the spotlight again as tortured genius Hancock. Read
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Print by Birmingham artist Sue Howells to aid charity
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
BRITAIN'S best selling female artist, Birmingham's Sue Howells, is putting her heart and soul into a project she hopes will benefit thousands of heart disease sufferers. Sue has created a unique painting to raise more than £10,000 for the charity Heart Research UK Midlands. Read
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Praise from Respect Tsar Louise Casey for Birmingham estate
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
FAMILIES who refused to let their Birmingham estate slide into a no-go zone ruled by pimps and prostitutes won a pat on the back from the Government's Respect Tsar Louise Casey. Read
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Jumoke Adediwura deported, Birmingham campaigners fear
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
A NIGERIAN mother-of-two who has been fighting to stay in Birmingham has been deported, her campaigners fear. Read
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Partial victory in speed camera fight on Birmingham's Queslett Road
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
SPEED cameras are to be installed on an accident blackspot which has claimed six lives in six years. Read
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Gym dream comes true for Birmingham's Kash Gill
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
FORMER world kick boxing champion Kash Gill has finally achieved his lifelong dream of setting up his own gym to unite people from all communities in a love of fitness and sport. Read
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Karen Lowe sheds the pounds and vows there's more to come
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
SUPER slimmer Karen Lowe of West Bromwich is a shadow of her former self after shedding almost eight stone - but she isn't stopping there. Read
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Great Escape prison camp ball takes pride of place at Moseley Golf Club
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
WHEN former RAF navigator Ronnie Morgan of Birmingham was jailed at the notorious German camp featured in the Great Escape he was more than a little teed off. Read
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Tragedy in the sun for the Cross family of Birmingham, inquest hears
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
A HUSBAND has described the moment his Birmingham family's sunshine holiday turned to tragedy when he lost control of a 4x4 and ploughed in to rocks, killing his wife. Read
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Enoch Powell speech to come under the spotlight in TV special
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
SURVIVING footage of Enoch Powell's controversial "rivers of blood" speech in Birmingham is to be broadcast again in a major BBC documentary tonight. Read
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Birmingham families ship out to the Orkneys
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
IT'S 600 miles away and a world apart - so why are families deserting Birmingham for the Orkneys? Read
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Ex Birmingham City star Paul Devlin sparkles in property game
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
FORMER Blues star Paul Devlin has helped put the sparkle back into a listed Birmingham building. Read
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We let our viewers down, Michael Grade admits
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
ITV'S predicament became all too clear when it announced its financial results this week. Read
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The end may be near for Central News
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
IT'S almost Christmas 2009 - and Bob Warman is reading the regional headlines from ITV's Birmingham studios. Read
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Screen star Paul Nicholas in acting school hunt in Birmingham
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
EIGHTIES heart-throb turned theatre producer Paul Nicholas is looking to Birmingham in the hope of finding the next Keira Knightly, Orlando Bloom or Jude Law. Read
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Betting scam fear at Crufts
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
DOG lovers and their pampered pets got this year's biggest ever Crufts under way as a betting controversy threatened to overshadow the opening. Read
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Birmingham OAP complex sent back to drawing board
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
ARCHITECTS behind a new sheltered housing complex for the elderly in Birmingham have been sent back to the drawing board by council planners. Read
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Birmingham and the Midlands braced for high winds
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM is bracing itself for severe gales set to batter the city on Sunday night and Monday morning. Read
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Pride of the Midlands - the magnificent seven of the Mercian Regiment
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
SEVEN war heroes from the Midlands' Mercian Regiment were today being honoured for risking their lives serving their country in Afghanistan. Read
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Birmingham parents want Ofsted at their children's school
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
PARENTS at a troubled Birmingham primary school have taken the unprecedented step of calling on Government inspectors to declare it as "failing". Read
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Kate makes Kidderminster carnival parade a hit
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
A MOTHER-of-five has come to the rescue of Kidderminster's annual carnival in a bid to revive the flagging parade. Read
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I won't let the bandits defeat me, vows Birmingham pub landlord
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM pub landlord held at gunpoint by a masked gang today sent his attackers a defiant message: "You'll never drive me out". Read
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Headboard traps Birmingham boy, 4
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
A BOY of four was rescued by Birmingham firefighters after getting his head stuck in a headboard in a bedroom. Read
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Delay blow to Solihull gardeners
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
GARDENERS planning to spruce up their gardens and use new Solihull Council wheelie bins will have to prune their enthusiasm now the brakes have been put on the scheme. Read
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Birmingham medics finds clue to Iraq poisonings
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
MEDICS at Birmingham's City Hospital have helped save the lives of two poisoned Iraqi families. Read
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Charges follow Birmingham City v Aston Villa derby clash
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
MORE than two dozen men have been charged over violent clashes between fans and police following the Blues v Villa second city derby. Read
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Birmingham flies the flag at Beijing Paralympics
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
PARALYMPIANS Paul Shaw and Claire Cashmore are going for gold in Beijing. Read
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£500,000 worth of fakes seized at Cannock sale
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
MORE than £500,000 worth of fake computer games, DVD and CDs have been seized in a raid at a car boot sale. Read
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£1m to make Great Western Arcade great again
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM'S historic Great Western Arcade is in line for a 21st century facelift of up to £1 million, restoring it to its Victorian glory. Read
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Roger Godsiff MP in call to curb mobile deal 'fat cats'
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
MOBILE phone "fat cats" were condemned in the House of Commons when Birmingham MP Roger Godsiff urged Ministers to help customers who became victims of " dodgy business practices". Read
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Minis score at Aston Villa, Italian style
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
ICONIC film The Italian Job came to life when the world's only complete set of original replica Minis from the 1969 movie hit the streets of Birmingham. Read
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Tory MP Peter Luff hits out at slowness of Rover inquiry
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
DETAILS of the precise costs of the £11 million Rover inquiry, and why it has taken so long, have been demanded by MPs. Read
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Chaplain Vivien Baldwin joins West Midlands Police
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
A WOMAN who dodged bullets while serving with the military has joined West Midlands Police as the country's first full-time female chaplain. Read
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Enjoy an ice time at Tamworth hotel
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
PLANS for a multi-million pound hotel shaped like a ski slope in the middle of Tamworth have been given the go-ahead. Read
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All work, no play is not Nadine's Gianfanga's way
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
WORK is literally like a game for Nadine Gianfagna of Birmingham Children's Hospital.. Read
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Dozy burglars fooled by dummy electrical items at Birmingham showhome
Mar 07 2008 | Top Stories
BUNGLING burglars were left looking like dummies when they broke into a city showhome to steal a TV and computer. Read
