Mar
2008
Articles from 28th Mar 2008
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Birmingham's Amy Booth-Steel considers herself right for the part of Nancy
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
THE title of the show is I'd Do Anything and Birmingham contender Amy Steel can prove it. Read
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New Cadbury advert to be broadcast tonight
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
FROM drumming gorillas to a Mexican wave, Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate lovers are in for another tasty TV treat. Read
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Birmingham rep commissions play about Lozells riots
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
THE Lozells riots of 2005 have inspired a new play by six women which is being commissioned by one of Birmingham's leading theatres. Read
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Name change as Sandwell Hospital plan falls way behind schedule
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
HOSPITAL bosses have fallen so far behind with their £700 million Towards 2010 project they have been forced to change its name, it was revealed today. Read
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Council Tax rise warning on cost of new Birmingham library
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
BUILDING a £193 million landmark Library of Birmingham could put another £17.50 on the average family's council tax bill. Read
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Firm fined after Birmingham city centre hoarding collapse
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
A CONSTRUCTION company has been ordered to pay £17,000 for a breach of safety which left a woman trapped under hoardings on a busy city centre pavement. Read
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Buy our Cup tickets!
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
BAGGIES fans being targeted by touts with £300 FA Cup Semi-Final tickets were today told "don't buy - there are still 5,000 seats left!" Read
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Birmingham Mail man Adam Smith joins darts legend Sid Waddell
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
SKY Sports gave me the chance to see how magic is made last night. An invitation to sit with the great Sid Waddell to watch him commentate on darts. Read
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How one West Bromwich Albion fan won the FA Cup!
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
SCHOOLBOYS and professionals alike dream of lifting the FA Cup - but one West Bromwich Albion fan is celebrating after winning the trophy without leaving his living room. Read
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West Bromwich Albion fans told tickets still available for FA Cup semi final
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
BAGGIES fans being targeted by touts with £300 FA Cup Semi-Final tickets were today told "don't buy - there are still 5,000 seats left!" Read
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Teenage boy is stabbed to death in Birmingham
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
A TEENAGE boy has been stabbed to death in Birmingham. Read
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Lucky 7 bid for new Birmingham library
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM'S iconic Selfridges building could soon have competition from a landmark structure dreamt up by the architect responsible for London's controversial Gherkin tower and Wembley Stadium. Read
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Anger at Cage Rage shows plan for Birmingham NEC
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
A CONTROVERSIAL cage fighting event condemned as a "medieval human blood sport" is heading to Birmingham for the first time. Read
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Face of Birmingham kidnap suspect
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
THIS is the first e-fit of a man police are hunting for the abduction of a young girl as she walked to school in Birmingham. Read
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Body of teenage girl found in Wolverhampton field
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
A TEENAGE girl was found dead in a field near Wolverhampton today, and police said they were treating it as "suspicious". Read
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999 crews 'delay' in Birmingham pub stabbing
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
A MAN stabbed outside a Birmingham pub might have survived if ambulance crews had been able to get there sooner, it was claimed today. Read
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Sisters are the twin blue line
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
BOBBIES Emma and Elaine have a head start when it comes to keeping criminals on their toes. Read
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Birmingham road protesters witness a fresh smash
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
FAMILIES gathering to protest about safety on a Birmingham road where a teenage boy was seriously injured were caught up in a new road smash. Read
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Probe on Birmingham cop killer Glaister Butler closes
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
AN INDEPENDENT inquiry into how the care in the community system failed cop killer Glaister Butler could soon be completed, three years after it was announced. Read
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Land Rover unions in appeal on emissions
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
UNIONS at Land Rover are to press the Government to help kick-start the Tata regime and safeguard 6,000 jobs at the Midlands biggest factory by "cutting some slack" over CO2 emissions. Read
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Drummer Nick Mason hints at Pink Floyd return
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
PINK Floyd's Brum-born drummer Nick Mason has refused to rule out a full reunion of the band, insisting the team were just waiting for the right cause. Read
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Berserk alcoholic's ward plunge at Birmingham's Heartlands Hospital
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
AN ALCOHOLIC going through 'cold turkey' went berserk on a Birmingham hospital ward, smashing through a window and plunging 15ft to the ground. Read
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Birmingham baby infected by family snake
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
A BABY is believed to have caught salmonella from a pet snake at her Birmingham home. Read
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Electoral fraud still happens in Birmingham, says John Hemming MP
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
ELECTORAL fraud is still taking place in Birmingham three years after a judge compared the city to a banana republic, an MP claimed today. Read
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Car tyres slashed at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
VANDALS went on the rampage in streets around a Birmingham hospital, slashing thousands of pounds worth of nurses' car tyres. Read
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City leaders out of touch over beach, say Birmingham public
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
CASH should be found to bring back a beach set to disappear from the city centre this summer, say Brummies. Read
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Domestic violence costing Birmingham £100m a year
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
DOMESTIC violence in Birmingham is costing the city's vital services nearly £100 million a year. Read
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West Midlands Health Authority staff urged to slim down as part of obesity fight
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
HEALTH bosses were today urged to get their own house in order and slim down medics to ease the region's obesity crisis. Read
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Barrier to stop attacks by parents at Birmingham junior football matches
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
ANGRY and over-excited parents could be kept off Birmingham's junior football pitches by barriers in a new security clampdown. Read
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Live darts at Birmingham's NIA scores a bullseye
Mar 28 2008 | Top Stories
THE Premier Darts League bandwagon rolled in to Birmingham bringing all the razzamatazz of the Superbowl and Wrestling rolled into one. Read
