Articles...
Apr 4 2008
BULKY Kirsty Warrilow threw a giant wobbly after being kicked off a theme park ride - for being too fat....
Apr 4 2008
BIRMINGHAM'S famous Balti Belt is facing a fresh curry crisis with the threat of immigration raids on restaurants packed with weekend diners....
Apr 4 2008
BLUNDERING Birmingham City Council has been urging Brummies to vote on the wrong day....
Apr 4 2008
HUNDREDS of Brummies are flying to Hungary and other European destinations abroad to get cheaper dental treatment....
Apr 4 2008
SEVERN Trent Water is axing 30 jobs after bosses decided to close the Coleshill incinerator plant....
Apr 4 2008
STRAY dogs could be left roaming the streets of Birmingham due to a change in the law which comes into effect this weekend....
Apr 4 2008
POLICE are investigating a sinister harassment campaign against a Birmingham teacher....
Apr 4 2008
MEET matchstick mad model enthusiast Paul Morgan, who has used hundreds of thousands of matches over the past 30 years to create this fascinating array of wooden miniatures....
Apr 4 2008
BRUMMIE chef Glynn Purnell has spoken of his "giantkilling" joy at winning a spot in the national final of the Great British Menu....
Apr 4 2008
HOMEGROWN talent is being showcased this weekend at a major fashion extravaganza in Birmingham....
Apr 4 2008
A FORMER Solihull pupil's film will be the last to be shown at the mac before its overhaul tonight....
Apr 4 2008
SKELETAL remains discovered in a canal in the Black Country could take weeks to identify, it was revealed today....
Apr 4 2008
CHOCOLATE giant Cadbury's today declared superstar Madonna "a true Brit" after she revealed her weakness is for the Bournville brand....
Apr 4 2008
PRAISE was lavished on Birmingham's retail industry as celebrities and shoppers flocked to the launch of a major fashion extravaganza....
Apr 4 2008
THE family of a man stabbed to death in a violent attack at a Birmingham pub have appealed for the killer to end their "nightmare" and give himself up....
Apr 4 2008
BROMSGROVE District Council's green waste collections restarted this week....
Apr 4 2008
HOSPITAL chiefs are celebrating after being hailed in a national report for making outstanding progress in the battle against heart disease....
Apr 4 2008
A STAFFORD judge has become the first honorary recorder of the borough in 172 years....
Apr 4 2008
CAMPAIGNERS have vowed to fight to keep their post offices open after the Government announced which branches were to close....
Apr 4 2008
A BOY was knocked unconscious when a motorist attacked him....
Apr 4 2008
A SPOOF video posted on the internet which ridicules Birmingham and calls Brummies "mingers" sparked outrage today....
Apr 4 2008
COUNCIL bosses believe they have jumped to the front of the queue in their bid to bring new state of the art recycling facilities to the area....
Apr 4 2008
PRESSURE was mounting today on a discredited former Liberal Democrat election candidate to resign from his senior position with the Aston Pride regeneration body....
Apr 4 2008
A DRUG and alcohol service has helped nearly 900 young people with subtance misuse problems across Worcestershire since it started three years ago....
Apr 4 2008
THE next time you feel deflated by a flat tyre, spare a thought for Steven and Linda Byrne....
Apr 4 2008
A BIRMINGHAM mum who lay undiscovered for nine hours after plunging into a mountain ravine, today said: "Thank God I'm alive."...
Apr 4 2008
HOMEOWNERS living near a site proposed as a new 'eco town' today spoke of their anger over Government plans to transform the countryside....
Apr 4 2008
A PIONEERING Birmingham community radio station is appealing for budding presenters for its podcast shows as it tours the West Midlands....
Apr 4 2008
MINORITY groups are being offered cash to support the development of football across Birmingham....
Apr 4 2008
THE train will be taking the strain at a special fund-raising event in memory of a Midland man who devoted his life to the scouting movement....
Apr 4 2008
THEIR hair might be greyer and the waistlines wider but hundreds of revellers rolled back the years at a grand reopening party at one of Birmingham's best loved nightspots....
Apr 4 2008
THE father of Cerys Edwards today told of the terrible extent of the injuries she suffered when the family car was hit by a Range Rover travelling at 70mph....
Apr 4 2008
FORMER Midland TV host Chris Tarrant has agreed to give his estranged wife Ingrid half of his £25 million fortune in a divorce settlement....
Apr 4 2008
POLICE have pulled the plug on a tattoo show at the NEC amid fears rival biker gangs were gearing up for a bloodbath....
Apr 4 2008
DETECTIVES in Birmingham are appealing for help to trace a mugger who snatched an elderly woman's handbag and left her in a distressed state....
Apr 4 2008
AN historic Midland pub which was devastated in a fierce blaze just before Christmas has risen from the ashes and will reopen next month....
Apr 4 2008
PRINCE Charles and his wife Camilla Parker-Bowles are to visit Birmingham to give their royal approval to the city's newly renovated Town Hall....
