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Apr 10 2008
MIDLAND businessman Sir James Ackers, the most senior figure in the region’s NHS for more than 10 years until his resignation after a string of financial scandals, has died aged 72. ...
Apr 10 2008
FURIOUS Blues bosses Karren Brady and David Sullivan were today said to be insistent their arrest had "nothing whatsoever" to do with any suggestion that they received "bungs"....
Apr 10 2008
A WOMAN was dramatically winched to safety from an island clifftop today after texting her mum in the Midlands for help....
Apr 10 2008
A PET owner who killed his dog by putting it in a washing machine has been jailed for four months....
Apr 10 2008
BLIND marathon runner Dave Heeley was today setting off on his fourth of seven marathons after flying into Australia...
Apr 10 2008
A MURDER investigation has been launched into the mystery death of a Midland lorry driver left for dead in a river after being brutally beaten....
Apr 10 2008
UNION bosses were today accused of playing political football by calling a strike right before the May 1 local elections....
Apr 10 2008
SHARES in Birmingham City Football Club were suspended on the London Stock Exchange today amid a corruption investigation....
Apr 10 2008
THE MAN who single handedly revived the fortunes of the blaze-hit National Motorcycle Museum has been laid to rest....
Apr 10 2008
A GAY pub in Birmingham has called for an investigation into West Midlands Police, blaming homophobic officers for a loss of trade....
Apr 10 2008
POLICE who raided a Birmingham sales rep's home discovered 90 indecent images of children stored on his computer....
Apr 10 2008
DAVID Sullivan is the porn magnate who moved into football while Karren Brady is the marketing executive who became the first woman at the top of a Premiership club....
Apr 10 2008
FURIOUS Karren Brady was today said to be insistent that the police inquiry had "nothing whatsoever" to do with any suggestion that she or David Sullivan received "bungs"....
Apr 10 2008
THE grief-stricken family of a dad-of-three stabbed to death in Birmingham today described him as a "decent and genuine family man"....
Apr 10 2008
THE controversial A34 Stratford Road red route has been a huge success in speeding up bus times and traffic, a council inquiry has concluded....
Apr 10 2008
A MAN has been warned he could face a prison sentence for two sex attacks on a schoolgirl....
Apr 10 2008
WEDDING fever is in the air at a Birmingham theatre - and not just because it is putting on popular musical Seven Brides For Seven Brothers....
Apr 10 2008
TV PRESENTER Joanne Malin had decided to give herself a well earned rest this year from strenuous charity activities after treking in the Grand Canyon and jogging across city parks for good causes....
Apr 10 2008
A WOMAN who was once so fat she got wedged halfway down a water slide has lost a staggering seven stone....
Apr 10 2008
A COUPLE accused of the hitand-run death of a Spanish teenager could be held in jail for up to two years before facing trial, it emerged today....
Apr 10 2008
THE 700-year-old Weoley Castle ruins labelled 'at risk' by English Heritage are to be given a new lease of life in a £1.1 million overhaul....
Apr 10 2008
A NEW York-style community court was considered "too dangerous" to be launched in a city neighbourhood, it emerged today....
Apr 10 2008
A WOMAN discharged her mother from a Birmingham hospital because she feared she would be killed by nurses flouting her strict diet regime....
Apr 10 2008
A BIRMINGHAM landlady has won an award for raising more than £10,000 for good causes in a year....
Apr 10 2008
POLICE in the West Midlands today looked set to be celebrating a dramatic drop in crime to levels not seen for almost two decades....
Apr 10 2008
THOUSANDS of Birmingham homeowners are at risk of being burgled because videos giving blow-by-blow accounts of how to defy door locks are being posted on the internet, it was claimed today....
