Articles...
Apr 17 2008
THE public has spoken! Votes are in and our 15 finalists have been picked, preened and photographed, and all are ready to become Birmingham’s next Top Model. However we only have space for one winner, so now we need your votes to decide who this will be....
Apr 17 2008
MORE than 100 construction firms were today accused of "bid-rigging" after one of the biggest ever investigations by the Office of Fair Trading....
Apr 17 2008
A BIRMINGHAM college is setting up home on the former MG Rover site at Longbridge in an £84 million move....
Apr 17 2008
POLICE release CCTV footage in connection with two separate robberies on buses in the city....
Apr 17 2008
THE case against a woman accused of tossing an apple core from her car into the street was dropped after new information came to light, council bosses revealed today....
Apr 17 2008
TELECOMS giant Fujitsu is sacrificing 140 Midland jobs by switching work to the USA - weeks after Gordon Brown praised the firm for offering UK jobs to overseas workers....
Apr 17 2008
BLIND marathon man Dave Heeley returned to the Black Country to a hero’s welcome as hundreds of people came out onto the streets to cheer him....
Apr 17 2008
A BIRMINGHAM family accused of keeping dangerous fighting dogs in their garden thought they were legal Staffordshire bull terriers....
Apr 17 2008
A FURIOUS MP is holding talks with Tory chief David Cameron in a bid to block controversial plans to build a 5,000 home mini-town in his constituency....
Apr 17 2008
AN ANGRY shopper has accused Solihull Council of squandering taxpayers' money by ripping out eyecatching blooms in the town centre....
Apr 17 2008
A BIRMINGHAM mum who paid out £140 in cash for her son's driving lessons has been left high and dry after the instructor vanished with her money, along with several other customers' fees....
Apr 17 2008
ROD Parsons' new venture couldn't be further away from the glamorous world of the Gumball Rally where supermodels Jodie Kidd and Caprice spin the wheels of Ferraris and Porsches....
Apr 17 2008
A WEST Midlands father inspired by the care given to his son today told of his tears of joy at completing the London Marathon....
Apr 17 2008
THE country's most senior civil judge has been appointed to hear a legal appeal by gun gang-busters in Birmingham....
Apr 17 2008
THERE wasn't a fall or a submission in sight as hundreds of wrestling fans got to grips with one of their heroes....
Apr 17 2008
THE church arsonist who destroyed the "jewel in the heart of Erdington" could escape scot-free unless the public come forward with information, police warned today....
Apr 17 2008
RUNNERS have just days to register for the Birmingham Mail Fun Run, with all entries having to be in a week from today....
Apr 17 2008
TUK-TUK taxis will be put through a series of rigorous safety checks before they are passed fit for the streets of Birmingham....
Apr 17 2008
A MAN was fighting for life today after an horrific road accident outside a Birmingham ambulance station....
Apr 17 2008
A DOCUMENTARY made during a college course in Birmingham and starring local historian Dr Carl Chinn is to be premiered at a city cinema later this month....
Apr 17 2008
REGULAR Birmingham Mail reader Maxine Bracey is looking forward to some guaranteed sunshine this summer....
Apr 17 2008
BIRMINGHAM'S elderly homeowners will get new help to bring their property up to scratch under a new council-backed loan scheme....