Articles...
Apr 18 2008
YOUNG musicians have issued an SOS to keep their band marching into the future....
Apr 18 2008
A CITY centre car park set to become the site of the new £193 million Library of Birmingham, is to be dug up by archaologists. ...
Apr 18 2008
A MIDLAND brewery was celebrating today after being reunited with a famous advert it once used to plug its service delivering beer to people’s homes, thanks to the Birmingham Mail....
Apr 18 2008
A BRUMMIE Bob Dylan fanatic has been given the honour of headlining the international convention in honour of the American legend....
Apr 18 2008
HOODY-wearers have joined forces for the launch of a new police initiative to tackle crime....
Apr 18 2008
A LONG-established Birmingham charity is going up in the world – with a new adventure tower for thrill-seekers....
Apr 18 2008
THRILL seekers can race across the waters of a Midland beauty spot at a special fund-raising fun day for two city charities....
Apr 18 2008
CONTROVERSIAL politician Enoch Powell - infamous for his ’Rivers of Blood’ speech 40 years ago tomorrow - is still in the running to be honoured by his home city of Birmingham....
Apr 18 2008
THE top Chinese car boss at the helm of the Longbridge project is to jet into Birmingham next month for talks which could seal the fate of plans to relaunch MG models....
Apr 18 2008
WHEN Brit-Pop ruled the waves in the mid-nineties Ocean Colour Scene navigated choppy waters to major success....
Apr 18 2008
A MIDLAND magistrate who tried to extort £45,000 from a friend by telling him he could make allegedly harmful information about him disappear, has been jailed for 18 months....
Apr 18 2008
A MYSTERY millionaire has come to the aid of a group of rural Warwickshire protesters looking to protect their village from Government development. ...
Apr 18 2008
THREE men who tried to make a Muslim workmate eat bacon, knowing it was against his religious beliefs, in a ten-month campaign of racial harassment described as "degrading" were each jailed for three years at Wolverhampton Crown Court....
Apr 18 2008
BIRMINGHAM’S unhappy association with postal voting took a new twist after an MP demanded an investigation into alleged "pro-Labour bias" by the city council elections office....
Apr 18 2008
PRISON and police chiefs today welcomed a jail sentence for a man who supplied drugs to prisoners....
Apr 18 2008
A MUM who has lived in Birmingham for more than two decades has been stranded abroad after being refused re-entry to the UK....
Apr 18 2008
DETECTIVES have hit a brick wall in their bid to trace an elderly man who could help convict a gang of vicious teenage girls....
Apr 18 2008
A BLACK Country tower block where a pensioner died after an attack in his home is to trial a new high-tech surveillance scheme....
Apr 18 2008
MUSIC students at a Birmingham secondary school had an extra lift to their voices following a surprise VIP visit by Blue Peter television presenter Zoe Salmon....
Apr 18 2008
VANDALS have been targeting a Midland school with break-ins and arson attacks....
Apr 18 2008
A FAMILY accused of keeping pit bull terriers in their Northfield home claimed evidence was planted in their house during a raid....
Apr 18 2008
A CANNABIS factory was discovered hidden in a Birmingham house after firefighters were called to deal with a flood....
Apr 18 2008
BIRMINGHAM music legends UB40 were today speaking out against Enoch Powell's controversial Rivers of Blood speech on the eve of its 40th anniversary....
Apr 18 2008
CHILDREN'S Secretary Ed Balls says financial skills such as taking risks and building up savings should be taught in the classroom....
Apr 18 2008
WATCH out Birmingham! TV stylists Trinny and Susannah are back in the city tomorrow urging Brummies to get naked....
Apr 18 2008
A NAKED ram raider wearing only a pair of designer boots ransacked a supermarket before leading police on a high speed car chase....
Apr 18 2008
CONMEN stole an elderly Midland couple's savings while pretending to fix their washing machine....
Apr 18 2008
A TEENAGE girl was sprayed in the face with a fire extinguisher as she travelled into Birmingham on a train with friends....
Apr 18 2008
A LEADING charity for children with life-threatening illnesses is pioneering a new-style ambassador scheme to spread the word on its vital work across the region....
Apr 18 2008
HOLLYWOOD legends, astronauts and war heroes will be in Birmingham tonight for the launch of an event aimed at giving fans a chance to meet their idols....
Apr 18 2008
A FIREMAN has spoken of the terrifying moment he was threatened with a gun after being called out to a blaze during rioting in Birmingham....
