Articles...
Apr 22 2008
CONCERNS were mounting this evening for the safety of an "extremely vulnerable" disabled man, following the discovery of his mother's body, police said....
Apr 22 2008
BIRMINGHAM City Council is to be ordered to draw up plans for improving 27 low-achieving schools, Schools Secretary Ed Balls has revealed....
Apr 22 2008
RESIDENTS living near the site of a proposed Midland eco town are furious that local councillors have delayed coming out officially against the project....
Apr 22 2008
A STUDENT repeatedly shot by a leading member of a notorious Birmingham street gang today told of his relief after the thug was jailed for a minimum 14 years....
Apr 22 2008
BATTLE lines were today being drawn up for a two-day walk out by council staff, which begins tomorrow. Schools, libraries and leisure centres face closure and black bags will be left by the roadside as many council services grind to a halt....
Apr 22 2008
A FATHER-of-two was "executed" in a hail of bullets by killer wearing a baseball hat and armed with a machine gun near a Birmingham kebab house, a court heard....
Apr 22 2008
A TINY pensioner with a heart condition and dodgy legs was accused of scaling a 20ft tree "like a monkey" to vandalise a telephone cable....
Apr 22 2008
A MUCH-loved Father Christmas, whose life was dedicated to the gift of giving at a Birmingham hospital, has died....
Apr 22 2008
A VETS clinic has employed its own undercover security guard after staff were left terrified by two armed robberies just weeks apart....
Apr 22 2008
DEVASTATED friends and family of Christopher Priest laid flowers and a Villa shirt bearing his name at the spot where the 26-year-old lost his life....
Apr 22 2008
A CITY carnival which began with a handful of stalls and grew over the past decade to become the second largest street event in Britain is celebrating its tenth milestone with a two-day extravaganza....
Apr 22 2008
LEARNERS told they wouldn't get a penny back after a driving instructor sped off with their cash will now get full refunds after their plight was reported in the Birmingham Mail....
Apr 22 2008
BIRMINGHAM MP Gisela Stuart today demanded compensation for millions of workers hit by the Government's tax shake-up....
Apr 22 2008
YOUNG at heart Patricia Flanagan loves nothing better than entertaining the "elderly" with her mime shows and dancing dolls....
Apr 22 2008
WORRIED council chiefs have called for a longer consultation period over post offices threatened with closure....
Apr 22 2008
POSTMAN Martin Wilkes has proved he really is first class when it comes to saving lives....
Apr 22 2008
BIRMINGHAM MPs and football writers today called on The Sun to apologise to Aston Villa and Birmingham City fans after they wrongly blamed club rivalry for the death of 26-year-old Villa fan Christopher Priest....
Apr 22 2008
Blues and Villa fans deluged the Birmingham Mail website forums to leave messages of support for Christopher Priest's family. To leave your tribute visit www.birminghammail.net...
Apr 22 2008
VILLA and Blues fans were today united in grief over the alleged murder of "gentle giant" Christopher Priest as his family called for justice....
Apr 22 2008
RELATIVES of a train factory worker who died from a fatal asbestos-related disease have launched a legal battle for compensation against the famous Birmingham company where he worked....
Apr 22 2008
THE M6 north of Birmingham re-opened today after 14 hours of tailback misery caused by a jack-knifed lorry. ...
