Articles...
Apr 30 2008
THREE Brummie cabbies and their war hero passengers will land in northern France next week for a five-day trip to commemorate the D-Day landings....
Apr 30 2008
AN outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) at a Birmingham school is being investigated, it has emerged....
Apr 30 2008
AN ambitious project aimed at turning a landmark Midland cathedral into one of the most accessible in Britain was given a Royal seal of approval today....
Apr 30 2008
A MAN who helped con an elderly couple out of £545 for unnecessary repair work to their roof has been spared a prison sentence....
Apr 30 2008
A YOUNG pupil from Kingshurst’s City Technology College has rubbed shoulders with the biggest names in British sport in a two-year stint as a young ambassador for the 2012 London Olympics....
Apr 30 2008
Heartlands Hospital has drawn inspiration from a favourite 80’s movie Ghostbusters to launch a fun infection control campaign to spread the important message of how to stop MRSA in its tracks....
Apr 30 2008
POLICE have opposed a 24-hour booze licence bid by a Broad Street supermarket because they claim it will "increase crime and disorder."...
Apr 30 2008
AWARD winning actor Matthew Kelly is to star in a major production at one of the smallest theatres in the Midlands....
Apr 30 2008
THE brother of Aston Villa defender Zat Knight was this afternoon jailed for six years for dealing in heroin and cocaine....
Apr 30 2008
DETECTIVES investigating the discovery of human remains in a Midland canal have identified the body and launched a murder investigation....
Apr 30 2008
THE recruitment crisis reported by Birmingham balti-houses might be solved by training British people to become chefs, Immigration Minister Liam Byrne has suggested....
Apr 30 2008
LAND Rover celebrates its 60th anniversary this week - and a special two-day event will take place at the weekend to mark the milestone....
Apr 30 2008
AN INSPIRATIONAL figure in Birmingham’s Irish community who was instrumental in reviving the St Patrick’s Parade in the city has died after a battle with cancer....
Apr 30 2008
TWO senior Midland firefighters who were sacked over a spoof video prank today won back their jobs....
Apr 30 2008
THE ambitious refurbishment of Birmingham's Town Hall, the imaginative reinvention of iconic Fort Dunlop and the newly built Holloway Circus Tower, are all in line for a prestigious national architectural award for excellence....
Apr 30 2008
FRESH delays over the long awaited relaunch of Longbridge are down to the link-up between former Chinese rivals SAIC and Nanjing, the Midlands’ top motoring industry guru said....
Apr 30 2008
THE woman owner of a Midland company which collected between up to £2,000 a day from illegal wheelclamping, has been convicted of conspiracy to blackmail motorists....
Apr 30 2008
OUTDATED council homes in Birmingham will be given a new lease of life under £2 million plans to bring housing into the 21st century....
Apr 30 2008
THE last group of traders in a shopping centre that is about to be bulldozed found themselves being boarded in - while they were still working in the city centre premises....
Apr 30 2008
THE largest gay and lesbian event in the country organised by Birmingham Pride will be without its crowd-pulling party piece this year - the famous parade that winds round the city centre and ends in the gay village....
Apr 30 2008
THOUSANDS of fans frozen out of the climax to West Bromwich Albion's glory season have launched a campaign to get the game beamed back to The Hawthorns....
Apr 30 2008
A MAN who started selling crack cocaine to ease his financial problems has been jailed for two years....
Apr 30 2008
A SPRIGHTLY widower who was still working aged 88 has died, a week after being mugged by a woman....
Apr 30 2008
THE family of two-year-old hit-and-run victim Josh Berrill today praised the police and prosecutors after a m an was convicted of his manslaughter....
Apr 30 2008
A SPECTACULAR two-mile walk through the Midlands' largest area of natural bluebells will help to raise thousands of pounds for charity this weekend....
Apr 30 2008
FIRE crews from the water rescue unit pulled a terrier to safety after he almost drowned in a storm culvert which had become flooded in heavy rain....
Apr 30 2008
A WELL-KNOWN Birmingham pub has been destroyed in a suspected arson attack....
Apr 30 2008
TWO years ago Julie Mooney was tipping the scales at 13 stone and her self-esteem had plummeted to an all time low....
Apr 30 2008
A COUNCILLOR today called for more control over advertising posters in "culturally sensitive" areas of Birmingham....
Apr 30 2008
A 21-YEAR-old Midland woman drowned after she became trapped under water for 20 minutes during a white water adventure activity in New Zealand....
Apr 30 2008
THOUSANDS of Aston Villa fans are set to pay tribute to "gentle giant" Christopher Priest in a poignant minute's silence before kick-off against Wigan on Saturday....
Apr 30 2008
BLIND marathon hero Dave Heeley and his running guide Malcolm Carr are to run in a popular annual road race in the Midlands....
