May 06 2008 | Top Stories
BRITAIN'S self-proclaimed "only black farmer" is inviting urban youngsters to trade in the city life for the countryside and try their hand at farming. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
AN internationally-known Christian speaker will be in Solihull tonight to talk about guns, gangs and hoodies. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
AN urgent telegram from Wolves to one of their young stars telling him that he was playing on Saturday – and adding "bring father and mother" - is up for auction. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
A CAVALCADE of iconic photos from Birmingham punk star Toyah Wilcox are to be displayed in a special on-line gallery as she marks her 50th birthday this month. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM City University has been given the green light to build a student village in Perry Barr. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
INTREPID Albion fan Phil Edwards took his life in his hands as he went to the home of bitter rivals Birmingham City for a brave charity stunt. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
SHELTERED homes for frail elderly are to be built at the heart of a new £50 million Sutton Coldfield shopping complex sparking protests from councillors. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
TUCKED away between Worcester and Stratford-upon-Avon, people living in Wychavon are said to enjoy among the best quality of life in rural Britain. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
SUPERGIRL flew into Birmingham to help the city’s oldest comic shop celebrate an international event of epic proportions. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
SUTTON Coldfield-based MEP Mike Nattrass is attempting to get elected to Westminster. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
FANS of Meccano flocked to a Midland exhibition featuring models of locomotives, planes and ships. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
LITTLE Cerys Edwards, the Birmingham child left seriously brain damaged in a road accident, is to get an interim payment of £800,000 in damages Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
TENS of thousands of triumphant Albion fans were left devastated today after the Baggies snubbed plans for an open-top bus parade and civic reception. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
THE parents of Cerys Edwards, who suffered devastating injuries in a car crash, have launched an online petition to try to change the law. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
BRUMMIES who basked in Bank Holiday sunshine can expect more fine weather this week as temperatures in the city put Europe's holiday hotspots in the shade. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
A COLOURFUL cavalcade of historic working canal boats brought thousands of waterways enthusiasts flooding to the Black Country Living Museum. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
AT West Midlands Police Dog Training School, Mail Crime Correspondent MARK COWAN went to see what it takes to turn the cute cadets into fully-fledged four-legged crimefighters. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
WEST Midlands Police currently has 69 dog handlers and 91 dogs in the ranks. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM restauranteur has cooked up a right Royal treat after being invited to a prestigious reception at Buckingham Palace by The Queen. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
OSCAR-nominated film-maker Morgan Spurlock has arrive in Birmingham to look for the world's most wanted man - Osama Bin Laden. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
DOGS began to join the Thin Blue Line after World War II when it was realised they could help maintain order and catch criminals. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
AHHHHH! The cute canine cadets pictured are the latest recruits to West Midlands Police sniffer dogs team. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
A COLLEGE boss has paid tribute to a colleague who died in a head-on crash in the Midlands. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
BANKING group Lloyds TSB today revealed a further £387 million hit from the credit crunch, but signalled there would be no need for a cash call to investors. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
VISITORS to Sutton Park felt they had travelled back in time when they came face to face with its former owner, Henry VIII. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
PRINCESS Alexandra was opening St Giles Hospice's new Sutton Coldfield facility today, quarter of a century after she opened the charity's first home in Whittington. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
LONG-awaited work to repair a crumbling section of Birmingham's iconic Spaghetti Junction will start within weeks. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
A PENSIONER whose daughter's grave has been repeatedly targeted by vandals has said she wishes she could dig up the body and bury it somewhere else. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
IT'S been rocking and rolling for five decades and now the future sounds good for Birmingham's very own house of music. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
A MOTHER once plagued by panic attacks told today how learning martial arts had changed her life. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM scientists have made a breakthrough that could stop people having seizures brought on by a renewable energy source. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
ACTOR John Nettles today accused the Prime Minister of "mugging the nation’s heritage" over plans to build an eco-town near his Warwickshire country home. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
IT was a musical project that could have gone down like a lead balloon, But last night’s show proved that the teaming of American bluegrass star Alison Krauss and West Bromwich-born hard rock legend Robert Plant is a soaring success. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
THE Government is to inject £28 million into West Midlands schools to rescue pupils from under-performance and create an educational "renaissance". Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
RUMOURS of the Wolverhampton ring road tramp’s Nazi past were today finally been laid to rest. Read
May 06 2008 | Top Stories
FIREFIGHTERS battled into the night to control a fire which swept through a derelict nursing home in Great Barr. Read