May
2008
Articles from 9th May 2008
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Veterans return to France
May 09 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM Normandy veterans Victor Higgins and Graham Overton made the trip to France with the Taxi Benevolent Association for War Disabled. Read
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Car worker jailed in hitman case
May 09 2008 | Top Stories
A CAR worker has been jailed for five and a half years after he was secretly filmed trying to hire a hit man to kill his estranged wife and her lover. Read
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Gok Wan in Birmingham
May 09 2008 | Top Stories
TELEVISION style guru Gok Wan burst into Birmingham in quest to find the nation's most fashionable people. Read
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Late night buses in Broad Street to be scrapped
May 09 2008 | Top Stories
LATE night bus services from Birmingham’s Golden Mile have been suddenly scrapped due lack of interest. Read
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Planning chiefs want JFK mural restored
May 09 2008 | Top Stories
FURIOUS city planning chiefs want Birmingham’s historic Kennedy mural fully restored to its former glory in a new £150 million Digbeth Irish Quarter development. Read
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Call to honour Midland man who save thousands of Jews
May 09 2008 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND man who saved thousands of Jews from Nazi Germany will receive a posthumous knighthood if MPs get their way. Read
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Police investigation into postal vote fraud allegations
May 09 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE have begun the 'painstaking' process of investigating allegations of postal vote fraud during last week's local election. Read
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Quick-thinking nurse is named local hero
May 09 2008 | Top Stories
A QUICK-thinking Birmingham nurse who used a belt to save a pub customer after a violent knife attack is the Birmingham Mail's latest local hero. Read
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Pallasades proud of Brum's good citizens
May 09 2008 | Top Stories
JONATHAN Cheetham, general manager of The Pallasades, said: "We are continually aware of the importance of the Local Hero Award and I am delighted that Kate has been recognised this month for her heroic actions. Read
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Northfield family kept dogs used for fighting
May 09 2008 | Top Stories
A FAMILY convicted of keeping pit bull terrier-type dogs were also involved in breeding or fighting them, a court heard. Read
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Brady's £1m move to Arsenal wrecked
May 09 2008 | Top Stories
A £1 MILLION move by Birmingham City boss Karren Brady to become the managing director of Arsenal may have been wrecked by the police probe into football corruption. Read
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Axe-wielding raiders hit Hockley Heath post office
May 09 2008 | Top Stories
MASKED raiders brandishing an axe stormed a village post office and began smashing the cash kiosk as terrified staff dived for cover. Read
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Relief in Brum as China crisis ends at Longbridge
May 09 2008 | Top Stories
BUSINESS and union leaders today pledged their support to the Chinese revolution at Longbridge - with production finally due to return to the historic factory after a three-year gap. Read
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Irish pies are smiling for Cut the Cost winner
May 09 2008 | Top Stories
JOY Haywood will have to ditch any summer diet resolutions after becoming the fourth lucky winner in the Birmingham Mail's Cut the Cost competition. Read
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Cannabis found in Acocks Green home raid
May 09 2008 | Top Stories
CANNABIS plants were discovered when officers raided a Birmingham house. Read
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'Scum' killers 'should hang'
May 09 2008 | Top Stories
ROBBERS who killed two men during a crime spree that stretched across the Midlands were today described as “scum” by the anguished brother of one of victims. Read
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Driver 'made up' kidnap tale
May 09 2008 | Top Stories
A SECURITY van driver with mounting debts made up a story of being kidnapped and robbed at gunpoint in a country lane to steal nearly £180,000, a court heard. Read
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Moseley's Jug of Ale to be demolished
May 09 2008 | Top Stories
A LANDMARK Birmingham pub which set some of the biggest names in British music on the road to fame is set to be demolished. Read
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Description clue in West Heath sex beast hunt
May 09 2008 | Top Stories
PICTURED is the knife-wielding sex beast at the centre of a police manhunt after a woman was sexually assaulted in an alleyway. Read
