Jun
2008
Articles from 3rd Jun 2008
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Musical youngsters bring serious message to green festival
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
MUSICAL pupils in Birmingham have lent their voices to the campaign against climate change. Read
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Vast crowds expected for annual Solihull Carnival
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
MUSIC, dancing and clowning around is on the cards for families at a carnival set to be staged in the Midlands this weekend. Organisers of Solihull Carnival hope the event will attract crowds of thousands of people from across the Midlands on Saturday. Read
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Escapologist to cheat the gallows for the first time in 20 years
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
ESCAPOLOGIST and illusionist Vic Odin is hoping he won’t be "hung out to dry" when he takes to the stage for the first time in 20 years for a special tribute show. Vic, aged 74, from Dudley, was one half of famous act The Odins with his wife Louise for 30 years. Read
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Motorists despair at potholes
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
NEARLY two thirds of drivers in the West Midlands reckon our roads are in a worse state than 10 years ago. Motorists say surfaces have deteriorated over the last decade, according to a new poll. Read
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Reading garden to remember boy killed with mum in hit-and-run
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
A SPECIAL memorial reading garden has been created at a Birmingham primary school in honour of a former pupil who was killed alongside his pregnant mother in a road accident. Read
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£350m complex to be given go-ahead
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
A TEN-acre canalside office, apartment and leisure complex is set to get the go-ahead from city planners tomorrow . Read
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Devastated couple cancel big day after brain tumour discovered
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
A DEVOTED Midland couple have been forced to abandon their wedding after being told the bombshell news their three-year-old son has cancer. Read
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Wispa in top three for most welcome comebacks
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
THE Wispa bar tastes sweeter than ever! The much-loved Cadbury chocolate bar has been hailed for making one of the most triumphant comebacks of all time. Read
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New models 'key' to future of Land Rover after Tata takeover
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
BOSSES at Tata have been urged to agree key new models for Land Rover within a year – securing the future of the Solihull plant and 6,000 jobs for at least a decade. Read
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Birmingham police station cells to ease prison overcrowding
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE chiefs are expecting cells in Birmingham and the West Midlands could be needed again in the next few months to help ease prison overcrowding causing by record population figures. Read
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Missing man David Wilkinson found dead in Birmingham park
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
A MAN who vanished from his Birmingham home has been found dead, police confirmed today. Read
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All male cheerleaders support Race for Life
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM mums, daughters, and sisters will be crossing the Race for Life finishline to polished cheerleading performances next month. Read
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Family of murder victim Patrick Mellard in plea to catch his killer
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
THE shattered family of a Birmingham man stabbed to death in a street attack today made a heartfelt appeal for help to catch his killer. Read
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Birmingham couple Jim and Thelma Thomas celebrate 60 years together
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
THEY were engaged within six weeks of meeting, and their whirlwind romance has stood the test of time as Thelma and Jim Thomas celebrate their diamond wedding. Read
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Army medics complete France bike ride for injured troops
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
TWO Midland medics have completed a gruelling tandem cycling challenge across France to support soldiers they treat, injured in war zones from Iraq to Afghanistan. Colonels Jonathan Leach and Robin Simpson, who are both army doctors working in defence medicine at Birmingham University campus, got on their bikes when they heard the 300 mile journey was to enhance the welfare of injured servicemen and women. Read
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Jobs set to be axed at Walsall Manor Hospital
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
MORE than 80 jobs are to be axed at Walsall Manor Hospital by the end of the year. Read
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Accidents spark Black Country rush hour chaos
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
MOTORISTS faced traffic chaos across the Black Country today after separate accidents in Dudley and Halesowen. Read
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Aston Villa put Acorns Children's Hospice on their shirts
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
ASTON Villa are teaming up with Acorns children's hospice in a unique partnership deal that is making Premier league history. Read
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US trial starts for murder suspect Neil Entwistle
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
BRITON Neil Entwistle arrives at court charged with murdering his American wife, a former Midland teacher, and baby. Read
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Calshot School mourns M5 car crash tragedy head Daniel Slinn
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
STAFF, governors and pupils at a Birmingham primary school were today said to be "utterly devastated" over the death of their headteacher in a crash on a Midland motorway. Read
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How Acorns Hospice supports families
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
ACORNS has helped more than 1,200 families in the past 18 years and has three hospices - in Birmingham, based in Selly Oak, Walsall and Worcester. Read
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Drug addict jailed after Walsall shop raid
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
A HEROIN addict who threatened Walsall shoppers with a knife after he was caught shoplifting has been put behind bars for a year. Read
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Two accused on car crash death of Scott Irwin
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
TWO men have been arrested and bailed in connection with the death of a father killed in a car crash. Read
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Sunday League footballer tried to head-butt referee
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
AN amateur footballer who punched a team-mate and tried to head-butt a referee in a hotly contested Sunday league clash has walked free from a court after being given a suspended prison sentence. Read
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OAP hit by motorbike in Birmingham
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
A PENSIONER was today recovering in hospital after being hit by a motorbike in Birmingham. Read
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Make an example of Severn Trent Water, judge is urged
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
A JUDGE was asked to make an example of a Midland water company which deliberately lied about its water leakage. Read
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Little Regan Smith's had a ball - now your tot could be our Baby Of Yhe Year
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
GORGEOUS Regan Smith is getting used to the cameras after being voted Baby Of The Year in the Birmingham Mail's competition a year ago. Read
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Preacher Arthur Cunningham vows to continue despite Alum Rock row
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
ARTHUR Cunningham, the preacher who claimed he was stopped from handing out extracts of the Bible in Alum Rock by police, today insisted he would not stop spreading the Word of the Bible. Read
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Olton Golf Club gardener crushed by mowers
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
A GARDENER who was crushed between two sit-on lawn mowers at a Midland golf course was today recovering in hospital. Read
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Family of Birmingham murder victim Patrick Mellard in appeal to catch knife killer
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
THE family of a Birmingham man stabbed to death in a street attack were today due to make an emotional appeal for help to catch his killer. Read
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Christian and Muslim solidarity in Alum Rock following preaching row
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
MEMBERS of different faiths stood side by side to deny that Birmingham's Alum Rock had become a no-go area for non-Muslims. Read
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Tata complete takeover of Land Rover and Jaguar
Jun 03 2008 | Top Stories
A NEW era has begun for Jaguar Land Rover as India's Tata Motors formally completed its acquisition of the Midland icons. Read
