Jun
2008
Articles from 20th Jun 2008
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Revealed: The Birmingham post offices facing closure
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
TODAY the Birmingham Mail can reveal the hit-list of city post offices facing the axe in a savage closure programme. Read
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Redevelopment plans for Longbridge are labelled unsound
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
THE two major landowners involved in the redevelopment of Longbridge today labelled the long term vision for the site ‘unsound’. Read
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Birmingham team flies football Euro flag for England
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
ENGLAND may have missed out on Euro 2008 but a team from Birmingham are still in with a fighting chance – even though the players are all over 45. Read
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HMS Daring celebrates its links with Birmingham
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
THE Royal Navy’s newest and most powerful air defence vessel is set to become Birmingham’s most formidable worldwide icon. Read
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Feast of fun for launch of The Public in West Bromwich
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
A GIANT aluminium whale, street theatre and live music will be among a feast of entertainment heralding the public launch of West Bromwich’s £54 million interactive arts centre. Read
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Cadbury boss Trevor Bond warns of changes ahead
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
HE’S a real life Willy Wonka, but the chocolate business is no fairly tale for Trevor Bond. Read
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Shabana Mahmood defends her selection as Labour candidate for Ladywood
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
THE woman hoping to succeed popular Birmingham MP Clare Short signalled today that she plans to be just as passionate and outspoken as her famous predecessor. Read
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Government funding pledge for National Memorial Arboretum
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
MIDLAND MP Michael Fabricant has welcomed news that the Ministry of Defence has agreed funding to ensure a war memorial is properly maintained over the coming years Read
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M6 up-grade at Walsall to feature ‘hamburger’ junction
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
A MULTI-million pound plan to slash congestion at a busy motorway junction at Walsall is set to move a step closer. Read
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Blow in appeal to make roads safer
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM’S highways engineers have claimed they can do little more to redesign roads to lower the numbers of deaths and serious injuries. Read
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Resident to fight against Carling Academy move
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
THE Birmingham Carling Academy’s much heralded £4 million transfer across the city centre to the former Dome nightclub could be put on hold after incurring the wrath of one of its prospective new neighbours. Read
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School a lesson in survival
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
A WALSALL school has been held up as a model of how to make the successful journey out of special measures. Read
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Director victim of drink and drugs
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM businessman died after a night of drink and drugs with a prostitute, an inquest heard. Read
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Connie Talbot to perform with Whitney Houston
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
STREETLY’S singing starlet Connie Talbot is set to perform a duet with troubled pop diva Whitney Houston. Read
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Abortion rates soar in West Midlands
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
ABORTION rates in the West Midlands have soared, particularly among teenagers, making them among the highest in the country with nearly 21,000 terminations, disturbing new figures reveal today. Read
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Father pays tribute to toddler who drowned in pond
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
THE heartbroken father of a Birmingham toddler who drowned in a pond today paid tribute to his “very special little boy”. Read
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Five jailed for emptying pension pot of £2.9m
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
FIVE men were jailed for a total of 26 years in 2004 for emptying the Cheney fund of £2.9 million in less than four weeks. Read
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Drowning tragedy boy named
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
A BOY of three who drowned in a garden pond was today named as Ruben Louie Buckley. Read
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Fraudsters must pay back £1.5m
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
TWO men involved in the theft of a total of £2.9 million from the pension fund of a Birmingham lockmaker have been ordered to pay back more than £1.5 million. Read
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Care boost planned for the elderly with £10m complex
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
A NEW £10 million elderly people’s centre is set to be built in Sutton Coldfield with plans due to be unveiled next week. Read
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Specialist science college status granted to Muslim school
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
BRITAIN’S first state-funded Muslim co-educational secondary school has achieved a new first – by gaining specialist college status. Read
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Jailed robber blamed for death of elderly victim by family
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
A WOMAN jailed for robbing a sprightly widower who died a week later was today accused of “finishing him off”. Read
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Suspect in double killings sought on-line encounters
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
BRITON Neil Entwistle spent the month before his wife and daughter were murdered looking on-line for sexual encounters, a court heard. Read
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Schools told no excuses by Ed Balls
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
POVERTY is no excuse for underachievement in secondary schools currently at risk of closure because of poor GCSE results, the Children’s Secretary said. Read
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Pedestrian killed in Great Barr collision
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
A PEDESTRIAN has died after a collision with a car on a dual carriageway in Birmingham. Read
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Tributes paid to Midland soldier
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
TRIBUTES were paid today to the Midland soldier who died in Afghanistan. Read
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Celebrities gather to view portraits painted by Midland artist
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
MUSIC legends Paul Weller, Toyah Willcox and Ocean Colour Scene visit a Birmingham art gallery tonight to view portraits of them by a city painter. Read
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Digger man impaled on girder
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
A CONSTRUCTION worker underwent emergency surgery after being impaled on a girder at the Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham. Read
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Amateur dramatics couple celebrate 60 years
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
STAGE-struck duo Peter and Betty Sheppard have spent decades together treading the boards on Birmingham’s amateur theatre scene. Read
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Historic silverware firm saved by English Heritage
Jun 20 2008 | Top Stories
IT’S like walking into a time capsule created 120 years ago, but this unique piece of British industrial heritage is to be preserved for future generations to understand how Birmingham was once the workshop of the world. Read
