Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
IT WASN’T quite beach weather, but that did not stop eager young readers getting down to Chamberlain Square for a spot of storytelling. Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
CULTURE vultures from across the country will be descending on Sutton Coldfield this weekend as its first ever Arts Festival is held. Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
A DEVICE fitted to a Birmingham student’s computer has helped police track it down after was stolen during a break-in. Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
UP TO 500 amateur singers are expected to raise the roof tomorrow in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust, in Birmingham. Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
A FORMER Midland pub landlord who was exposed as a paedophile after appearing in the Birmingham Mail, was today jailed for 15 months. Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
A NEW team of police “gangbusters” swooped on a house in Birmingham and discovered this loaded 9mm pistol. Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
A REPORT backing the closure of one post office has been branded “erroneous, bordering on fraudulent.” Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
WORRIED customers and post office workers are expected to pack out the Birmingham Mail’s Post Office closures protest meeting. Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM landlord convicted of illegally screening commercially exclusive sports footage has been stripped indefinitely of his licence under a landmark ruling. Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
WHEN Birmingham couple Gayle and Mick Curtis left their two beloved dogs in Tenerife they knew they would have a long wait before they could see them again. Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
A FAMILY wedding for siblings Catherine Williams and Jeannie Keohane will always be tinged with sadness as it was the day after their teenage sister lost her battle with cancer. Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
WEST Midlands Travel inspectors caught 23 people smoking on the top deck of buses in Birmingham when they carried out checks. Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
CONFIDENT Shohanna Newman-Kidd is happy, intelligent and, thanks to a special stranger, has a bright future ahead of her. Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
WHEN Chris Scully turned 21 this week it was a more than just a special occasion, it was a moment his loved ones had feared he would never reach. Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
A FURIOUS councillor today accused a Government agency of getting caught up in “jobsworth bureaucracy” after it failed to remove all graffiti from a railway bridge. Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
THOUSANDS of motorists endured a nightmare crawl into work today after the worst snarl-up of the year on the M6 in Birmingham. Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
THE prospect of an elected mayor for Birmingham moved a step closer today after new plans to cut the size of a petition needed to force a referendum by 60 per cent. Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
A PENSIONER was led to safety when a stove sparked a fire in his Midland flat. Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
WHAT a difference a month makes. This time last month, people were licking ice creams, peeling off their clothes and basking in temperatures of up 26 degrees. Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
A NEW £70 million mental health centre was opened in Birmingham by Health Secretary Alan Johnson and comedian Jo Brand, a former psychiatric nurse. Read
Jul 10 2008 | Top Stories
A COUPLE have been told they could be jailed after admitting causing the death of a dog they were supposed to be looking after for a critically ill pensioner. Read