Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
AN MEP today demanded a National Audit Office probe into the spiralling costs of a controversial Black Country arts centre. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
PENSIONERS packed out a community centre for a crisis meeting on Birmingham’s Post Office closures. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM firefighter who fought back from cancer will be blazing a trail across Ireland to help save lives. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
GLASTONBURY came to Birmingham as a primary school paid a fond musical farewell to its long-serving head. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
PEOPLE in Sandwell are to have a say on a £3 million plan to boost family doctor services. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
ONE of Birmingham’s great historic religious figures is to be given pride of place in a city church as the latest step on the road to sainthood. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
THE head of a youth taskforce has seen first hand the work being carried out in Birmingham to divert young people away from a life of crime. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
AN ARTIST has created a portrait of Nelson Mandela with stamps to mark his 90th birthday. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
A MAN was stabbed in the leg with a two foot long knife after a road rage clash in the car park of a Birmingham supermarket today. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
TRIBUTES were today paid to an “outstanding” Birmingham student killed along with his mum in an horrific motorway smash as they travelled home from collecting his first class degree. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
A MAN was dragged unconscious from his blazing Birmingham home and revived in his front garden early today. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE have seized cannabis with a street value of £9.5 million in a dramatic swoop in the Midlands. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
A MEASLES epidemic has broken out across Birmingham suburbs with thousands of parents being warned to put the MMR jab controversy behind them. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
A WORLD renowned mystic has claimed the “jinxed” Birmingham Brummies speedway team’s spate of injuries is down to two troublesome Teddy boy “ghost riders” from Wolverhampton. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
A FORMER rail worker from Birmingham who made sickening videos involving himself and photos of children to be sent to others on the internet has been jailed for two years. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
LITTLE Oletta Cockett has never felt better, probably because she’s never had a day off sick in almost five years of her school career. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
FRAUD squad detectives were today trying to trace hundreds of thousands of pounds of worth of gold bullion bought by a Birmingham gang with the proceeds of a sophisticated mortgage scam. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
THOUSANDS of council workers today staged the second day of a 48 hour strike which is bringing many public services to a standstill. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
SALES of Jaguar’s new XF model have helped to make the Midland luxury car company the most desirable brand in Western Europe, although the picture is less healthy for stablemate Land Rover as cash-conscious drivers continue to shun gas-guzzling off-roaders. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE mocked up a train crash in a bid to shock Birmingham youngsters and deter them from committing crimes on the railways during the summer break. Read
Jul 17 2008 | Top Stories
A NEW £200 million medical centre is to bring 2,000 jobs to the West Midlands and turn the region into the national centre for defence medicine. Read