Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
A TOP level review of speed cameras is set to be launched by Walsall to ensure they are not being used as “cash cows”. Read
Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
A MOTORIST who led police on a terrifying chase after taking a cocktail of drink and drugs has been jailed for two years. Read
Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE are aiming for gold as they bid good luck to blind Black Country footballer Simon Hill. Read
Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
THE Olympics may be drawing to a close, but a bunch of super-fit Midlanders are warming up for another hotly contested physical contest next week. Read
Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
A CLOCK chosen by supporters in memory of one of Birmingham City’s greatest ever players will get a timely unveiling at the home game against Doncaster Rovers in September. Read
Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM best-selling author Mike Gayle has been a busy man with not one, but two books about to hit the shelves. Read
Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
A LEADING figure in Birmingham’s club music scene of the 1960s has lost a two-year battle against cancer. Read
Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM narrowboat dwellers have warned that it’s only a matter of time before a reveller drowns.David and Brenda Scowcroft say they have been awoken on “countless” occasions by people who have tried and failed to jump the seven feet across the Gas Street canal. Read
Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE are using hand-held metal detectors in the latest crackdown on knife crime. Read
Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
AN elderly Birmingham couple terrorised in their own home by two thugs were saved thanks to a security alarm they had been given just hours earlier. Read
Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
BRITISH medal success at Beijing is inspiring a Birmingham schoolgirl who is aiming for a triathlon triumph in the London 2012 Olympics. Read
Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
HOSPITALS have failed to meet targets for cutting superbug infections, it emerged today. Read
Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
A LOVING couple got married in the presence of almighty Cod when the bride-to-be insisted more than 170 guests tuck into her favourite meal – fish and chips! Read
Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
IT’S five years since Priya and Aaron Chote lost their mum to motor neurone disease, but they have never faltered in carrying out her dying wish that they help other sufferers. Read
Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
WEST Midlands Police are to write to warn parents when a child is arrested for a knife crime. Read
Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
A MUSIC fan suffered a fractured jaw while dancing at the weekend’s V Festival, ambulance bosses have revealed. Read
Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
THE names of the five victims of a mid-air crash near Coventry are expected to be released today. Read
Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
A MOTHER whose soldier son was killed in Iraq is suing the Ministry of Defence over his death. Read
Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
TWICE as many MG sports cars could be rolling off the Longbridge production line next year as had originally been planned, it was revealed today. Read
Aug 19 2008 | Top Stories
A MAN died and three people were critically ill today after a double-decker coach carrying 70 passengers plunged down a steep embankment near Alton Towers. Read