Aug
2008
Articles from 27th Aug 2008
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Offenders create garden at Erdington church for disabled to enjoy
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
GREEN-fingered offenders have given a Ground Force-style makeover to waste ground at a Birmingham church to create a garden oasis for the disabled. Read
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Teenagers under fire for unhealthy lifestyle
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
MIDLAND teenagers were at the centre of a health row today amid claims of dramatic rises in the number of youths being treated for drink and drug abuse and obesity. Read
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Umpire and player arrested after bowler attacked in cricket match at West Smethwick Park
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
A CRICKETER was taken to hospital and an umpire arrested when a “friendly” exploded in violence. Read
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Football match to raise cash for Cerys Edwards
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
FORMER colleagues of a paralysed baby’s mum are organising a football tournament to raise cash. Read
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No police job for budding bobby after routine checks
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
A BUDDING bobby has been turned down for a police job as after routine checks on her background – but recruiters refuse to say what they found. Read
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Sandwell Council urged to bid for national grant
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
SANDWELL may receive a Government “windfall” of up to £5 million to spend on fight-the-flab health initiatives over the next three years. Read
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Scheme to entice students
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
THINKTANK science museum in Birmingham is hoping to persuade teenagers that technology and maths are sexy. Read
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Family plea over death of city man Dimitri Foskin
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
THE heartbroken family of a man shot dead just yards from his Birmingham home today made an emotional appeal to catch his killer. Read
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Birmingham woman Kaley Fitzsimmons wins at British Transplant Games
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM woman Kaley Fitzsimmons who had a kidney transplant on Friday the 13th is toasting her four-medal haul at the British Transplant Games. Read
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Engineering works on Cross-City Line set to cause chaos
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
PASSENGERS could face months of being “packed in like cattle” on the busiest commuter line in Birmingham due to wide-scale engineering works. Read
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WI Calendar Girl Tricia Stewart reveals all to charity
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
THE ORIGINAL calendar girl, who stripped off famously in a Women’s Institute fundraiser, is helping to raise cash in the Midlands by speaking on her naked ambition. Read
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Only one post office is saved
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
JUST one of the 26 Birmingham post offices threatened with closure has been saved from the axe, it was announced today. Read
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Announcement to be made over post office closures
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
An announcement is set to made over the future of 51 post offices across Birmingham, Coventry and Warwickshire. Read
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Motorway slip roads sealed off after fire at Carpet Warehouse in Walsall
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
DRIVERS faced traffic chaos as smoke from a huge Midland carpet store blaze drifted across the M6. Read
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Grieving family to appeal for witnesses over Newtown shooting
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
A HEARTBROKEN relative of a man shot dead near his Birmingham home will today make an emotional appeal to catch his killer. Read
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West Midlands ‘reluctant to log onto internet’
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
WEST Midlands families are failing to take advantage of the internet revolution, with fewer homes going online in the region than in other parts of the country. Read
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Woman suffers sex assault in Kidderminster
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
A YOUNG woman was recovering today after being attacked by a sex beast as she walked across a supermarket car park. Read
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Two hurt as car overturns on motorway
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
TWO people were taken to hospital when the car they were travelling in overturned on a motorway. Read
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Police plea after canal body find
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM man has been found dead in a Midland canal. Read
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Police to spend £2.5m on Tory conference in Birmingham
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE chiefs are to spend £2.5 million on a major security operation in a bid to stop politicians from being targeting by terrorists when the Tory party’s annual conference is held in Birmingham next month. Read
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Man killed in train collision near Barnt Green
Aug 27 2008 | Top Stories
A MAN was killed in a collision with a train on its way to Birmingham New Street. Read
