THE CREDIT Crunch is taking its health toll on Brummies with doctors reporting a 30 per cent increase in patients suffering with depression or stress since the beginning of the year.Read
AMBITIOUS proposals for a £42 million “super-college” in the north of Birmingham have taken a major step forward with a long-awaited planning application due to go before the city council as early as next month.Read
FIVE men have been jailed after police smashed a drugs smuggling ring involving “vast” quantities of cannabis being smuggled from Holland to the West Midlands hidden in heavy machinery.Read
BIRMINGHAM’S head of education today urged schools to “stand up to the compensation culture” and encourage children to play traditional rough and tumble games like British bulldog, stuck in the mud and tag at breaktime.Read
A 42 year-old man who drove away from garages without paying for nearly £400 worth of petrol because he had gambling debts has been spared a prison sentence.Read
