Oct
2008
Articles from 22nd Oct 2008
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Plans for Longbridge car plant tribute
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
A LASTING tribute to Birmingham’s long-held status as the capital of the car manufacturing world will form the centrepiece of a new town set to rise from the ruins of the MG Rover plant at Longbridge. Read
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£4m Centro cash frozen in Iceland bank account
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
THE West Midlands regional public transport authority has £4 million tied up in an Iceland bank account, it emerged today. Read
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Lionel Richie to play in Birmingham
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
MUSIC superstar Lionel Richie will be back in Birmingham next year following the release of his new album, Just Go. Read
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Changes speed up Tyburn Road in Birmingham
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
TYBURN Road has become the fastest radial route into Birmingham since bus lanes were scrapped four years ago. Read
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Enough to leave you exhausted
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM’S Golden Mile is the smog centre of the city and action is needed to tackle pollution from cars, taxis and buses, according to a report on air quality. Read
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Speed boost to M-way drivers
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
A SCHEME allowing motorists to drive on the hard shoulder in a bid to keep traffic flowing on the M42 motorway has proved such a success highways chiefs have increased the speed limit. Read
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Colleagues aim at quite a feet
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
THREE members of staff from a Worcestershire PR consultancy will be going more than the extra mile for one of their clients when they run Sunday’s Birmingham Half Marathon. Read
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Metal memories
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
FANS across Birmingham and the Black Country are being encouraged to dig out their old memorabilia for a roadshow event to mark the 40th anniversary of “heavy metal”. Read
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Police visit knife teens
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
YOUNG knife crime offenders are being visited at home by police officers trying to get a grip on why teens are carrying knives. Read
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City MP scents success
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND MP’s campaign to end secrecy in family law courts appears set for victory.John Hemming (Lib Dem, Birmingham Yardley) has come under fire from politicians and judges for claiming that family courts sometimes remove children from their families “for no good reason”. Read
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Factory call in payout fight
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
RELATIVES of a former Birmingham bakery worker who died from a painful asbestos-linked lung disease are calling on ex-colleagues to help them get compensation. Read
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Five quizzed on terrorism after swoops in Birmingham
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
FIVE men were today still being questioned by detectives after being arrested in a series of anti-terror swoops across Birmingham. Read
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Jules loses his Barnett
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
POSTMAN Julian Barnett can no longer lay claim to his own name! Read
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Robots a class act
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
PUPILS at a Midland primary school have signed up to their own code to raise awareness of road safety travelling to and from the classroom. Read
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Autumn attack on louts and thieves
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE today declared an autumn war on crime in a blitz on the louts, burglars and thieves using dark nights as a cover for crime. Read
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City grief over crash family
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
FRIENDS and family of a former Birmingham family wiped out in an M6 tragedy today described them as “six beautiful people”. Read
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Council under fire at Muhammad Ali Centre crisis talks
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
CRISIS talks over the future of an Afro-Caribbean centre descended into chaos as angry community members failed to get the answers they wanted from council bosses. Read
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Families targeted by council over recycling
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
THOUSANDS of Birmingham families are being targeted by council “snoops” because they are failing to recycle rubbish. Read
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'We want to prove ourselves in the field'
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
A NEW type of heroism is taking a stranglehold of Midlands troops based in Southern Iraq. Read
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Patrols see off rocket threat
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
ROCKET attacks in Basra saw thousands of British troops diving for cover on a daily basis. Read
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X Factor star Niki Evans in Blood Brothers role
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
SHE may have failed to clinch the £1 million record deal on TV’s X Factor show, but Midland mum-of-two Niki Evans proved she has a winning voice when she took to the stage in the Blood Brothers musical at Birmingham’s Hippodrome Theatre. Read
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Patrols restored on Birmingham car-sharing lane
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE have resumed patrols along Birmingham’s sole car-sharing lane and are again handing out £60 fines to motorists. Read
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MPs slam lack of public toilets in Birmingham
Oct 22 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM is flushing away its role as Britain’s second city by failing to provide enough public toilets, a House of Commons inquiry has warned. Read
