Oct
2008
Articles from 23rd Oct 2008
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Portuguese lorry driver charged over deaths of M6 family
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
A PORTUGUESE lorry driver has been charged with six counts of death by dangerous driving after a family, originally from Birmingham, were killed on the M6. Read
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Bid to find descendants of WW1 soldier Thomas Talbot
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
THE memory of a Dudey soldier killed in the First World War lives on following a chance discovery by a church warden. Read
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Car crash cuts power lines near Kidderminster
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
A MAJOR route through the Midlands was closed today after a car crashed into a telegraph police and cut power to the area. Read
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£31 million new vision for college
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
AMBITIOUS plans were unveiled today for a new £31 million, state-of-the-art college campus in the Black Country. Read
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Singer Clare Grogan launches children's book
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
SINGER Clare Grogan has altered her image to become a children’s author. Read
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Land Rover experience for sick schoolboy
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
SCHOOLBOY Josh Holland put a “nightmare” three years behind him as he lived his dream at the wheel of an all-conquering Land Rover. Read
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'Dream' hols after fight against odds
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
A COUPLE who tied the knot in Birmingham Children’s Hospital for fear their daughter would not survive are preparing to take the toddler on her first family holiday. Read
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Police decision on anti-terror raids arrests
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE were today deciding whether to seek permission to continue holding men arrested in a series of anti-terror swoops in Birmingham. Read
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Leukaemia treatment may combat multiple sclerosis
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
A DRUG used to treat leukaemia can also combat the debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis, new research has found. Read
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Estate in cash plea
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
CITY chiefs are preparing a £150 million private finance bid to redevelop one of Birmingham’s most rundown estates. Read
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Blunder in police hunt
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE hunting a sex attacker have been forced to apologise after they raided the wrong block of flats and left a young mum petrified in her own home. Read
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'Confession' over murder
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
THE murder of a Midland man bludgeoned to death by someone who caught him urinating remained an unsolved mystery for 10 years. Read
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Perfect model of a birthday party
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
FROM bulging shoulder pads to slinky pencil skirts, Birmingham’s Clothes Show Live has seen it all and will be celebrating even more fashion when it marks its 20th birthday later this year. Read
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Struggle to clear rent debt
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM’S housing bosses have praised rent collection staff after seeing the city’s total council house rent arrears plummet by £1 million in the last six months. Read
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Police probe M6 crash which killed Birmingham family
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE probing the crash which wiped out a Birmingham family of six were today trying to establish why the driver of the foreign juggernaut which hit them failed to brake. Read
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Walsall Olympic swimmer Eleanor Simmonds honoured at reception
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
MIDLAND Paralympic star Eleanor Simmonds received a light-hearted invitation to join the Cabinet at a bash to celebrate Britain’s Beijing gold rush. Read
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Court battle over car badge rights
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
LONGBRIDGE’S Chinese owners are suing Midland car veteran William Riley in a David and Goliath courtroom battle over badge rights to the world’s most expensive MG. Read
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Service tribute to gun victims
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
IMAGES of young people who have lost their lives to violent street crime will line the walls of a Birmingham church on Saturday during an annual memorial service organised by a mother of one of the victims. Read
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City MP in racial tension warning
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
THE economic slowdown could lead to racial tension in Birmingham unless immigration is cut, a city MP warned today. Read
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Commandos in cash campaign
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
THE Royal Marines Commando will be in Birmingham tomorrow to launch the Royal British Legion’s 2008 Poppy Appeal. Read
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Birmingham International Airport to start daily flights to Philadelphia
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM International Airport has pulled off a major coup by attracting one of America’s biggest scheduled airlines to the Midlands. Read
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MP in land sale answer anger
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM MP Liam Byrne today attacked the city council for failing to reveal how much it raked in from a controversial deal to sell playing fields to a supermarket giant. Read
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Savings hope from child skills boost
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM taxpayers will not reap the benefits of a £100 million efficiency drive in children’s services for up to 15 years, it has emerged. Read
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Campus in eco war!
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
A CITY university has been dealing with an attack of the eco-power rangers! Read
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Chief cop in denial claim row
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
A SCHOOL in Birmingham has dismissed a senior police officer’s teenage gang crime claims as “nonsense”. Read
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Sunset vigil to honour James Munday
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
TROOPS in Afghanistan held a sunset vigil to honour fallen Midland comrade James Munday who was killed by an blast during a routine patrol. Read
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Pigeon Detectives at signing in Birmingham HMV
Oct 23 2008 | Top Stories
THE Pigeon Detectives flew into Birmingham to sign copies of their new single, Say It Like You Mean It. Read
