A PORTUGUESE lorry driver appeared at crown court for the first time today charged with killing a family of six whose funeral was being held this afternoon.Read
A HELICOPTER crash killed two Midland company directors just two miles from the spot where an aircraft carrying television’s Mike Smith and Sarah Greene came down 20 years ago.Read
BOTTLES of rum used to hide cocaine and tins of ham stuffed with ecstasy pills will be among some of the items on display at the BBC’s Good Food Show in Birmingham later this month.Read
A PSYCHIC who predicted that X Factor’s Niki Evans would have a successful music career says his premonition has come true after she landed a role in a West End musical.Read
BIRMINGHAM College of Law is to get a major boost to its facilities – with a new £5.5 million four-storey building increasing accommodation at the complex by a third.Read
THE head of the Islamic Medical Association has been suspended from medical practice for 12 months after sending an “offensive and homophobic” letter to a magazine for GPs.Read
A £140 MILLION IT shake-up at Birmingham City Council was introduced with inadequate staff training and poor input by managers, an inquiry into the controversial Voyager computer system has concluded.Read
MILLIONS of Americans will bring in a new era of United States’ politics as they cast their votes in the most expensive presidential election in history today.Read
A SCHOOLGIRL is keeping her feet firmly on the ground by concentrating on her studies in earth sciences, despite winning a national singing contest.Read
THE mastermind of a £100 million retail and leisure complex in Oldbury which has been on the anvil for 13 years today vowed it would be up and running in 2010.Read
