Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
THE obscene phone calls to actor Andrew Sachs broadcast by the BBC were “grossly offensive” and there was no justification for broadcasting them, the corporation’s governing body said today. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
THE obscene phone calls to actor Andrew Sachs broadcast by the BBC were “grossly offensive” and there was no justification for broadcasting them, the corporation’s governing body said today. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
A LAVISH A-list three-day party for more than 2,000 guests kicked off in Dubai with a performance by Kylie Minogue. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
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Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
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Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
Championing the media in the Midlands Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
THE stores arm of Woolworths looked close to collapse today after the near 100-year-old retailer’s lenders apparently refused to sign up to a financial rescue deal. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
CAMPAIGNING Smethwick families were celebrating today after hearing a bail hostel which opened in their quiet cul-de-sac without their knowledge is to close on Government orders. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
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Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
Their marriage ended in a “quickie divorce” at the Principal Registry of the Family Division in High Holborn, London. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
The mammals were captured and will spend the next six months in quarantine. Wildlife staff hope to release them into the Scottish countryside next year. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
THE prayers of Take That fans in the Midlands have today been answered with the group announcing a regional date on their forthcoming 2009 tour. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
BROUGHT up in Cleveland, Ohio, and now residing in San Francisco, Tracy Chapman is an award-winning singer-songwriter known for her classics such as Baby Can I Hold You and Fast Car. She has just released her ninth studio album Our Bright Future. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
HAIRY BIKERS’ star Dave Myers has revealed his biggest fear – going blind. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
A CRIME-busting role to help victims in Birmingham nail the yobs who blight their lives is to be created in the city. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
THE prayers of Take That fans in the Midlands have today been answered with the group announcing a regional date on their forthcoming 2009 tour. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
FIREFIGHTERS tackling a fierce house blaze in Birmingham discovered it was being used as a makeshift cannabis factory. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
PATIENTS and their relatives are facing waits of up to 30 minutes to find somewhere to park at a Birmingham hospital, after building work closed off 30 visitor spaces. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
THE vacant site of the long-awaited £110 million Edgbaston Galleries shopping centre has been turned into a car park – nearly five years after the huge scheme was first mooted. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
A POLICE helicopter flying over Birmingham narrowly avoided tragedy when it nearly collided with a UFO, a report has claimed. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
A POLICE inspector been disciplined over the way he carried out a review of an investigation into an assault on an Asian store manager in Birmingham. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM military enthusiast is turning detective in a bid to uncover the story behind a collection of Second World War medals. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
LIBERAL Democrat leader Nick Clegg pledged to make the West Midlands a central part of a green revolution in manufacturing during a visit to Land Rover’s plant in Solihull. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
CONFIDENTIAL patient notes have been posted out to random strangers in a blunder by Birmingham mental health workers. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
A BUSY chicken warehouse has been given another year to prove it can be a good neighbour following claims it has brought chaos to a city centre street. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
The mammals were captured and will spend the next six months in quarantine. Wildlife staff hope to release them into the Scottish countryside next year. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
THE Midlands could be set for snow this weekend with a blast of Arctic weather set to sweep the country. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
JONATHAN Ross was due to learn whether he could return to his job as a BBC presenter after the Andrew Sachs row today. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
A LAVISH A-list three-day party for more than 2,000 guests kicked off in Dubai with a performance by Kylie Minogue. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
THE great and the good of Midlands media gathered in Birmingham to debate the future of the region’s television, radio and newspapers. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
THE automotive industry in Birmingham has been given an £80million cash injection to help develop green technologies. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
A TEENAGER who stabbed a complete stranger in the face with a kitchen knife in a Walsall supermarket has been made the subject of a secure hospital order. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
A PERVERT hypnotherapist who persuaded young girls to strip during “spiritual” massage sessions in Birmingham was told by a judge: “Expect to go to prison.” Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
The Barber of Seville Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
A JURY at Birmingham Crown Court was today in its fourth day of deliberations to try to reach verdicts in the case of six men accused of murdering a Hell’s Angel biker on a Midland motorway. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
UP to four new universities could be built in the West Midlands. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM’S City University has finally been given the go ahead for its new £150 million campus at the heart of the Eastside regeneration zone. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
LICENSING bosses will next week decide whether to approve a controversial bid to open Sutton Coldfield’s first lap-dancing venue. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
THE Christmas season arrived in the Black Country, courtesy of the ever popular Peter Andre. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
IF there really is an elixir of youth then Cliff Richard seems to have cornered the market has he sang and danced his way through 42 numbers in a three hour and ten minute show at the NIA. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
SAVVY shoppers in Birmingham have been queueing for early Christmas bargains as top retailers slash their prices. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
The 14-year-old victim was leaving a Co-op store on Walsall Road, Great Barr, with a friend when they were confronted by the female robber. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
A WOMAN who helped to run one of Birmingham’s most successful Indian restaurants frequented by a host of celebrities has launched a new catering business. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
A FIERY piece of Black Country history has been preserved thanks to developers. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE today appealed for a father of two to get in touch with his family after he disappeared more than six days ago. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
The Ladywood-based Housing Education Initiative beat scores of community projects to make it to London twice for national awards ceremonies. Read
Nov 21 2008 | Top Stories
THERE was plenty of cutting-edge opera as customers at a Birmingham salon got a close shave with the Barber of Seville. Read