Dec
2008
Articles from 10th Dec 2008
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Franz Ferdinand to play Birmingham Academy
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
FRANZ Ferdinand are to play in Birmingham as part of their first UK and Ireland tour for 2009. Read
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Pound hits record low against the Euro
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
THE pound hit a record low against the euro today amid more economic gloom for the UK. Read
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Sky television to screen footage of an assisted suicide
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
FOOTAGE showing a man ending his own life in an assisted suicide will be broadcast on British television tonight. Read
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No charges for family after suicide of Daniel James in a Swiss clinic
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
NO CHARGES will be brought against the family of a paralysed Midland rugby player for helping him travel to Switzerland to commit suicide, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. Read
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Union advice led to council wage cuts
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
STAFF suffered wage cuts following a pay and grading review at Birmingham City Council because they followed trade union advice and refused to complete job evaluation forms, a senior official claimed today. Read
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Christmas treat for our heroes
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
CADBURY and the Birmingham Mail have today joined forces to offer our military heroes a chocolate treat in time for Christmas. Read
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Britain’s Got Talent schoolgirl contestant Faryl Smith has signed a £2.3 million multi-album deal.
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
The 13-year-old mezzo-soprano, has struck the deal with Universal, in what the record label says is the most valuable contract ever awarded to such a young artist. Read
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West Brom set to axe 150 staff
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
The depth of the recession in the region was underlined today as the West Brom – a proudly independent mutual for 159 years – prepared to wield the axe on scores of staff in the region. Read
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Union advice led to council wage cuts
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
STAFF suffered wage cuts following a pay and grading review at Birmingham City Council because they followed trade union advice and refused to complete job evaluation forms, a senior official claimed today. Read
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Christmas treat for our heroes
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
CADBURY and the Birmingham Mail have today joined forces to offer our military heroes a chocolate treat in time for Christmas. Read
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Leading Lozells rioter is jailed for 10 years
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
A CRACK cocaine addict who took a leading role in the Lozells riots in Birmingham has been jailed for 10 years. Read
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300 jobs could go at Ceramaspeed
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
UP to 300 jobs could be at risk following the collapse of a West Midlands ceramic heater company. Read
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Chancellor throws car industry a financial lifeline
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
THE beleagured carmaking industry has been thrown a lifeline after Chancellor Alistair Darling admitted he was considering a request for a financial bail-out. Read
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Women's refuges in Birmingham and Solihull aim to give children Christmas joy
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
WOMEN’S refuges in Birmingham and Solihull are urging shoppers to become Christmas elves by donating presents for children over the festive period. Read
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Conman gang member is ordered to pay back more than £400,000
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
THE last member of a gang involved in plundering £2.9million from the pension fund of a Birmingham lock-maker has been ordered to pay back more than £400,000. Read
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Two Droitwich-based dentists are charged with cheating NHS and patients out of money
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
TWO dentists appeared in court accused of cheating their patients and the NHS out of money. Read
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Thief injures OAP in Solihull
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE today appealed for witnesses to a robbery in Solihull in which an 84-year-old woman suffered a broken collar bone and arm injury. Read
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Sky television to screen footage of an assisted suicide
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
FOOTAGE showing a man ending his own life in an assisted suicide will be broadcast on British television tonight. Read
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No charges for family after suicide of Daniel James in a Swiss clinic
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
NO CHARGES will be brought against the family of a paralysed Midland rugby player for helping him travel to Switzerland to commit suicide, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. Read
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Bayton Primary School closed after suspected norovirus outbreak
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND school has closed for 48 hours after pupils and staff fell ill in a suspected norovirus outbreak. Read
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West Bromwich vicar Dr Patrick Okechi banned for 10 years after affair
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
A MARRIED West Bromwich vicar’s affair with a parishioner had been “the talk of the town” local people said today. Read
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Prince Charles visits soldiers injured in Afghanistan at Selly Oak Hospital
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
A SOLDIER who was seriously injured by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan told Prince Charles he owed his life to the treatment he received at Selly Oak Hospital. Read
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Birmingham airline rides above economic clouds
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
WHILE most airlines are struggling to keep their heads above water in the present economic climate one of Birmingham’s largest is riding out the storm – thanks in part to the local community in Birmingham. Read
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Birmingham man's 'irresponsible' race led to road death, court hears
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
A RACE between two “irresponsible” men driving powerful cars ended in one of them dying when he crashed into a tree on a Birmingham road, the city’s crown court has been told. Read
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Birmingham city centre hotel's bright way to start the day
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
GUESTS staying at a Birmingham hotel are able to make light of winter blues – thanks to a special wake-up service. Read
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Birmingham's biggest multi-use games area opens for business
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
SPORTS enthusiasts have a new place to play following the opening of Birmingham’s biggest multi-use games area at the weekend. Read
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Hall Green restaurant serves up cash for Birmingham charity
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
THE family of an architect who designed and built a popular Birmingham restaurant has donated cash to The Birmingham Mail Charity Trust, adding to the total raised by the venue’s anniversary celebrations. Read
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Birmingham council warns against plans to demolish Jewellery Quarter buildings
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
PLANS to bulldoze six empty buildings in the Jewellery Quarter before an agreement has been reached about redeveloping the site would set a bad precedent and could result in land remaining unused and fenced-off by hoardings for years, Birmingham planners warned. Read
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Labrador plays mum to tiny abandoned kitten
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
WHEN orphaned kitten Pebbles was found abandoned on a building site, shivering next to her dead sister, her chances of surviving until Christmas looked bleak. Read
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Newinustrial skills college planned in Birmingham
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM has been chosen to pilot an ambitious new education scheme planned by the man credited with creating City Technology Colleges in the 1980s. Read
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Birmingham to benefit as Network Rail announces completion of West Coast mainline upgrade
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
ENGINEERING works on one of the region’s busiest rail networks have been completed on schedule. Read
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Seven-year-old Sandwell boy battling leukaemia delighted with bike gift from West Bromwich workers
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
BRAVE Sandwell schoolboy Luke Harrison is getting on his bike for the road to recovery from leukaemia. Read
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Protests as Balsall Heath library remains closed
Dec 10 2008 | Top Stories
ANGRY residents and local authors turned out in force to protest against the closure of a Birmingham library. Read
