Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
The defenceless 40-year-old was knifed in the back in the “unprovoked” attack at the store in Richmond Road, in Stechford. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
TWO Birmingham University student DJs have been sacked after claiming on air that Des O’Connor’s daughter secretly worked as a pornographic actress. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
POPULAR Brummie sports presenter Tom Ross took a “whacking” from a former world champion in order to raise much needed cash for a Birmingham children’s charity. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
DISCOUNT supermarket Aldi today announced it is to plough £30 million into new Midlands stores as it continues to see middle-class shoppers defect. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
A MAN was led to safety and a family treated for shock and slight smoke inhalation following a blaze at a small shop. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
DISCOUNT supermarket Aldi today announced it is to plough £30 million into new Midlands stores as it continues to see middle-class shoppers defect. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
A MAN is fighting for life in hospital after suffering serious burns in a mystery incident in a Birmingham street. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
TWO student radio DJs in Birmingham have been banned from the airwaves after they claimed that another student, the daughter of TV presenter Des O’Connor, worked as a porn actress. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
The Health Protection Agency confirmed today that two of the Coleshill School pupils had been discharged from hospital and the third was recovering. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
ABOUT 200 jobs are on their way to Birmingham in a £13 million development, sparking one of the biggest job creation programmes in the region since the downturn began. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
A TEENAGER from Birmingham was due in court today on firearms charges after police found a loaded gun in a bag. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
THE Birmingham Mail brings you the launch of Mail Mobile – a groundbreaking new website designed specifically for mobile phones. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
PUPILS at a Birmingham secondary school are fighting to hold onto their head teacher amid claims by a parent governor that he is being forced out of his job. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
A FATHER of two caught with more than 17,000 indecent photographs of children has been spared a prison sentence. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
A MAN was led to safety and a family treated for shock and slight smoke inhalation following a blaze at a small shop. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
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Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
SOCIAL SERVICES managers in Birmingham fear a huge public backlash against plans to close three day centres used by more than 140 adults with learning disabilities. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
TRIBUTES were paid today to Ian Richardson, a respected award-winning City Editor of the Mail’s sister paper, The Birmingham Post, who has died aged 86. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
HUNDREDS of workers at a car parts firm have been told the company has gone into administration after its largest customer also folded. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
THE parents of a teenage student who was killed in a car crash today spoke of their loss and paid tribute to their “beautiful” son. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
DOTING Midland parents Jo and Doug Satchwell made a special thank you to Midland medics after they made the couple’s ultimate Christmas wish come true. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
SCORES of police officers have been specially trained to target online crooks looking to cash in on stolen goods by peddling them on internet auction sites. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
THE Birmingham Mail’s Restaurant Spy Paul Fulford will more than meet his match tonight when he takes part in a special cookery programme with Michelin-starred chef Andy Waters. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
GOVERNORS at a primary school in Solihull are considering federating with a junior school to strengthen faith-based education in that part of the borough. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
DISADVANTAGED children from across the Midlands took to the skies for the flight of their lives when they went on a magical search for Santa Claus. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
DEBT advice centres across the Midlands are being besieged by families worried by the threat of job losses. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
Birmingham Magistrates’ Court heard the worker sensed something was wrong in the substation and escaped before he was overcome. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
DEBT advice centres across the Midlands are being besieged by families worried by the threat of job losses. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE hunting robbers who attacked a man outside a Birmingham city centre bank have released CCTV images of three men they want to trace. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
DOTING Midland parents Jo and Doug Satchwell made a special thank you to Midland medics after they made the couple’s ultimate Christmas wish come true. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
THE mother of a brave six-year-old battling a brain tumour has spoken of her frustration after she was denied pioneering treatment by health bosses. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
ONCE the undisputed king of Britain’s High Streets, Woolworths has failed to win its fight in the battle of the retailing giants. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
A RANGE of luxury buses boasting air conditioning, leather seats and tinted windows have been hailed a success after attracting an extra 100,000 passengers on board each month. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
MORE than 35 elderly people enjoyed Christmas dinner with all the trimmings thanks to a £2,000 donation for new kitchen equipment from the Birmingham Mail Charity Trust. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
The force has developed a series of postcards and beer mats urging potential abusers to seek help before the police have to intervene. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
STAFF at Birmingham’s National Sea Life Centre are urging people who may be unknowingly keeping critically endangered turtles as pets to hand them over to the centre to help save them from extinction. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE in Erdington will be bringing some early Christmas cheer to residents on two city estates this weekend. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
Dudley Council had been looking for an organisation to run the markets which have attracted thousands of people to the town since they were introduced six years ago. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND doctor who was jailed for causing a court case to collapse when he lied about his qualifications has been struck off the medical register. Read
Dec 18 2008 | Top Stories
Peter Pan and the Lost Boys came to Moseley with a very different production of the classic children’s story performed by pupils from the Foundation for Conductive Education’s school group. Read