Dec
2008
Articles from 23rd Dec 2008
-
Hypnotherapist, 75, jailed for sex attacks
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
A 75-year-old hypnotherapist was jailed for eight-and-a-half years today for committing a string of sex attacks on young girls during massage sessions. Read
-
Green light for £400m hi-tech zone
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
A PLANNED £400 million hi-tech business quarter is set to be built in the heart of Walsall after the Government decided not to call in the application. Read
-
Driver cut from car in Sheldon
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
A MOTORIST had to be cut free from the wreckage of her overturned car after it ended up on its roof on a main road in Birmingham. Read
-
Jewellers key to murder
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
JEWELLERY dealers in Birmingham could hold the clue to the murder of a Midland dad-of-three, police revealed today. Read
-
Whittard of Chelsea on the brink of administration
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
ANOTHER high street retail chain was reported to be on the brink of administration today after a period of poor sales left it struggling. Read
-
Kingstanding woman attacked at knifepoint by teenage burglars
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
A WOMAN was attacked at knife-point in her Birmingham home by two teenage burglars as her young grandson slept upstairs. Read
-
Massive Birmingham family tucks into giant turkey
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
THIS is one whopping turkey whose leftovers would last well into the new year – but not if you have as many mouths to feed as Daisy Harris. Read
-
Family ‘hole’ as 2nd crash teen dies
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
THE family of a second boy to die following a horror smash today paid tribute to their son who would leave an “unfillable hole in their lives”. Read
-
Birmingham marine Corporal Robert Deering killed in Afghanistan
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM Royal Marine killed in Afghanistan by an apparent booby trap while trying to help fellow soldiers following an explosion was today described as a man with a “heart of lion and the courage to match”. Read
-
Stechford knife attack man sought
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE have issued a fresh appeal to try and find the men who stabbed an unarmed shopkeeper for the sake of a few cigarettes. Read
-
Aston pair locked up over gagged Kings Heath woman's death during raid
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
TWO men are today starting long custodial sentences for causing the death of a frail 81-year-old woman who they gagged after tricking their way into her home in Birmingham. Read
-
Teenager Adam Wragg dies after Chelmsley Wood crash
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
THE family of a second boy to die following a horror smash today paid tribute to their son who would leave an “unfillable hole in their lives”. Read
-
Presents stolen in second raid within days on special Bordesley Green allotments project
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
HEARTLESS thieves have stolen Christmas gifts from people with learning difficulties on the eve of a festive party. Read
-
Family of Dimitri Foskin appeal for killer to hand himself in
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
THE anguished family of a man gunned down during a spate of shootings in Birmingham today told of their heartache of Christmas without him. Read
-
OAP killing: Pair jailed
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
TWO men are today starting long custodial sentences for causing the death of a frail 81-year-old woman who they gagged after tricking their way onto her home in Birmingham. Read
-
Let's slash red tape for cops
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
HOME Secretary Jacqui Smith announced a major reduction in police paperwork during a visit to Birmingham police and community centres. Read
-
Reporter Jane Tyler shadows an ambulance crew tackling a typically boozy festive night in Brum
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
THE Friday before Christmas on Birmingham’s Broad Street and it’s not just festive revellers who are flat out, the ambulance crews are too. Read
-
Families send shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child Appeal
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
GENEROUS people in Birmingham will be sending shoe boxes packed with presents to needy children across the world this Christmas. Read
-
Birmingham hospitals restrict children's visits to wards in bid to curb winter viruses
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM hospital bosses have banned children from visiting wards in a bid to curb the outbreak of winter viruses as health services in the region are pushed to the limit. Read
-
Acocks Green woman receives suspended sentence for tax credit fraud
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
A FORMER shop worker has been given a four-month suspended sentence for stealing almost £18,000 in a tax credit fraud. Read
-
Bus shelters helping to promote real meaning of Christmas
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
BISHOP of Birmingham the Rt Revd David Urquhart has given his blessing to a festive poster campaign to promote the true meaning of Christmas. Read
-
A racy calender starring athletes from Birchield Harriers is a big hit
Dec 23 2008 | Top Stories
ACCLAIMED Birchfield Harrier sprint coach Steve Platt was an inspirational trainer who could always get the best out of his runners. Read
