Jan
2009
Articles from 19th Jan 2009
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Soccer yobs pelt officers with coins at St Andrews
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
Coins were thrown at police and eight people were arrested as trouble marred a crunch Midland football game. Read
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FIVE out of ten West Midlands fire stations controversially earmarked for closure will now stay open following a concerted campaign by protesters, it was announced today.
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
The decision to take Hay Mills, Billesley, Sheldon, Smethwick and Ward End stations off the closure list has today been hailed as victory by campaigners in the neighbourhoods affected. Read
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Man held over alleged murder in Kings Heath
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
A MAN was today being held by police investigating the alleged murder of a young dad-of-one found slumped on a Birmingham high street with fatal head injuries. Read
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Challenge schools given £3m to help hit grades target
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
NEARLY two dozen under-performing secondary schools in Birmingham are to receive a vital cash boost of nearly £3 million to help improve classroom standards. Read
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Eight arrested after Birmingham City v Cardiff match
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
COINS were thrown at police and eight people were arrested as trouble again marred a crunch Midland football game. Read
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Haven Holidays auditions held in Birmingham
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
THE glitz and glamour of showbiz hit Birmingham when hundreds of wannabes put on their finest performances in auditions to become a Haven Holidays “Funstar”. Read
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Garden is step closer
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
A CHARITY which provides respite care for disabled children across the West Midlands is one step closer to creating a new sensory garden thanks to a donation from the Birmingham Mail Charity Trust. Read
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Washwood Heath shop fined after knife sale to teen
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
OWNERS of a Birmingham shop have been fined more than a thousand pounds after admitting selling potentially deadly knives to a child. Read
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Tributes to Cradley Heath “lion man” Lew Foley
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
LIONS on the loose, rare birds on the doorstep and council workers knocking down the wrong house are just some of the warm memories involving “lion man” Lew Foley – “the Black Country’s last great eccentric”. Read
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Firefighters save family from Halesowen house
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
A BLACK Country family was rescued from an upstairs window of their blazing house at the weekend. Read
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Crunch hits city budget
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM City Council may have to increase its borrowing levels dramatically after the credit crunch bit deep into its finances, officials have warned. Read
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Shirley man proposed at New Zealand music festival
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
PATRICK Seal had more reason than most to be nervous when he popped the question – he had an audience of 20,000 people. Read
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Man risks his life in bungalow blaze
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
A MAN who pulled an elderly woman out of a burning building has been praised by fire chiefs. Read
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Challenge schools given £3m to help hit grades target
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
NEARLY two dozen under-performing secondary schools in Birmingham are to receive a vital cash boost of nearly £3 million to help improve classroom standards. Read
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Man arrested after death in Kings Heath street
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
A MAN was today being held over the alleged murder of a dad-of-one found dead with serious head injuries on a Birmingham high street. Read
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Birmingham man on trial over £220 million fraud
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
FIVE men, including a Lord of the Manor and a Birmingham man, are due to stand trial today accused of trying to steal £220 million by hacking into a Japanese bank’s computer system. Read
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Great night for boxing fan at 'Clubbed' premiere
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
FORMER amateur boxer Pete Lyons isn’t used to seeing stars... because he only lost two of his 23 bouts. Read
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Loan sharks demand sex to pay debts
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM loan sharks are forcing vulnerable women into having sex with them to pay off their debts as more people plunge into the red as the recession bites. Read
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Three Birmingham chefs get Michelin stars
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
IT’S Birmingham 3 – Manchester 0 after the city celebrated a hat- trick of culinary successes. Read
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Controversy over London mayor Boris Johnson's Birmingham hotel bills
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
LONDON Mayor Boris Johnson today said he would repay almost £2,000 of taxpayers’ money spent on his Birmingham hotel room at the Conservative Party conference if it turned out he had broken official rules. Read
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Jaguar Land Rover workers have two weeks to decide on pay freeze
Jan 19 2009 | Top Stories
JAGUAR Land Rover workers have been given just two weeks to decide whether to accept a pay freeze and other cutbacks – or risk the loss of up to 1,800 jobs. Read
