THOUSANDS of West Midland jobs were today hanging by a thread after the Government refused to bail out LDV with an emergency loan estimated at more than £20 million.Read
FLIPPING heck! Shrove Tuesday is upon us so the Birmingham Mail has been to one of the city’s top restaurants – Simpsons in Edgbaston – to find out how to make the perfect pancake.Read
AN experienced Birmingham pathologist failed to identify signs of violence on a Midland pensioner he had conducted a post-mortem examination on, a tribunal heard.Read
GREEN campaigners opposing plans to build an incinerator in Staffordshire have vowed to fight on despite failing to secure a public inquiry into the scheme.Read
A PAIR of aspiring filmmakers have fulfilled their ‘Electric’ dream by seeing stars of the small screen perform on the big screen in their own short film.Read
MORE than three quarters of young adults in Birmingham are still relying on financial help from their parents as they struggle to stay in the black, a shocking new survey revealed today.Read
AIRPORT-style metal detectors were installed at schools entrances across Birmingham for the start of the new term in the fight against knife crime.Read
OVER-zealous traffic wardens and a lack of pick-up points near to city centre attractions is crippling Birmingham’s coach industry, a report has found.Read
GROWING numbers of out-of-work professionals are applying for jobs as theme park ride assistants and fork-lift truck drivers in a desperate search for any kind of employment.Read
A BIRMINGHAM college is to use an unexpected Government windfall to support local businesses in their fight to escape the effects of the recession.Read
A BIRMINGHAM artist with autism is hoping to create an enlightening picture of the condition through her innovative artwork of celebrities from Madonna to the Queen.Read
The Business Secretary was said to have detached himself from the emergency government talks over the struggling van-maker because of his much-publicised links to billionaire Oleg Deripaska.Read
Roza Carter, who uses the creative name Rozagy, has pledged to raise a million pounds over the next two years for autism charities and has already brought in £11,000 through sales of both her and her nine-year-old son Gennadi’s pieces of art.Read
A BIRMINGHAM college is to use an unexpected Government windfall to support local businesses in their fight to escape the effects of the recession.Read
OVER-zealous traffic wardens and a lack of pick-up points near to city centre attractions is crippling Birmingham’s coach industry, a report has found.Read
The Business Secretary was said to have detached himself from the emergency government talks over the struggling van-maker because of his much-publicised links to billionaire Oleg Deripaska.Read
OVER-zealous traffic wardens and a lack of pick-up points near to city centre attractions is crippling Birmingham’s coach industry, a report has found.Read
REGULAR disposable nappies which take hundreds of years to rot in the nation’s landfill sites could soon be recycled at a new £12 million Birmingham-based facility, the first of its kind the UK.Read
BIRMINGHAM’S planning officials have been slammed for taking more than a month to investigate allegations that the owner of a historic building is faking repair work to secure advertising income.Read
HIS shoes are made for running – but despite hoarding a massive collection of trainers in his bedroom Anthony Eyre has always preferred a more sedate pace of life.Read
DEVOTED son and firefighter Steve Gibson was joined by his station’s crew to shave their heads in support of his mum, who has been diagnosed with breast cancer.Read
GROWING numbers of out-of-work professionals are applying for jobs as theme park ride assistants and fork-lift truck drivers in a desperate search for any kind of employment.Read
GROWING numbers of out-of-work professionals are applying for jobs as theme park ride assistants and fork-lift truck drivers in a desperate search for any kind of employment.Read
