FRUSTRATED motorists faced huge delays in north Birmingham during rush hour today following a chemical spillage near one of the city’s busiest commuter routes.Read
THOUSANDS of dogs and their owners were today converging on the NEC for the opening day of Crufts, which is being broadcast live on the internet for the first time.Read
BIRMINGHAM park chiefs have be forced to pull an 11th hour rescue package together to ensure that the grass is cut and trees pruned in two city districts.Read
A SENIOR Army official has revealed his support for injured soldiers being controversially treated on NHS wards in Birmingham, saying there is no need for a military hospital.Read
A CONTROVERSIAL tower block planned for Birmingham city centre is set for a cool reception when it is unveiled to city planning chiefs for the first time today.Read
THE parents of a four-week-old Midland baby who died of the same heart defect that almost killed his father have pledged to take local health bosses to court after the condition was not spotted.Read
CURRY houses struggling to recruit staff because of immigration restrictions should encourage women to get out of the family kitchen and take jobs in catering, according to a Birmingham MP.Read
AN elderly couple had to be rescued from a flooded road in Solihull. The couple were stranded in their car in Henwood Lane yesterday afternoon in more than one foot of water in a ford that is usually a couple of inches deep. Firefighters waded into the water and pushed the car to the other side.Read
A DRUG dealer who was caught red-handed dealing crack cocaine and heroin has handed himself in to police to serve a four-and-a-half-year prison sentence.Read
TWO young patients from a Birmingham children’s ward got to experience life in another dimension when they were whisked away on a surprise trip to the city’s science museum as a treat.Read
ASTON Villa has stepped in to extend its sponsorship deal with a struggling Midland children’s charity that is cutting jobs to survive the credit crunch.Read
FRUSTRATED motorists faced huge delays in north Birmingham during rush hour today following a chemical spillage near one of the city’s busiest commuter routes.Read
I HAVE never so much as held a badminton racquet in my hand, so it was with some trepidation that I agreed to take on no less an opponent than Olympic silver medallist Gail Emms for my first attempt.Read
THE Bank of England slashed interest rates to another record low of 0.5 per cent today and launched an economic salvage bid with billions in newly-created money.Read
I HAVE never so much as held a badminton racquet in my hand, so it was with some trepidation that I agreed to take on no less an opponent than Olympic silver medallist Gail Emms for my first attempt.Read
BIRMINGHAM City Council officials were today studying calls by top industry chief Roger King for a £10 million loan for LDV as 850 anxious workers pinned their hopes on a buyout to save their jobs.Read
HEALTH bosses are rolling out the second stage of a pioneering vaccine campaign to protect teenage girls against cervical cancer at schools across inner-city Birmingham.Read
ASTON Villa has stepped in to extend its sponsorship deal with a struggling Midland children’s charity that is cutting jobs to survive the credit crunch.Read
WORKERS at car giant Jaguar Land Rover have voted to accept a shorter working week and a one-year pay freeze to avoid compulsory job cuts, it was announced today.Read
But city council leader Mike Whitby urged there should be no “witch hunt” as he feared a public backlash could see social workers quitting their jobs and leave the ailing department suffering even further.Read
But city council leader Mike Whitby urged there should be no “witch hunt” as he feared a public backlash could see social workers quitting their jobs and leave the ailing department suffering even further. Only a year ago the city was rated as one of the best English local authorities for working with vulnerable children and the Audit Commission had awarded it best marks.Read
BIRMINGHAM City Council officials were today studying calls by top industry chief Roger King for a £10 million loan for LDV as 850 anxious workers pinned their hopes on a buyout to save their jobs.Read
ASTON Villa has stepped in to extend its sponsorship deal with a struggling Midland children’s charity that is cutting jobs to survive the credit crunch.Read
But city council leader Mike Whitby urged there should be no “witch hunt” as he feared a public backlash could see social workers quitting their jobs and leave the ailing department suffering even further.Read
WHEN shy William Daunt finally plucked up the courage to ask colleague Patricia for a dance he couldn’t have imagined they would still be in step 60 years down the line.Read
Simon Wright, aged 24, and Andrea Warmer, aged 19, both from Wolverhampton, died when Andrew Nicholls, who had been drinking heavily, ploughed his car into a railway bridge at high speed, a court heard.Read
