SIX Walsall schools are set to be transformed beyond recognition when they share £120 million for schemes ranging from rebuilds to refurbishments, it was announced today.Read
A FACEBOOK campaign to keep the Birmingham pub where father of two Tracy McConnell was killed shut for good has been backed by more than 800 people.Read
WARWICKSHIRE County Cricket Club has been accused of treating local people with ‘contempt’ as it scaled down plans for a £32 million expansion of the ground.Read
FOR those who have rocked at the NEC Arena, we salute you! AC/DC headlined the final concert at the arena - now sponsored by LG - before it closes for a five month refurbishment.Read
THE West Midlands Transport Authority will spend £1 million on designs to pedestrianise Corporation Street, even though Birmingham City Council have not given the green light to the scheme.Read
WHITE schoolboys from less well-off backgrounds in Birmingham are in danger of being recruited by far right groups as they grow increasingly disaffected and demotivated.Read
ANTARCTIC explorers Ben Fogle and James Cracknell trekked to Hagley, near Stourbridge, to congratulate pupils for designing a new ultra-warm jacket.Read
AN MP has written to the Archbishop of Birmingham urging him to end the apparent “injustice” of staff in Catholic schools missing out on a bumper windfall of up to £7,000.Read
FORMER rugby ace Scott Quinnell took on even more of a challenge than captaining his country when he joined a group of pupils during a karate class.Read
A BIRMINGHAM man who combines helping jobless people get back into work with providing personal protection for heads of state – including the Pope – is preparing for a special trip to the Vatican.Read
THE car clamper who has to pay an 18-year-old £523 for wrongly towing away her car in Birmingham late at night today said he lost the court case over ‘one word’ on a warning sign.Read
CRY God for Kings Rise, England and St George. That could almost have been a Birmingham primary school’s version of Henry V’s famous speech as it decided to celebrate the patron Saint of England in style.Read
Frank F Harrison Engineering College has been named as the sixth school to benefit from the Government’s Building Schools for the Future initiative, which is changing the face of education in the Black Country.Read
