A would-be strangler from Staffordshire who slit his own throat in the mistaken belief that his victim was dead has been jailed for at least six years.Read
A police officer from Stoke-on-Trent charged with causing or inciting a 15-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity has appeared in court via videolink.Read
DUDLEY funnyman Lenny Henry will be rockin’ with laughter in Birmingham when he takes over from Jasper Carrott as host of the city’s annual variety festival of Christmas fun.Read
WARWICK Castle, Henry V and a Cadbury Creme Egg are to feature in a new national advertising campaign encouraging people to take their summer holidays in the West Midlands.Read
THIS time next year electric cars could be a common sight on the streets of Birmingham if the bid for Government money to turn the second city into “electric city” is successful.Read
A MIDLAND company has been fined £8,000 after a worker smashed onto a concrete floor fracturing his skull having fallen around six metres from an overhead crane.Read
POLITICIANS, musicians and trade union leaders from across the West Midlands will gather at Villa Park tomorrow to campaign against far right political parties.Read
RESIDENTS wanting to comment on plans to convert an historic Birmingham cinema into a Chinese buffet restaurant still have time to make their voices heard.Read
CAMPAIGNERS looking to save their community centre from closure or demanding an elected mayor for Birmingham will soon be able to petition their local authority online.Read
FOUR people including two from Birmingham arrested in connection with a Midland warehouse blaze which had claimed the lives of four firefighters have been released on bail.Read
DUDLEY funnyman Lenny Henry will be rockin’ with laughter in Birmingham when he takes over from Jasper Carrott as host of the city’s annual variety festival of Christmas fun.Read
PART-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland announced more losses in the first three months of 2009 and warned of a long road back to health for the bank.Read
MOST government spin doctors do a good job – despite revelations that a Downing Street official planned a smear campaign against opposition MPs, Birmingham MP Liam Byrne has insisted.Read
A BIRMINGHAM councillor has welcomed the Government’s decision to introduce a series of wide-ranging measures aimed at ensuring every child gets the protection they deserve.Read
A MIDLAND doctor has been banned from working for a month for lewdly preying on and trying to kiss a female cleaner against her will as she cleaned the men’s hospital toilets.Read
PART-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland announced more losses in the first three months of 2009 and warned of a long road back to health for the bank.Read
