Police are investigating whether a chemical leak which forced the closure of Birmingham’s Bullring shopping centre and led to more than 30 people being treated by paramedics was malicious.Read
A pensioner who kept 40 cats in squalid conditions at her Birmingham home has dropped her appeal against conviction for animal neglect, after costing an animal charity £250,000.Read
SPIN doctors hired for the glittering launch of the planned new Library of Birmingham were paid a “staggering” £135,000 of taxpayers’ money, it was revealed today.Read
THE devastated family of a Birmingham teenager who was murdered by a drug dealer and his lover before his body was dumped in a recycling bin said their son had been “let down” by society.Read
BIRMINGHAM’S Bullring was closed for more than an hour today after a mystery chemical leak left six security guards needing emergency medical treatment.Read
Indian investors yesterday raised more than £500million to support the owners of Jaguar Land Rover as Midland MPs were told that many car makers had not received a penny of support from the Government. Read
A senior aide of the former Archbishop of Birmingham has apologised after subjecting an Oxford University student to a tirade of abuse at a theological lecture.Read
THE man sacked as West Midlands Fire Authority chairman today denied being directly involved in the unsuccessful plot to topple city leader Mike Whitby.Read
LABOUR MP Tom Watson has accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over a claim that he was not only copied into emails between former Downing Street press adviser Damian McBride and activist Derek Draper but “encouraged” them.Read
THE Arts Council will be asked to come to the rescue of Birmingham’s controversial JRR Tolkien statue after plans to raise money from fans of the author were derailed by the credit crunch.Read
Carol Langham rented a luxury home in Tamworth and enjoyed a lavish lifestyle with expensive holidays abroad after stealing the money from the Walsall vending machine firm Coinadrink, where she was the finance manager.Read
THE pub where Birmingham dad Tracy McConnell was killed is to have its name changed and will only be allowed to reopen after it has put strict new safety measures in place.Read
PUPILS at a Birmingham secondary school have been cooking up a storm as part of a new inner city project aimed at turning youngsters onto healthy eating.Read
HEALTH bosses are hoping to persuade locals, young and old, to brush aside fears of visiting their dentist as part of events to mark National Smile Month.Read
A WOMAN who masterminded a £1.5 million fraud that came close to ruining the company she worked for has been ordered by a Judge to pay back more than £100,000.Read
City council boss Mike Whitby and his library development team snubbed their own press and marketing officials in favour of public relations consultants in a move slammed as “an outrageous waste of money” by critics.Read
