A TERRIFIED shopkeeper was dragged from his bed and forced to open his safe by masked thugs who terrorised his wife at gunpoint during a Bank Holiday break-in.Read
A total of 50 pupils, teachers and their parents connected to a Birmingham school have been confirmed with swine flu in the largest outbreak in the UK – but health bosses believe numbers will rise further.Read
A colleague of a top British diver who died during an underwater filming mission exploring the Titanic’s sister ship has paid tribute to an “exceptional man”.Read
Developers hoping to build a controversial eco-town misled the public about potential benefits of the scheme, the advertising watchdog ruled today.Read
Under-fire Tory MP Julie Kirkbride is facing fresh allegations over her use of taxpayers’ money after it emerged she employs her sister even though she lives more than 100 miles from her constituency.Read
COUNCILLORS in Birmingham should have their allowance increased pegged at a below inflation two per cent according to the city’s Independent Remuneration Panel.Read
A TRAIN company that spent more than £2.7 million on ticket barriers designed to crack down on fare dodgers could still be losing profits due to a security loophole.Read
DIGITAL entrepreneurs have teamed up with the local council and software giant Microsoft to start a unique digital transport project in order to make Birmingham England’s first “intelligent city”.Read
UNDER-fire Tory MP Julie Kirkbride was facing fresh allegations today over her use of taxpayers’ money after it emerged she employs her sister, even though she lives more than 100 miles from her constituency.Read
A TRAIN company that spent more than £2.7 million on ticket barriers designed to crack down on fare dodgers could still be losing profits due to a security loophole.Read
DIGITAL entrepreneurs have teamed up with the local council and software giant Microsoft to start a unique digital transport project in order to make Birmingham England’s first “intelligent city”.Read
THE FOOTHILLS of the Andes in South America are beckoning for a Midland man as he plans to embark on a marathon trek in aid of the hospice that cares for his seriously ill father.Read
YOUNGSTERS out on the streets of Walsall at night during the half-term school holiday could be picked up by police under a new crackdown on anti-social behaviour.Read
POLICE hunting a “lowlife” who assaulted an vulnerable grandmother and left her for dead are today hoping a change in loyalties will see an informer step forward.Read
Neighbours have pooh-poohed attempts by Simpro Ltd off Lawn Lane, Coven, near Wolverhampton to provide what the company’s website calls “an environmentally sustainable alternative to landfill”.Read
DIGITAL entrepreneurs have teamed up with the local council and software giant Microsoft to start a unique digital transport project in order to make Birmingham England’s first “intelligent city”.Read
John Lyons, a 77-year-old retired delivery driver, said: “They should be punished if they have broken the law. I wouldn’t know who I would vote for this time around.”Read
