Jun
2009
Articles from 4th Jun 2009
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Taxi drivers’ slow protest locks up Birmingham city centre
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
ANGRY taxi drivers brought Birmingham city centre to a near standstill today with a “slow drive” protest. Read
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Jaguar Land Rover: Night shifts return
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
NIGHT shifts are being reintroduced for thousands of workers at Land Rover’s giant Solihull factory in a major vote of confidence in demand for new models, it was revealed today. Read
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Couple accused of starving Birmingham girl to death
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
A couple accused of starving a seven-year-old girl to death will go on trial charged with murder today. Read
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Soldier tried to save Birmingham Sapper Mark Quinsey's life
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
Sapper Jim Taylor spoke of his “overwhelming anger and sadness” at the death of Sapper Quinsey. Read
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LDV owners GAZ say they can do no more to save Birmingham firm
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
LDV’s Russian owners GAZ said today they had “exhausted all possibilities” in the fight to save the van-maker in another apparent huge nail in the coffin for 7,000 UK jobs. Read
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Two quizzed over teenage death at Rednal house
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
The couple are being held on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs. Read
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Tesco scheme in Hodge Hill will create 300 jobs
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has promised it will offer jobs to the unemployed when a new Birmingham store begins recruiting. Read
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Network Rail faces fine for performance
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
NETWORK Rail is facing penalties over “unsatisfactory” delays and disruption on the West Coast Main Line. Read
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Apprentice finalist Yasmina's father had Midlands 'harem'
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
APPRENTICE finalist Yasmina Siadatan spent part of her childhood in the West Midlands staying with her Iranian father and his harem of three wives. Read
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Birmingham athletes show their girly sides in shopping spree
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
STAR athletes swapped track suits for top clobber in a bid to look “more like ladies than ladettes”. Read
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Birmingham crash victim Cerys Edwards, aged 3, sent a polling card
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM car crash toddler Cerys Edwards was sent a polling card for today’s Euro elections despite being three-years-old. Read
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Mixed response to plans for £58m swimming centre in Ladywood
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
DESIGNS for Birmingham’s £58 million state-of-the-art Olympic swimming pool and sports centre have been met with a mixed response from residents and sports clubs. Read
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Great Barr plays host to Alesha Dixon and Tim Henman doubles act
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
ANYONE for tennis? Read
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Postman given two year order for stealing letters
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM postman with a gambling debt who stole letters addressed to his estranged wife and failed to deliver thousands of items of mail has been given a two-year community order. Read
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Show us your snaps of Brum
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
The Birmingham Mail wants readers to showcase the best of Brum by joining our new online photo gallery. Read
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Swine flu: Handsworth school link to 13 new cases
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
Another 41 new cases of swine flu were confirmed in the UK last night, pushing the total number above 400. Read
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Concrete slab thrown at train driver's cab in Stourbridge
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
Police want to speak to anyone who has any information after a train driver was injured when a concrete slab was thrown at his cab. Read
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Midland Apprentice star Kate Walsh in final
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
Kate Walsh, originally from Cannock, and Yasmina Siadatan will go head to head in this year’s The Apprentice final after a triple firing. Read
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Birmingham college plans hit by funding crisis
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
Colleges have been told to scale down multi-million pound expansion schemes and warned funding for rebuilds were unlikely in the latest twist to the further education funding crisis. Read
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New West Midlands police chief going back on the beat
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
THE NEW Chief Constable of the West Midlands is going back on the beat in Birmingham in a bid to help shape the future of the force. Read
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Campaign launched in Birmingham to cut medicine wastage
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
A MAJOR campaign has been launched across inner city Birmingham to help patients cut down on medicine wastage which costs the NHS at least £100 million every year. Read
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Susan Boyle could miss Britain's Got Talent show at Birmingham NIA
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
DOUBTS persisted today over whether troubled Britain’s Got Talent singer Susan Boyle would be fit to perform live in Birmingham on the first night of a spin-off national tour. Read
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Medal honour for our Afghanistan heroes
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
TERRITORIAL Army soldiers from Sheldon have been given medals for serving in Afghanistan. Read
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Rotary event brings £20m boost for Brum business
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM is set for a £20 million boost when thousands of Rotary Club members from across the world descend on the city later this month. Read
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Trouble brewing over Kings Heath pub
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
CALLS were today mounting for a “nuisance” Birmingham pub to shut for good. Read
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Water graffiti gets Rep in hot water
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM theatre’s unique way of advertising with jet aqua sprays to create ‘reverse graffiti’ has left them in trouble. Read
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Battler Kerrie calls for support in Race for Life
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
A YOUNG Midland cancer survivor hopes to get women champing at the bit to take part in a fun run at Worcester Racecourse. Read
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Birmingham university to research coal-fired power stations
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
With the UK facing a shortfall in electricity production by 2015 due to projected economic growth and life expectancy of existing power stations, coal will play an important role in generating electrical power. Read
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Birmingham engineering boss broke after second collapse in a year
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM businessman owed around £50,000 following the collapse of Bloxwich Engineering has seen his losses double – when the firm’s new owners also went bust. Read
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Local dancers needed to join Birmingham carnival
Jun 04 2009 | Top Stories
THE search is on for flamboyant costumed dancers to sign up for this summer’s Birmingham Carnival. Read
