Khalid Mahmood insisted he had done nothing wrong by staying in the hotel, that the bills were ‘approved’ by the Fees Office and that no-one had asked or expected him to return the money. But the Labour MP for Perry Barr said that he understood why his constituents were angry and that he wanted to make a public gesture to show that he “gets it”.Read
DOUBLE killer Mohammed Ali was today jailed for life with a minimum term of 34 years at the Royal Courts of Justice for the murders of Birmingham sisters Yasmine and Sabrina Larbi-Cherif.
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THE Credit Crunch is affecting everybody - and many of the show gardens at this year’s Gardeners’ World Live, which opens at Birmingham NEC today, are reflecting people’s concerns about the economic climate.Read
PUB landlords, bookies and other leisure bosses throughout the Midlands were put on red alert today after a Rank Group victory in the High Court opened up potential floodgates.Read
MANSELL has struck an impressive century – after handing over the 100th new-build home as part of a major multi-million pound urban regeneration programme in Sandwell.Read
SUPPORTERS of a popular Digbeth pub, which could be forced to close because of complaints about music, have started a facebook page – and have more than 10,000 supporters.Read
EAGLE-eyed Border Agency officers at Birmingham International Airport seized thousands of pounds worth of cocaine hidden in tubs of hand cream in the luggage of a passenger.Read
EAGLE-eyed Border Agency officers at Birmingham International Airport seized thousands of pounds worth of cocaine hidden in tubs of hand cream in the luggage of a passenger.Read
HOPES of work re-starting on a flagship Jewellery Quarter development have been crushed after the developer plunged into administration midway through the project.Read
WHEN tubby Michelle Bowater weighed in at nearly 25 stone, doctors broke the devastating news that she would never have a baby because of her size.Read
HOPES of work re-starting on a flagship Jewellery Quarter development have been crushed after the developer plunged into administration midway through the project.Read
COUNCIL leaders in Staffordshire have refused to abandon a planned reorganisation of secondary schools in Tamworth despite a change of political control and a last-minute plea from teaching unions.Read
WALSALL residents who marched on Downing Street to petition against plans to widen the M6 today vowed to carry on their fight after designs for the scheme were unveiled.Read
The youngster, who has not been named, sprayed fellow pupils at Walsall’s Shire Oak School. It is believed seven children were attacked by the boy, aged around 15, in a school corridor yesterday.Read
EAGLE-eyed Border Agency officers at Birmingham International Airport seized thousands of pounds worth of cocaine hidden in tubs of hand cream in the luggage of a passenger.Read
COUNCIL leaders in Staffordshire have refused to abandon a planned reorganisation of secondary schools in Tamworth despite a change of political control and a last-minute plea from teaching unions.Read
Khalid Mahmood insisted he had done nothing wrong by staying in the hotel, that the bills were ‘approved’ by the Fees Office and that no-one had asked or expected him to return the money. But the Labour MP for Perry Barr said that he understood why his constituents were angry and that he wanted to make a public gesture to show that he “gets it”.Read
EAGLE-eyed Border Agency officers at Birmingham International Airport seized thousands of pounds worth of cocaine hidden in tubs of hand cream in the luggage of a passenger.Read
Mohammed Ali, aged 29, used three knives to kill Yasmine and Sabrina Larbi-Cherif, whose partially-clothed bodies were found at their blood-drenched Birmingham flat last September.Read
HOPES of work re-starting on a flagship Jewellery Quarter development have been crushed after the developer plunged into administration midway through the project.Read
