A journalist has won the right to withhold information about the death of a soldier from Birmingham from police after a judge ruled that her life would be in danger if she was forced to hand it over.Read
Robert Plant, frontman of rock band Led Zeppelin, has donated a signed acoustic guitar to the Worcester and District branch of the Parkinson's Disease Society (PDS) via his neighbour.Read
A WELSH-based group of former Jaguar Land Rover executives is bidding to rescue LDV from extinction – with a pledge to keep jobs in Birmingham by developing new green vans.Read
BRITAIN’S chocolate lovers are continuing to indulge their taste buds despite the recession – boosting sales for Cadbury by up to six per cent, it was revealed today.Read
BIRMINGHAM MP and cabinet minister Liam Byrne has repaid £1,757 to the House of Commons, following a row over plans to use his Commons allowance to buy a flat with his brother.Read
A BIRMINGHAM woman who said she was libelled by a council who considered her potentially violent ranked near the top of the scale of difficult members of the public, the High Court heard.Read
Missing 19 year-old Polish girl Karolina Okonska has been found safe and well. She walked into Queens Road police station late last night (Wednesday 17) after seeing media coverage.Read
DETAILS of MPs’ expenses claims were finally published by the House of Commons today – but with much of the detail that led to a public outcry blacked out.Read
A JUDGE was today due to rule on whether a journalist should hand over information linked to the death of a Birmingham soldier to the police despite her refusal amid fears it would put her life in danger.Read
MIDLAND-based pubs and brewing company Marston’s today asked shareholders for a £176 million funding boost to enable it to acquire and develop new pubs.Read
ROMAN Way First School, in Redditch, has been shortlisted as a finalist in a nationwide competition to win a state-of-the-art school entrance worth up to £2,000.Read
A REVAMPED Birmingham Super Prix being given the green light would drastically improve the city’s world standing, motor racing fans and haters all agreed today.Read
THOUSANDS of children across Birmingham and the West Midlands aimed to set their own giant world record by taking part in the largest ‘walking bus’.Read
Karolina Okanska, 19, seemingly vanished without trace after arriving in Birmingham city centre on Tuesday last week to join her cousin fruit-picking in the Midlands for the summer.Read
BIRMINGHAM MP and cabinet minister Liam Byrne has repaid £1,757 to the House of Commons, following a row over plans to use his Commons allowance to buy a flat with his brother.Read
A JUDGE today decided a journalist should not be compelled to hand over information linked to the death of a Birmingham soldier to the police despite her refusal amid fears it would put her life in danger.Read
THERE were four househunters chasing every property for sale during May as potential buyers continued to flood back to the market, research showed today.Read
THE man in charge of Birmingham’s swimming pools today insisted the rebuilding or refurbishment of a city pool was at the top of his priority list.Read
AN INQUEST was due to open today into the death of a 56-year-old Birmingham mum who died from multiple organ failure following a gallstone operation.Read
PRETTY Paulina Pawlicka works behind the counter of a Birmingham city centre coffee shop by day, but for one night only, she had the chance to live a life of glamour and become a model.Read
CHILDREN and staff at a Birmingham primary school took a trip down memory lane when they dressed in Edwardian costume to celebrate their centenary.Read
THE sister of a murder victim has appealed for the public’s help in recapturing his killer, who is on the run with two others from a Midland prison.Read
LATEST car production figures being announced today were expected to show a sharp fall, with any impact from the Government’s “cash for bangers” car-scrappage scheme expected to take a while to show.Read
