A MIDLAND school teacher was today facing jail after admitting having sex with an under-age girl and carrying out a number of other sex acts on her.Read
DRAYTON Manor Park has finally won a 12-year fight for a £14 million hotel to attract families for overnight stays at the West Midlands’ most popular theme complex.Read
POLICE have asked the country’s top lawyer for permission to appeal against the 34-year jail sentence handed down to “barbaric” killer Mohammed Ali – for being too lenient.Read
A major shake-up is under way at Birmingham-based radio station Kerrang! which could see some of its presenters caught up in the latest round of redundancies.Read
STUNNING strudels from Austria, brilliant baklavas from Iran and terrific British food set the taste buds tingling at the first Birmingham International Food Fair.Read
A CRACKDOWN on teenage binge drinking is to be carried out on the streets of Birmingham, the Black Country and Coventry during the summer holidays. Children’s Secretary Ed Balls said the areas would share in a new government cash windfall of £1.4 million aimed at tackling anti-social behaviour.Read
CARERS with extraordinary tales of selflessness and generosity gathered at Birmingham’s International Convention Centre to urge families to make the most of vital support on offer.Read
BLUNDERING transport bosses have been forced to re-route a popular bus route for the second time in a month after sending double deckers weaving between parked cars down a narrow crescent.Read
THREE quarters of motorists were caught speeding past a Birmingham primary school as pupils staged their own traffic survey to combat fears over pupil safety.Read
PUPILS at a Sutton Coldfield primary school are looking forward to a brand new strip when they take to the football field after winning an international competition run in the Birmingham Mail.Read
NEWLY-promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers proved they are after more than star players this summer by buying thousands of pounds worth of club memorabilia.Read
THE new man in charge of policing the West Midlands’ 450 miles of motorway has pledged to use the latest in technology to put the brakes on cross border criminals.Read
ANXIOUS bosses of a West Bromwich garage who have waited nine years to be relocated as part of Tesco’s massive transfomation of the town centre have erected this eye-catching sign.Read
A FAMILY who intimidated neighbours with racist abuse and violence during an eight-year reign of terror have been evicted from their Sandwell home after a joint investigation by local council and police.Read
