Jul
2009
Articles from 30th Jul 2009
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REVENUE in Trinity Mirror Regionals, which includes BPM Media (Midlands) titles the Birmingham Mail and sister paper the Birmingham Post, has fallen by 28.2 per cent, the company announced today.
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
A half-yearly financial report, for the 26-week period ending 28 June 2009, showed revenue had dropped by £61 million to £155.4 million. Read
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Dudley Council loses mosque battle
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
A CONTROVERSIAL £18 million mosque is set to be built in the centre of a Black Country town after the High Court threw out a council challenge. Read
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Losses rise to £48m for National Express
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
DEBT-laden National Express lurched further into the red today after clocking up pre-tax losses of more than £48 million for the first six months of the year. Read
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Midland heart trouble man goes missing
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
POLICE are concerned for the welfare of a missing Midland pensioner. Read
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Music and fashion passion for stylist at his charity catwalk show
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
FROM fashion designer to music composer, it’s all in a day’s work for a Birmingham stylist staging a unique show in the city. Read
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Drugs police in dawn raids on Birmingham homes
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
POLICE today stepped up their war on drugs with a series of dawn raids in Birmingham targeting those suspected of dealing on the streets. Read
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Kingstanding man jailed for stalking BBC presenters
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
Handing Christopher Beasley a 20-week sentence, District Judge Neil Davison said Ms Virdee and Ms Malin were among an ever-increasing number of women who found themselves at the centre of his “fantasies”. Read
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Music and fashion passion for stylist at his charity catwalk show
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
FROM fashion designer to music composer, it’s all in a day’s work for a Birmingham stylist staging a unique show in the city. Read
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Midland heart trouble man goes missing
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
POLICE are concerned for the welfare of a missing Midland pensioner. Read
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Britain’s Got Talent stars Good Evans mark landmark at hospital unit
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
SINGING stars have helped to mark a landmark in a new centre to treat sick children. Read
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Dudley Group of Hospitals Trust praised for patient safety
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND hospital trust has been named one of the best in the country for promoting patient safety. Read
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Aston University's green goal
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
ASTON University moved a step closer to becoming the city’s most sustainable institution by taking delivery of the latest combined heat and power plant. Read
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Work to resume on Tamworth estate
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
ANGRY families living on a half-built housing estate are breathing a sigh of relief as it emerged work was to resume. Read
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Graduation for brain injury patients at Birmingham Council house
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
BRAIN injury patients celebrated achievements in everything from IT to literacy and numeracy in a special graduation at Birmingham Council house. Read
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Northfield school site to be a nursery
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
A SMALL, independent fee-paying school which was forced to close last year will be full of children once more – when it reopens as a nursery in September. Read
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Cash boost for a comics showcase
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
AN ESTIMATED 4,000 comic writers, artists, publishers and fans will be coming Birmingham this autumn when the UK’s largest comic convention returns to the city. Read
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Boot camp answer to a snore subject
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM’S worst snorers are set to be given their marching orders by loved ones – and sent to a Snoring Boot Camp. Read
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Ryanair launch new flight from Birmingham to Canaries
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
BUDGET airline Ryanair has announced it is starting a new route from Birmingham to the Canary Islands – to take advantage of Spanish tax concessions. Read
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Lorry chase driver jailed
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
AN ARMED robber who rammed a police car while driving a stolen lorry just weeks after being released from prison on licence is back behind bars. Read
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Informants cost West Midlands Police £300k
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
WEST Midlands Police have paid out nearly £300,000 in rewards to informants during the last financial year. Read
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Hit-and-run killing: Two men are refused bail
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
TWO men have appeared in court charged with the murder of Antony Ames, who died after being struck twice by a car in Birmingham. Read
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Cops search for a gunman three years after a shopkeeper was shot dead
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
POLICE said they were still trying to catch the killer of a Birmingham shopkeeper at the close of an inquest three years after his death. Read
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Wife locked up for use of stolen cash
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
THE wife of a man cleared of intentionally knocking down a Birmingham detective has been jailed for six months for laundering the money from her husband’s fraud. Read
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Mum kept child in 'Dickensian hovel'
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
POLICE discovered a Birmingham mother was forcing her daughter to live in a “hovel” worse than slums depicted by Charles Dickens after she reported the child missing. Read
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Frank Skinner to get Broad Street star
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
AN afternoon of comedy and stars is being promised when Midland funnyman Frank Skinner is given pride of place on Birmingham’s very own Walk of Stars on Saturday. Read
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Has Banksy been in Birmingham?
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
STREET artist Banksy appears to have struck in Birmingham. Read
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Ashley Blake 'feared for his life' at bar, court told
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
Television presenter Ashley Blake said he was “in fear of his life” as he described the moments leading up to an alleged assault on a teenager outside his bar. Read
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Met office predict rainy August in West Midlands
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
The Met Office has dashed hopes that holiday-makers choosing a “staycation” in the West Midlands would enjoy warm weather, predicting a rainy August instead. Read
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Second attack on taxi driver close to murder scene
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
Taxi driver is attacked close to scene of murder Read
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Protected birds recovered in raid on Staffordshire house
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
Four sparrow hawks were recovered in an early-morning raid by police and wildlife crime officers in Staffordshire. Read
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Northfield couple supply Dutchman's wedding flowers
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
A DUTCH groom-to-be has turned his back on the tulips of Amsterdam in favour of blooms by Brummies for his big day. Read
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Deprived north-west areas of city given £14 million regeneration upgrade
Jul 30 2009 | Top Stories
DEPRIVED areas in Birmingham are set to benefit from a £14 million regeneration scheme. Read
