Nov
2009
Articles from 15th Nov 2009
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Christmas Lights chaos: Birmingham council defends event
Nov 15 2009 | Top Stories
A council today defended its organisation of a free Christmas lights switch-on event that saw scores of people injured. Read
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Lights crush probe gets started
Nov 15 2009 | Top Stories
An investigation was under way today into how scores of people were injured in a crowd surge during a performance by the group JLS at a Christmas lights switch-on. Read
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Mohammed Arshad murder: Man arrested on suspicion of murder
Nov 15 2009 | Top Stories
Detectives investigating the death of a taxi driver found stabbed in the head have arrested a man on suspicion of murder, they said today. Read
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Birmingham lawyer claims hundreds of Iraqi abuse cases have yet to be reported
Nov 15 2009 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM lawyer representing Iraqis who claim they were tortured and sexually abused by British soldiers said that there could be hundreds of uninvestigated claims of abuse. Read
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Lichfield teenager pleads guilty to Erdington burglary in which dogs were slaughtered
Nov 15 2009 | Top Stories
A TEENAGER has pleaded guilty to burglary after a ‘house of horrors’ attack in which two pet dogs were slaughtered. Read
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Moseley crash kills four: Three victims named
Nov 15 2009 | Top Stories
THREE teenage boys and another man were killed after their car mounted a kerb and smashed into a garden wall in Birmingham yesterday. Read
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Christmas lights cancelled: The moment mob rule nearly triggered tragedy
Nov 15 2009 | Top Stories
THIS is the moment mob rule threatened to turn Birmingham’s Christmas Lights celebration into terrible tragedy. Read
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Councillor "feared another Hillsborough"
Nov 15 2009 | Top Stories
COUNCIL chief Martin Mullaney spoke of the Birmingham Christmas lights terror last night and said: ‘‘I thought, oh my God, this does not look good – this is Hillsborough all over again.” Read
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Christmas lights terror: Families tell of crush
Nov 15 2009 | Top Stories
SIXTY people were injured, four of them seriously, as Birmingham’s Christmas Lights celebration ended in terrifying scenes of chaos last night. Read
