Birmingham air travellers sympathise with BA strike-hit passengers

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

PASSENGERS at Birmingham International Airport voiced their fury at news of British Airways cabin crews’ planned strike over the Christmas period. Read

Killer in Worcestershire post office raid was a convicted robber

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

THE man who shot Craig Hodson-Walker was a convicted robber who lied repeatedly to escape justice for the killing. Read

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

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Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

THREE men – two from Birmingham and one from Solihull – were today convicted of the murder of Midland sub-postmaster Craig Hodson-Walker. Read

Killer of Craig Hodson-Walker was convicted robber

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

The man who shot Craig Hodson-Walker was a convicted robber who lied repeatedly to escape justice for the killing. Read

Further update: Gang convicted of murdering Fairfield sub-postmaster Craig Hodson-Walker

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

Three men were convicted today of murdering a sub-postmaster who was gunned down as he tried to protect his parents during an armed robbery at their family-run village store. Read

Midlands still tops jobless league despite 8,000 fall

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

UNEMPLOYMENT has dropped by 8,000 in the West Midlands over the last quarter – but the region remains at the top of the jobless league. Read

Young Birmingham patients given an early Christmas treat

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

IT was a far cry from their usual duties when three soldiers armed with Christmas gifts paid a visit to young patients at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Read

Rubery school tightens security after theft of laptop containing personal data

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

A SECONDARY school in Birmingham has been forced to take action after a laptop containing the personal information of hundreds of pupils was stolen. Read

Vanessa George's mind 'must be unlocked' - husband

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

THE husband of a nursery worker jailed for “stomach churning” child abuse said he hopes doctors can “unlock her twisted mind”. Read

Kraft maintains it offers best prospects for Cadbury workers

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

KRAFT today hit back at critics pouring scorn on its bid – and said: “We are by far the best partner for Cadbury.” Read

Kraft takeover of Cadbury 'like putting Arthur Daley in charge of Prem club' - MP

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

A KRAFT takeover of Cadbury would be like Arthur Daley being put in charge of a Premiership football club, Hall Green MP Steve McCabe told a union rally. Read

Lord Adonis urges bus and rail companies in the West Midlands to introduce new Oyster-style “smart card”

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

TRANSPORT Secretary Lord Adonis today urged bus and rail companies in the West Midlands to speed up the introduction of a new “smart card” allowing passengers to travel across the region using a single plastic ticket. Read

Midland child abuse detective jailed for grooming 15-year-old girl

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

Andrew Rowe, 31, admitted five charges under the 2003 Sexual Offences Act. Read

Birmingham air travellers sympathise with BA strike-hit passengers

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

PASSENGERS at Birmingham International Airport voiced their fury at news of British Airways cabin crews’ planned strike over the Christmas period. Read

Witnesses give new leads in hunt for Shard End crash driver

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

THE driver of a car suspected of knocking down a Birmingham schoolgirl stopped and looked back at her lying in the road before driving off, a witness has told police. Read

Cannon Hill residents in court bid to stop Warwickshire County Cricket Club development

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

OFFICIAL planning reports into a new Edgbaston cricket stadium were littered with holes and failed to answer crucial questions over the effect on the environment, it was claimed. Read

Birmingham library queue times 'highly unlikely'

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

Cabinet regeneration member Neville Summerfield insisted there was no truth in a suggestion by Labour that a narrow site chosen for the £193 million library in Centenary Square and a shared entrance with the Rep theatre meant that 10,000 visitors expected to use the two buildings each day might face a lengthy wait to get in. Read

Review: Public Image Ltd at the O2 Academy, Birmingham

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

THE old punks heading to the Academy last night may have been greying and thickening around the waist, but a lean and youthful-looking John Lydon shrugged off the years to produce a blistering performance with the relaunch of his band Public Image Ltd. Read

Review: David Gray at the Symphony Hall

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

ON HIS various visits to Birmingham, David Gray has played most venues; Ronnie Scott’s (in his pre-Babylon fame days), the Academy and NIA – both on his last round of touring four years ago. Read

Review: Arabian Nights by the Royal Shakespeare Company

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

THE magic of the 1001 Nights is brought vividly alive in this new adaptation by former Royal Shakespeare Company associate director Dominic Cooke. Read

The curtains are finally drawn as troubled Broad Street bar The Living Room is shut down

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

UPMARKET city centre bar The Living Room has been closed down after administrators failed to sell the bar to a new owner. Read

Jury in inquest of Michael Powell death sent to consider verdict

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

AN inquest jury into death of a Birmingham dad who died in police custody was today considering its verdict. Read

Birmingham Hippodrome stars prepare for opening day of Sleeping Beauty

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

Just three days remain before the star-studded cast take to the Hippodrome for the opening of the Disney classic Sleeping Beauty. Read

Bishop of Worcester urged to stand down in bullying row

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

TWO leading Midland clergymen have been urged to step down from their posts amid claims that they stood by while a vicar was bullied out of his job. Read

West Midlands police plan zero-tolerance crackdown on anti-social drunk city centre party-goers this Friday

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

POLICE will launch a massive zero tolerance crackdown on drunk Birmingham city centre party-goers this Friday. Read

Mast's 60 years of sterling TV service

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

IT towers over part of Birmingham and makes it possible to view hit shows like the X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing. Read

Conductive education centre christmas pantomime

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

CHILDREN have been taken on a magical Christmas journey by a specialist teaching centre in Birmingham. Read

'White' working class Midland areas cash announced

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

MORE cash will be diverted to white working class communities in the Midlands in a bid to counter the belief they have been ignored, Communities Secretary John Denham has revealed. Read

Mayor of Birmingham visits Firmin and Sons

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

THE Lord Mayor of Birmingham maintained a tradition by visiting the city’s oldest company. Read

Ward End pensioner targeted by cashpoint tricksters

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

POLICE have launched a new appeal for help after thieves swiped a pensioner’s credit card and raided his account after distracting him while he used a cashpoint machine. Read

Digbeth Big Sleep Out raises £9k

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

BIRMINGHAM’S annual Big Sleep Out has so far raised at least £9,000. Read

Newtown parents told to improve behavior

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

ROWING parents have been warned to stop arguing at the gates of a city junior school. Read

Thomas Attwood statue fenced off row

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

A STATUE of one of the city’s greatest ever political leaders has been “shamefully” fenced off and hidden behind the German Christmas Market stalls, it has been claimed. Read

Kidderminster car dealership broken into

Dec 16 2009 | Top Stories

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after the All Electric car dealership in Kidderminster was broken into over the weekend. Read