Dec
2009
Articles from 18th Dec 2009
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Birmingham derby clash fans appear in court
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
TWELVE football fans appeared before city magistrates following violent incidents after the local derby between Birmingham and Aston Villa. Read
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Craig Hodson-Walker murder: Jail is too good for my son's killers
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
Speaking outside Birmingham Crown Court today, mother Judy Hodson-Walker, 57, who attacked the raiders with a curtain pole on January 9, said: "I just feel that Craig has stopped the evil and that those evil people, or as I have always called them the dregs of the earth, will never ever hurt anyone again. Read
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UPDATED: Three men jailed for Craig Hodson-Walker post office murder
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
Three men who murdered sub-postmaster Craig Hodson-Walker were jailed for life with a minimum of 34 years today by a judge at Birmingham Crown Court who branded them "parasitic criminals". Read
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Rednal man dies after contracting MRSA in Heartlands Hospital
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
A LUNG cancer battler who survived invasive surgery to clear him of the disease has died after contracting MRSA at Heartlands Hospital, his friends and family have claimed. Read
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Codsall benefit cheat jailed after fiddling system for £37,000
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
A BENEFIT cheat from the Black Country will spend Christmas behind bars after fiddling £37,000 from the taxpayer. Read
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Parents wait for news after TB outbreak at Walsall school
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
PARENTS are waiting to find out if their children will need screening for tuberculosis after a Walsall student was diagnosed with the disease. Read
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Temperatures set to drop to minus five in Birmingham as snow looms
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
THE West Midlands escaped the blizzards hitting other parts of the country but people are still being advised to wrap up warm as daytime temperatures will struggle to go above freezing. Read
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Trio face sentence on Midlands post office murder
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
THREE men were to be sentenced today for the murder of a Midland sub-postmaster who was shot through the heart as he tried to protect his parents. Read
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Former Erdington school governor jailed for second child porn crime
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
Anthony Cox was found to have almost 200 indecent images involving children, some of the worst kind, on his mobile phone. Read
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Birmingham MP Sion Simon to repay money for renting flat off sister
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
SENIOR Birmingham MP and Government Minister Sion Simon is to repay up to £21,000 to the House of Commons after admitting he used his allowance to rent a flat from his sister. Read
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Acocks Green and Kings Norton men locked up for £3m cocaine plot
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
THREE Birmingham men have been jailed for a total of 38 years after being convicted of a plot to flood £3 million worth of cocaine on to the region’s streets. Read
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Birmingham Bull Ring market traders donate food to homeless youngsters
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
HOMELESS youngsters in Birmingham will get to tuck into a tasty Christmas dinner thanks to a donation of poultry and vegetables from the city’s market traders. Read
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Brummies hit back over appeal for a healthier Father Christmas
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
EXPERTS who have laid into Santa for being fat and tipsy have been sleigh-ted by Christmassy Brummies. Read
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Prof Carl Chinn backs Birmingham Mail campaign to save Cadbury
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
THE West Midlands’ best-loved historian Carl Chinn is backing the Birmingham Mail’s campaign to save Cadbury – and help preserve “the city’s most iconic brand”. Read
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Birmingham council rapped over late accounts
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
FINANCIAL watchdogs have slammed Birmingham City Council for failing to produce its annual accounts, in the latest blow to its reputation for financial competence. Read
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Birmingham City v Aston Villa derby clash fans appear in court
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
TWELVE football fans appeared before city magistrates following violent incidents after the local derby between Birmingham and Aston Villa. Read
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Government forcing councils to name top earners
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
COUNCILS will be ordered today to publish full details of their most highly-paid staff. Read
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Birmingham City Council launches campaign to recruit strategic director of regeneration
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
AN ADVERTISING campaign to appoint a director of regeneration for Birmingham will be launched today, almost four months after former post-holder Clive Dutton quit the high-profile city council job. Read
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Birmingham heroin smuggler starts nine-year jail sentence
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
A man who was caught in Birmingham smuggling 28 packages of heroin into the country after swallowing them is starting a nine-year jail sentence. Read
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Worcester gynaecologist gave colleagues updates on patient
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
A gynaecologist in Worcester gave colleagues weekly updates about a patient who alleges he gave her two orgasms on the examination table, a court has heard. Read
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Robbers have stolen £15,000 of cigarettes in a raid in Bromsgrove
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
ARMED robbers escaped with £15,000 worth of cigarettes and tobacco in a raid in Bromsgrove, police have revealed. Read
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End of the road for Midland Red bus driver
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
THE last of the Midland Red bus drivers has hung up his uniform – while being given a send-off to remember from colleagues. Read
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Don't get angry, have a laugh
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
‘CARROT-TOP’, ‘ginger nut’ and ‘copper-pot’; I’ve heard them a thousand times and they are just some of the more publishable names I can think of. Read
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Highbury Park in Moseley restoration work welcomed
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
IMPROVEMENTS to a historic city park have been welcomed by a council committee. Read
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Sutton Coldfield pub that sparked Ashley Blake's downfall has been sold
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
THE pub that was owned by shamed TV presenter Ashley Blake when he attacked a teenage customer has been bought by the garden centre next door for £1million. Read
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Birmingham's new bishop welcomes decision to stop selling Jesus-shaped soap
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM’S new Catholic Archbishop has welcomed a store giant’s decision to withdraw from sale a soap in the shape of Jesus. Read
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Newtown man shot in heart was drug dealer, court told
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
A MAN shot through the heart in Birmingham was a ‘drug dealer’ running an “occupational hazard,” a court heard. Read
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Villa's Doug Ellis helps ChildLine
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
BIG-hearted former Aston Villa chairman Doug Ellis raised a million smiles – by donating £1 million to the ChildLine children’s charity. Read
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Solihull couple threatened with rape and murder during raid at home
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND couple were tied up and held captive in their own home after two armed raiders burst in and robbed them of cash and jewellery. Read
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Two Birmingham solicitors charged over £50million mortgage fraud
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
Six people, including two Birmingham-based solicitors, have been charged over a £50 million commercial mortgage fraud. Read
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Sutton Coldfied and Meriden MPs told to pay back expenses
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
Tory shadow ministers, including two West Midlands MPs, have been asked to pay back another £25,000 in expenses after Sir Thomas Legg's audit of past claims, the Conservative Party has disclosed. Read
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Woman drops case against Droitwich Spa Hospital gynaecologist
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
A woman who accused a gynaecologist from Worcester of sexual assault and harassment - claiming he gave her two orgasms on the examination table - has dropped her case against him. Read
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Bromsgrove MP Julie Kirkbride finally reveals she is quitting
Dec 18 2009 | Top Stories
Bromsgrove MP Julie Kirkbride has finally decided to stand down at the next general election after heavy criticism of her expenses claims, she has announced. Read
