Jan
2010
Articles from 9th Jan 2010
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Seven arrested after disorder at Birmingham City game
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
Seven people were arrested today after disorder broke out during a Premier League football match, police said. Read
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Aston Villa star safe after terror attack on Togo team bus - first picture
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
ASTON Villa footballer Moustapha Salifou has emerged unhurt after the team bus carrying him and his Togo teammates was attacked by men with machine guns on the way to the Africa Cup of Nations. Read
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Snow returns to Birmingham and the West Midlands for the weekend
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
FRESH snowfall was today being reported across the region as weather forecasters predicted the artic conditions blighting the Midlands would last throughout the next week. Read
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Breaking news: Wigan v Aston Villa game called off
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
Aston Villa's trip to Wigan has been called off after a pitch inspection at the DW Stadium. Read
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Gas Pipes across West Midlands at risk of leaking due to cold weather
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
GAS pipes across the West Midlands are at risk of leaking as temperatures plummet to sub zero levels. Read
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Jaguar Land Rover gets £1m for electric car project
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
CARMAKER Jaguar Land Rover received a boost as the Government awarded more than £1 million to help it develop state-of-the-art electric cars. Read
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Popular farmers market in Kings Norton back on
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
BLUNDERING council workers nearly caused an award-winning Birmingham farmers market to close for no reason. Read
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Aldridge's Drew McOnie is in the finals of TV show So You Think You Can Dance
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
AT THE age of nine, Drew McOnie melted hearts when he played the little boy in the hit stage production of The Snowman. Read
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Panic buying sets in at Birmingham stores due to snow
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
PANIC buying has set in across Birmingham as shoppers load their trolleys with food ... and bird seed! Read
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Long-serving Birmingham priest Right Reverend Monsignor Canon Thomas Joseph Gavin dies
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
ONE of the West Midland’s longest-serving priests, who also played international rugby for Ireland, has died aged 87. Read
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Burglary gang target swimmer at Sutton Coldfield leisure centre
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM gang stole thousands of pounds-worth of valuables from a swimmer’s home as he used a city pool. Read
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Burglary gang target swimmer at Sutton Coldfield leisure centre
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM gang stole thousands of pounds-worth of valuables from a swimmer’s home as he used a city pool. Read
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Police officer breaks leg after her patrol car smashes into wall on icy Willenhall road
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
A BLACK Country police officer was taken to hospital with a broken leg after the patrol car in which she was a passenger skidded on ice and crashed into a wall while answering a 999 call. Read
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Police issue fresh appeal for missing Erdington mother
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
DETECTIVES today issued a fresh appeal for help to trace a missing mum as the search for her entered its fifth day. Read
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Offenders in Birmingham clearing snow to payback community
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
MIDLAND offenders are repaying their debt to society by helping clear ice and snow to make the streets safer. Read
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Erdington taxi rank doubles fares because of snow.
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM taxi rank has admitted doubling its fares when it snows so its self-employed drivers do not risk crashing their cars. Read
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"Hero" Solihull pilot Robert Mansell laid to rest
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
FRIENDS and relatives of Midland pilot Robert Mansell were finally able to lay their “hero” to rest in a moving ceremony. Read
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Two more people die of swine flu in West Midlands
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
TWO people in the West Midlands have died after contracting swine flu over Christmas, the NHS said. Read
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Birmingham Voluntary Services Council issues warning to charities over funding cuts
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
CHARITIES and voluntary groups helping some of Birmingham’s most disadvantaged people have been urged to brace themselves for a series of brutal funding cuts. Read
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Winson Green business has its access blocked by an untaxed, uninsured car that the authorities refuse to remove
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM businessman was shut out of his own premises because of a dumped, untaxed and uninsured car that nobody would remove – until the Mail intervened. Read
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MPs warn too much doom and gloom will hurt manufacturing economy
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
A POWERFUL Commons inquiry has warned that complaining about job cuts in manufacturing could make the sector’s problems worse. Read
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Comic Joe Pasquale boosts breast cancer work of Birmingham University scientists
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
COMEDIAN Joe Pasquale handed over a £30,000 donation to support an important city cause. Read
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Football fans admit disorder at Birmingham City v Aston Villa derby
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
SEVEN football fans have admitted being involved in ugly scenes of violence that exploded on the streets following the second city derby. Read
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Consumer chief demands end to shrinking food packets
Jan 09 2010 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM’S official consumer watchdog has demanded Government action to stop the rise of the ‘incredible shrinking food packets’. Read
