Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
A THIRD Birmingham pensioner in her 80s has been terrorised in her own home by burglars. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
CONSUMER watchdogs at Birmingham City Council are to urge TV presenters like Dale Winton and David Dickinson to stop fronting advertising campaigns for ‘rip-off’ cash for gold companies. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
CONTROVERSIAL plans to halt all births at Sandwell Hospital and send mothers to Birmingham’s City Hospital instead will move ahead in coming days. Read
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A MAN remains critically ill in hospital after being seriously assaulted outside a Walsall pub last night. Read
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THREE TEENAGERS have been taken to hospital following a serious road traffic collision in Wednesbury last night. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
TWO cars seized by police for forensic examination as part of criminal inquiries have been stolen in a major security breach at a compound where they were being stored. Read
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A WOMAN was taken to hospital following a two-car crash in Dudley. Read
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SOLIHULL Council has begun filling grit bins with sand grit only in light of a continuing national salt shortage. Read
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TRADERS were given an £18,000 cash injection to repair and replace radios used to help tackle crime. Read
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CONSERVATIVES have signalled they may reject a new high speed rail route between London and Birmingham proposed by the Government. Read
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TRAVELLERS have been warned to face further delays this weekend as th cold snap returns to the Midlands. Read
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A VETERAN Sutton councillor has blasted a decision not to reselect her to fight the local elections as ‘‘unfair.’’ Read
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THE fund to keep the Staffordshire Hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold in the region has hit £825,000. Read
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A GROUP of golfers has boosted the coffers of a caring charity. Read
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POLICE chiefs have described the rise in the amount of money set to be collected from council taxpayers as “fair and reasonable”. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
BOLLYWOOD mad Brummies can enjoy a night of music from Botown, an Asian Soul Funk band. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a young man suffered facial injuries in a street attack in Birmingham. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
NEW Jaguar Land Rover boss Ralf Speth arrived in the West Midlands on the day of his appointment along with Tata Motors supremo Carl-Peter Forster. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
THREE mental health patients tried to kill themselves just days before they were evicted from their psychiatric unit. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
TWO cars seized by police for forensic examination as part of criminal inquiries have been stolen in a major security breach at a compound where they were being stored. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
FOUR people were hurt when a delivery van lost control and went into them in Wolverhampton city centre. Two men and two women were walking along Pipers Row, near the Crown Court, when the van collided with them at around 11.15am. The two women, in their 40s, suffered serious back, pelvis and chest injuries and were taken to New Cross Hospital. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
A JUDGE has ruled against a woman who rammed two cars after she claimed to have passed out at the wheel due to taking diet pills. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND car veteran has lost a David and Goliath courtroom battle with Longbridge’s Chinese owners over badge rights to the world’s most expensive MG. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
TWO Birmingham men are starting long prison sentences after being caught with a deadly loaded Mac 10 submachine gun following a fight in Aston. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
A COURSE is being offered for wine enthusiasts to sample and learn about the world’s finest vino without leaving Birmingham. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
HE’S the only Villa fan in the world who is happy that he will be working during next Sunday’s Carling Cup final. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
HANDSWORTH Library will be hosting an evening of performance, poetry and stories with Leon Blades on March 17 from 7-9pm. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
A CELEBRATED painter will be giving a talk at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery next Wednesday from 6-8pm. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND man who fiddled over £35,000 in benefits when he had over £25,000 stashed away in savings has been spared a prison sentence. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
A CITY man who burgled a golf club on the day that it burned down last year, has died after drinking a mystery substance. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
WALKERS are invited on a re-discovery walk at a Birmingham park on March 6 from 11am. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
WITH London Fashion Week under way, the size zero model debate is sure to reignite. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
AROUND £10,000 will have to spent removing asbestos discovered at a Midland leisure centre. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
A MAN has been put behind bars for 21 months after clocking up his 21st conviction for breaking into pubs and raiding the gaming machines. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM man claims police threatened to use anti-terror laws to stop him taking pictures at a crash scene. Read
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WALKERS are invited to discover the story behind a Birmingham park next Saturday. Read
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TWO new Black Country swimming pools are one step closer to becoming a reality after councillors agreed to get started on legal issues in the way of the £23 million project. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
WALKERS are invited to discover the story behind a Birmingham park next Saturday. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
A BLACK Country council tenant who made his neighbours’ lives a misery for more than a year by shouting and swearing at them has been evicted. Read
Feb 20 2010 | Top Stories
THE number of old people complaining that they are being abused, often by members of their own family, has shot up in Birmingham. Read