Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
TWO men cheated death after the motorised paraglider they were flying in hurtled into overhead electricity cables. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
Health has become one of the main battlegrounds that will decide this election. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
A BUS driver is facing the sack after he was caught on camera reading a book at the wheel of a double decker. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM’S answer to Tom Hanks finally escaped a six day limbo to begin a new life with his wife in the Philippines as flights began to leave the UK. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
CONFUSED holidaymakers have told of their relief at finally being allowed to fly from Birmingham International Airport following the chaos of the volcanic ash crisis. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND mother stranded in Dubai for a week after nursing her injured daughter back to health has spoken of her relief at finally returning home. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM pupils began arriving home by coach as airlines began clearing the backlog of stranded tourists. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
A “GREEDY and dishonest” Midland dentist defrauded patients and the NHS over five years, a court was told. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
A MOTHER claimed her family had a narrow escape after a sports car ploughed into her lounge, reducing it to rubble. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM’S International Dance Festival has been hit by a cancellation due to the flights chaos – just days after organisers said all shows were going ahead. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
FIVE men have been arrested following swoops across Birmingham as part of an operation to tackle dangerous dogs. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
UP to 18,000 homes and seven schools were left without water for almost three hours after a pipe burst in Kings Heath. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
SEVERAL motorway accidents left rush-hour motorists stuck in traffic queues – some for more than two hours. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
AN IRATE driver who hurled abuse at a woman motorist as she pulled off her Midland drive and then rammed into the back of her car has been jailed for four months. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
THOUSANDS of Birmingham homes were left without power after an underground electricity cable cover exploded. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
DAVID Cameron has no regrets about agreeing to take part in the General Election TV debate even though he failed to come out on top, one of his close political allies has revealed. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
And while most attention will be focused on how Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat hopefuls get on in what promises to be the closest contest for decades, less prominent parties are also trying to get on the road to Westminster. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
But a court ruled that entrepreneur Adrian Kriss could stand as the candidate of “Bromsgrove Independent Conservative Party” – in opposition to the official Tory candidate. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
KIND-hearted cops who took part in an intrepid mountaineering challenge have raised thousands of pounds for injured soldiers’ charity Help for Heroes. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
A CITY festival has literally been launched ... with an opening party on a canal boat. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
POLICE are hunting thieves who took notes from a shop cash machine in a break-in in Dilwyn Close, Redditch. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
PLANS for a £32 million diversion of the A45 to allow Birmingham International Airport’s runway extension to be built have won council backing. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
A MAN was beaten to the ground and robbed of his music player and cash as he walked through Redditch town centre. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
POLICE have launched a hunt for a flasher who indecently exposed himself to two young girls. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
POLICE are hunting thieves who stole thousands of pounds of music gear in a burglary in the Midlands. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
A DEVIOUS female burglar pretended to be injured in order to trick her way in to the home of a Midland pensioner. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
A FEMALE hellraiser banned from buying alcohol anywhere in the country has been back in court to face her 26th booze-related crime. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
ONE woman who has an unusual reason to thank Macmillan Cancer Support is hoping to take part in the Mail Fun Run. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
TWO-time Olympian and former world indoor 400m champion Daniel Caines has been lined up to start the Birmingham Mail Fun Run. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
FORMER glamour girl Melinda Messenger is calling for Birmingham’s youngsters to sign up to this year’s Barnardo’s Big Toddle. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
GRANDMOTHER Heather Blakemore spent five years telling her doctor and specialists she had bleeding. And for five years she was told it was nothing to worry about. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
OUTSPOKEN Top Gear star Richard Hammond is being lined up to replace Brummie television presenter Adrian Chiles on The One Show, according to reports. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
A MAN was cut free from a taxi after it collided with a car in Birmingham. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
SIX people were forced to evacuate their Birmingham home after an electrical meter caught fire. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
GRAMMY nominated singer and songwriter Joan Armatrading has hit the right notes after it was announced she is to become the latest addition to Birmingham’s Broad Street Walk of Stars. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
SOLIHULL College students have teamed up with the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust to help spruce up local beauty spots. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
A DEVASTATED pensioner is appealing for thieves to return a tie pin collection which belonged to her late husband. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
THOUSANDS of pounds has been spent upgrading security to protect the new police helicopter after the last one was destroyed in an arson attack. Read
Apr 22 2010 | Top Stories
ONE of Birmingham city centre’s largest hostels is set to get a £10 million redevelopment to help the homeless keep off the streets. Read