Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
TWO men have been arrested and charged with the murder of a dad-of-two who was found shot dead in Birmingham more than 16 years ago. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
ONE of Midland car maker Aston Martin’s most famous cars – James Bond’s DB5 – is expected to fetch around £3.5 million when it is sold at auction. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
A MANIAC taxi driver brought terror to the Cumbrian countryside when he gunned down 12 people and wounded at least 25 before blasting himself to death. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
HORRIFIED eyewitnesses described how the streets turned into a bloodbath after deranged Derrick Bird went on his murderous rampage. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
A GLOWING tribute was paid to a popular rugby league-playing farmer who was one of the victims of the Cumbria killing spree. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
THEY were his chilling last words to a taxi driver pal just hours before his killing spree began. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
A DRUG dealer allowed a cannabis factory – with at least £8,000 of drugs – to be operated in her Midland flat while she lived with her mother. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
POLICE chiefs have said they were prepared to seize the vehicles of boy racers who have turned a quiet night time dual carriageway into a lethal raceway. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
RAILWAY developers face a backlash from campaigners and residents after plans to re-open a Birmingham train line were delayed further. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
A FORMER Aston Villa footballer, who stole £3,000 after taking advantage of an autistic friend, has avoided a jail sentence. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
THOUSANDS of runners will be limbering up at the start line for the Great Midlands Fun Run this weekend. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
Michael Gove has announced he would scrap the teachers' disciplinary body for England - but was unable to say how much the measure would save the taxpayer. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
A DEVASTATED Birmingham University student found his childhood friend dead in bed after a reunion night out. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
UP TO 150 jobs could be lost in Birmingham after the Government announced it was axing a major education quango. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
TEN taxi drivers were fined and received penalty points on their licences after failing a safety inspection by police and council officers in Walsall. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
BOMB experts have revealed that the Birmingham family who kept an unexploded artillery shell in their home for ten days before alerting police narrowly escaped death. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
AMATEUR actor Keith Poultney almost brought the house down when he decided two World War One hand grenades would make the perfect props for his Dad’s Army stage show. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND young offender institution has come under fire from the Chief Inspector of Prisons for allowing a culture of bullying to flourish. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
TWO men have been arrested and charged with the murder of a dad-of-two who was found shot dead in Birmingham more than 16 years ago. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
Albert Jackson was also the former chairman of Aston Science Park and past president of the Rotary Club of Birmingham. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM’s newest cabinet member has been left an unwelcome gift by the man who held the post before him – a £12 million cuts package hitting the city’s cemeteries, crematoriums, waste collection and street services. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
A FOREIGN out-of-hours doctor who killed a Midland GP’s dad on his only shift in Britain was “blissfully unaware” of what he had done, a hearing has been told. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
THE Princess Royal told of her “pleasure” at being shown around a new multi-million pound Midland complex for the blind. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
SUNDAY sees the opening of the Middleton Hall gardens for the summer season. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
AN inquest has opened into the death of a teenage girl who was found hanged in a Birmingham park. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
ACORNS Children’s Hospice has launched an appeal for more men to join their ‘priceless’ team of volunteers, who help staff look after life limited children and their families. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
A FORMER Midland soldier who was awarded a medal for his “exemplary” service in Iraq has been spared further time behind bars after he joined his brother in an attack on another man. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
WHEN Michael Flatley almost died from a mystery virus which laid him low for two years, the world’s top doctors advised him he should never dance again. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
A BARMAN was left with a broken arm after yobs attacked him and a colleague at closing time. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
FOUR cars were attacked in two days in Sandwell as thugs smashed front windscreens in a campaign of vandalism. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
A RARE revolutionary operation at a Birmingham hospital is allowing patients to “regrow a knee” from scratch in a lab. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM student will push himself to his limits when he takes on Mount Kilimanjaro. Read
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THE dad of a boy who died aged just seven has joined friends to complete a skydive in a bid to raise money for a Birmingham charity which helped his son. Read
Jun 03 2010 | Top Stories
THERE is something particularly endearing about this colourful and noisy musical. Read