Jul
2010
Articles from 1st Jul 2010
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Pair given go-ahead to challenge sentences over Khyra Ishaq's death
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
The mother and stepfather of a seven-year-old Birmingham girl who starved to death have been given the go-ahead to appeal against their sentences. Read
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World Cup: 12 more held in West Midlands over football banning order breaches
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
Another 12 people from the West Midlands with convictions for football-related offences have been arrested for breaching banning orders during the World Cup, police said. Read
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Teenager arrested at Birmingham Airport over house blaze death
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
A teenage suspect has been arrested at Birmingham Airport in connection with the murder of a young woman who died in a house fire. Read
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Pensioner charged with murder of elderly woman in West Heath
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
A PENSIONER has been charged with the murder of an elderly woman found dead at her Birmingham home. Read
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Police in Wolverhampton have won a dispersal order for an anti-social behaviour hotspot in the city centre
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
POLICE in Wolverhampton have won a dispersal order for an anti-social behaviour hotspot in the city centre. Read
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Birmingham Crimewatch show produces new leads for police
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
A SERIES of crime appeals broadcast live from Birmingham this week have produced a number of leads for police. Read
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A woman carrying a baby was among a group of people who stole more £700-worth of pushchairs from a Black Country shopping centre.
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
A WOMAN carrying a baby was among a group of people (pictured) who stole more £700-worth of pushchairs from a Black Country shopping centre. Read
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Safety scheme for bike route
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
A POPULAR route for bikers in the Midlands will undergo work to improve road safety. Read
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More than 80 staff at Sandwell College are set to lose their jobs in a major “redundancy and restructuring programme”
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
AROUND 80 staff at a Black Country college are set to lose their jobs in a major redundancy programme. Read
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Andy Fergusson painter to hold an exhibition
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
A FORMER Birmingham postman is holding an exhibition of his art work. Read
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New facilities unveiled at Yardley Wood Library.
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM library is set to open its doors to the public following major refurbishment. Read
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Solihull cancer charity appeals for South Africa bike ride volunteers
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
A CANCER charity is hoping to benefit from World Cup fever by urging people to sign up for a South African cycling challenge. Read
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Perry Common estate gets yellow fish project
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
YELLOW fish are springing up all over a city estate as youngsters urge their neighbours to take greater care of the environment. Read
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Twenty per cent of men who are forced into marriages in the UK are living in the West Midlands
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
ALMOST one in five men who are forced into marriages in the UK are living in the West Midlands. Read
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New sports centre named after Deadly Doug
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
FORMER Aston Villa chairman Doug Ellis OBE has been honoured at a new state- of-the-art sports centre at Birmingham City University. Read
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Al fresco show a merry treat
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
SHAKESPEARE fans can enjoy an outdoor performance of The Merry Wives of Windsor in the picturesque setting of Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens. Read
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Exotic animals at school fayre
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
EXOTIC animals will be the guests this weekend at a summer fair at a Sutton Coldfield School. Read
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Teen who killed Jordan Sergeant with one punch given four years detention
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
A SEVENTEEN-year-old has been sentenced to four years detention for the “senseless” killing an 18-year-old with a fatal punch following a Facebook row about a firework being thrown. Read
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Huge festival planned for Culture bid
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
A FESTIVAL under a motorway flyover, a Van Gogh exhibition, concerts on canal barges and a special Staffordshire Hoard exhibition will take place – if Birmingham is crowned the UK’s first City of Culture. Read
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Digbeth Typhoo factory to become college
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
PLANNING chiefs have called for the former Typhoo tea factory in Digbeth to be protected while it undergoes major redevelopment work. Read
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Birmingham schools and education services to be hit by council cuts package
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
SCHOOLS and education services across Birmingham are to be hit by a £13 million council cuts package this year. Read
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Martineau Gardens in Edgbaston is holding a herbal medicine course on July 24
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
MARTINEAU Gardens in Edgbaston is holding a herbal medicine course, costing £60, on July 24 from 10am-5pm. Read
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DS Wines in Whitehall Road, Great Bridge fined for selling alcohol to a buyer aged under 18.
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND off-licence has been fined and had its licence suspended for 28 days after being caught selling booze to an under-age buyer for a second time. Read
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Wrong Roman Road name chosen for Selly Oak hospital link
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
CITY chiefs are being urged to correct a blunder of historic proportions after naming a highway on which patients are whisked to the city’s new superhospital after the wrong Roman Road. Read
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Heritage warning over city's crumbling churches
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
YEARS of neglect have left Birmingham’s churches crumbling faster than anywhere else in the country, a report has revealed. Read
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Former secretary, 100, returns to school
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
THEY say your school days are the happiest of your life, so Barbara McDonald celebrated her milestone 100th birthday with a nostalgic trip back to the school for whom she was the first secretary. Read
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Taking the mic for confidence
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
WOMEN in Highgate are to take centre stage – as stand-up comedians after a short course. Read
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Action-packed fun day event
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
STAFF at a residential care home in Chelmsley Wood are holding an action-packed summer fun day. Read
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Birmingham Mail reader's dramatic picture of Cotteridge van fire
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
EAGLE-eyed Birmingham Mail reader Steven Coxs took this dramatic picture of a van fire in Cotteridge. Read
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Breastfeeding workshops
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
THE NHS has started breastfeeding workshops in north Birmingham. Read
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50,000 set for Harborne Carnival this weekend
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
BRUMMIE revellers are looking forward to celebrating Britain’s biggest street carnival – outside London’s Notting Hill. Read
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Carl Chinn backs Ladywoods teen news project
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
CITY historian Carl Chinn has called on the city council to find the money to save a teen news project from closure. Read
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Kerb-crawlers cars being crushed by police in Walsall
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
KERB-crawlers cars are being crushed by police to clear up vice hit Midland neighbourhoods. Read
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Centro fights for metro extension in Birmingham.
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
PUBLIC transport body Centro has vowed to continue to fight for a major extension of the Midland Metro line in Birmingham. Read
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'Unfit and fat' cycling duo in mammoth 700 mile challenge
Jul 01 2010 | Top Stories
THEY call themselves “fat”, say they’re unfit and have no cycling background whatsoever. Read
