Feb
2011
Articles from 17th Feb 2011
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Sickness level rise at Birmingham City Council
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
Sickness levels at Birmingham City Council have risen consistently since the summer, raising fears that a crackdown on absenteeism has run out of steam. Read
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Jewellery Quarter to trial new seagull control method
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
THEY are a winged menace, often operating in gangs, swooping on innocent bystanders, stealing food from the hands of children and breeding at an alarming rate. Read
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Elderly man dies in road accident by Great Barr school.
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
A GRANDAD died in a road crash as he walked to buy a newspaper. Read
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Rare deer born at West Midland Safari Park
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
OFF you go deer... Read
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Taste of Birmingham is scrapped
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
FLAGSHIP city food event Taste of Birmingham has been scrapped. Read
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RSPCA hosts bingo night
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
A BINGO evening hosted by the RSPCA’s Birmingham Animal Centre takes place on March 10 at Weoley Castle Working Mens Club in Barnes Hill from 7pm. Read
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Six men held by West Midlands Police over breaching football banning orders ahead of England friendly against Denmark
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
SIX soccer yobs were arrested in dawn swoops on suspicion of breaching football banning orders ahead of England’s friendly against Denmark. Read
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Former BBC WM presenter John Taynton has died.
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
FORMER BRMB and BBC WM presenter John Taynton has died aged 66 after losing a two-year battle with cancer. Read
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Dogs treated for smoke inhalation after Erdington fire
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
THREE dogs were treated for the effects of smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in a ground floor flat. Read
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Bromsgrove schoolgirl may have died after she was bullied over her parents’ split, friends claim
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
The 15-year-old “model pupil” was hit by a train in the early hours of Monday. Her body was found on a railway line near Bromsgrove. Read
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Second shooting in Kitts Green in 24-hours
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
POLICE were today investigating a second shooting in a Birmingham suburb in less than 24 hours. Read
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Sutton Coldfield postmistress to sell up after violent robber attacks her daughter
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
A POSTMISTRESS has decided to sell the business she once loved after her daughter was battered by a violent robber. Read
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Contagious disease at Moseley primary school
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
THREE children from the same Birmingham school have been struck by a contagious disease. Read
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Scheme targeting Birmingham's worst offenders facing cuts
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
A CRIMEBUSTING scheme which targets Birmingham’s 350 worst crooks is at risk because of the cuts. Read
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Kitchen chaos a thing of the past for Oldbury 22-year-old Kieran Maxwell
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
THE culinary skills of Kieran Maxwell have gone from kitchen chaos to confident cookery after the Midland 22-year-old was taken under the wing of celebrity chef Richard Corrigan. Read
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Bungling Birmingham bookie robbers ran down dead end
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
BUNGLING would-be robbers thwarted in their bid to raid a bookmakers in Birmingham fled down a blind alley. Read
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Duchess of Cornwall meets The Archers cast at the Mailbox in Birmingham (Pics)
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
THE Mailbox in Birmingham received a royal delivery when the Duchess of Cornwall visited to meet members of The Archers cast. Read
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Birmingham named least romantic city
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM was named the least romantic city in the country as part of a survey by vivastreet.co.uk. Read
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Empty property tax will hamper recovery warns business watchdog
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
PLANS to charge Midland landlords business rates on empty properties could force companies to go under, a business watchdog warned. Read
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Future looks bleak for Birmingham job hunters
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
Youth unemployment reached a record high at the end of last year with 965,000 young people jobless, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics. Read
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Coleshill teenager sacked from health centre in dyslexia row
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
A DYSLEXIC Birmingham teenager has lost her place on the Government’s apprenticeship scheme after just a week as a trainee medical centre administrator. Read
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Bid to save historic Aston Manor Transport Museum from closure
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
THE army of volunteers who run a much-loved Birmingham transport museum have launched a £500,000 fundraising campaign to buy their historic building from the cash-strapped city council. Read
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Princes Trust youth training programme to boost Birmingham economy by over £1million
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
A SCHEME to get Birmingham’s unemployed youth back to work could boost the city’s economy by over a million pounds by 2014. Read
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Dog 'sniffs' out two kittens dumped in a cardboard box in Pype Hayes park.
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
A DOG came to the rescue of two kittens who were dumped in a cardboard box in a Birmingham park. Read
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Dudley mayor stages charity tea dance
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
DANCERS can step out with a Midland town’s first citizen at a specially-organised tea dance. Read
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Birmingham film-make Chris Weaver to pass on knowledge at Midlands Arts Centre
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
AN award-winning producer and director will pass on his skills when he heads a film making course Birmingham’s Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) next week. Read
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Birmingham jeweller fined thousands of pounds for selling unhallmarked gold
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
A BUSINESSMAN and his firm have been fined thousands of pounds for selling unhallmarked gold and items claiming to be of a higher carat than they actually were. Read
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Birmingham Tribunal Unit warns it faces closure
Feb 17 2011 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM Tribunal Unit has warned it faces closure when its funding from the city council is terminated in March. Read
