Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
A CHARITY which has handed out food and clothes to Birmingham’s homeless every night for more than 20 years has been booted off the church car park where it is based and threatened with wheel-clamping at another site. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
SIXTEEN lambs were found in the early hours of this morning after two cars were stopped on the M5 by motorway police. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
POLICE investigating a serious sexual assault that happened in Sheldon at the weekend have arrested a man in connection with the incident. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
A JACK-KNIFED lorry carrying cannisters of highly flammable medical gases caused travel chaos after it crashed into the central reservation of a busy motorway junction. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
A KILLER jailed for 24 years gave a one-fingered salute to his victim’s family in a final insult as he was led from the dock. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
BRITAIN’S Got Talent spiced up the show with a visit to a popular Indian restaurant in Birmingham. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
MOTORING legend MG is returning to zero – with a new small hatchback to help drive forward the long-awaited return of mass car production at Longbridge. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
THE stars of mythical drama Merlin left Camelot behind when they dropped in at Warwick Castle. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
VOLUME production is finally back on track at Longbridge – and the Phoenix Four say it could have happened six years ago but for “political chicanery.” Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
A RAIL dispute which threatened to cause chaos for passengers over Easter has been called off after a deal was thrashed out. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
A “MEAN” thief who tried to steal games and equipment meant for young cancer patients has been jailed. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
A YOUNG girl was said to be recovering from serious burns after she was believed to have set light to her dress by putting on the fire at her Birmingham home. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM is to stage a new food festival featuring some of the city’s best-known pubs and restaurants. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
LONGBRIDGE stalwart Lisa Ponter created a slice of motoring history – when she drove the factory’s first new MG sports car for 16 years off the assembly line. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
PRINCE Charles has been suggested as a suitable VIP to cut the ribbon on the new Library of Birmingham when it opens in two years’ time. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
A £1.5 MILLION investment has transformed a block of flats which have been a fixture of the Black Country skyline for nearly half a century. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
POLITICS in Handsworth Wood has become a family affair with a brother and sister campaigning for rival parties. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
BY DAY three the sheer monotony of my £1-a-day diet was starting to get to me. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
POLICE smashed a cannabis factory found inside a house in Birmingham. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
A BEARDED pervert donned a mask and wig to spy on women using the ladies toilets at Birmingham’s showpiece Bullring mall. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
A SON told a court his mind was in “turmoil” before he beat his cancer-stricken mother over the head with a hammer. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
THREE women were taken to hospital after a road crash. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
DAVID Cameron has been branded “thoughtless and irresponsible” by Midland politicians for urging Royal Wedding revellers to go ahead with street parties and ignore council red tape. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
JASPER Carrott is the latest celebrity confirmed for a charity gig in honour of Broad Street Walk of Stars inductee Bev Bevan. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
MORE than £500 million-worth of Olympic Games contracts have been won by firms in the West Midlands, it has emerged. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
Budding street party organisers were given another chance to meet the deadline for applications after only 12 came forward before an extension was made until April 18. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
Marcia Shakespeare said she hoped to get in contact with the family of the bright teenager murdered in a revenge attack which mirrored the killing of her 17-year-old daughter Letisha. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
THE case of a man accused of sparking a hoax bomb alert at a Birmingham hospital has been sent to the crown court. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
Birmingham City fan Simon Taylor lost his mum to cancer – only for his dad to be hit with the disease. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
CAMPAIGNERS will find out within days whether they have won a long battle to save their village green. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
A MUSICAL warning vulnerable householders about the threat of bogus callers is being staged in Walsall. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
X FACTOR contestant Treyc Cohen is proving there is life after the television talent show by winning the leading role in a new musical. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
THREE Midlands firefighters will be among the thousands tackling the London Marathon on Sunday. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
PEPPA Pig will be trotting into Pavilions Birmingham today to meet her many fans. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
A GRAVE digger turned graffiti artist who first picked up a can of spray paint at the age of 11 is set to showcase his work in Birmingham from Saturday. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
TWO recruitment consultant directors have been invited to a reception at 10 Downing Street. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
THE West Midlands housing market remained subdued during March due to low sales levels and falling demand, according to the latest RICS UK Housing Market survey. Twenty-one per cent more surveyors reported a fall rather than a rise in enquiries. Read
Apr 14 2011 | Top Stories
RESIDENTS have launched a campaign to save a shop they said was at “the heart of the community”. Read