THOUGHTLESS builders, DIY enthusiasts and landscape gardeners who drop an estimated 80,000 skips on Birmingham’s pavements and grass verges every year have been warned to get a permit under a new scheme being launched by the city council.Read
YOUNG people from one of Birmingham’s most deprived neighbourhoods warned ministers that there were too few sports facilities in their neighbourhood, in a face-to-face meeting at the House of Commons.Read
An body has been found by police searching for missing Pc Bill Barker who was swept away in the river Derwent when a bridge collapsed, Assistant Chief Constable Jerry Graham said today.Read
A BIRMINGHAM man’s sudden death in police custody could possibly have been triggered by officers who restrained him during arrest, an inquest heard.Read
A woman will be sentenced for attempting to murder a Birmingham transvestite who suffered horrific burns when he was set on fire following a row over a missing handbag.Read
Scores of people trapped in their homes by rising flood waters were helped to safety by the emergency services today after torrential rain caused rivers to burst their banks.Read
