Fabio Capello today left his post as England manager in the wake of the Football Association's decision to strip John Terry of the Three Lions' captaincy for a second time.Read
TODAY'S round-up of pictures from around the world includes Denzel Washington and his wife Pletta Pearson attending the New York premiere of his new thriller Safe House.Read
BIRMINGHAM and the Black Country could again be blanketed by several inches of snow as the stubborn Siberian-style cold snap refuses to move from the region.Read
BIRMINGHAM’S council tax has been frozen for the second year running in a move hailed as a boost for those on low and fixed incomes by city chiefs.Read
MIDLAND comedy star Lenny Henry has joined the fight to save an historic theatre in his home town which hosted some of the world’s biggest showbiz names.Read
PEOPLE across continental Europe have been battling more than a week of severe weather, with thousands still trapped by snow in remote mountain villages in the Balkans.Read
Ex-England footballer Paul Merson has been given a 14-month driving ban after a court heard how he crashed his Mercedes into a 38-tonne truck while over the legal alcohol limit.Read
BIRMINGHAM’S lapdancers are feeling the squeeze – with claims that hard-up club bosses are keeping half of their night’s takings to help their businesses survive.Read
POLICE were called after an angry builder used a JCB to dump concrete outside the property of a Birmingham customer in a bust-up over an unpaid bill.Read