A HOAX caller is facing jail after admitting making a wave of emergency calls that sent armed cops and helicopters to his OWN home, costing the taxpayer £30,000.Read
MIDLAND former World Featherweight boxing title contender Pat Cowdell is fighting to clear his name after being barred from his golf club for singing war songs.Read
FIREFIGHTERS were today trying to confirm whether lives were lost in a blaze that tore through a Smethwick factory, which was described as the largest fire in the West Midlands this year.Read
HEALTH secretary Andy Burnham has formally approved the go-ahead for NHS bosses to buy land for a new £484 million hospital on the Birmingham and Black Country border by compulsory purchase order.Read
A BARBER believed to be one of the key figures in the Birmingham dog-fighting scene has been jailed for four months after being caught with three pit bulls.Read
PLANS for a new £484 million hospital for west Birmingham and the Black Country have hit a stumbling block after the Department of Health delayed signing off the business case due to the credit crunch.Read