Articles...
Aug 6 2008
ANIMAL welfare watchdogs today hailed the jailing of a Midland couple in their 60s for killing a pensioner’s dog as sending a “clear message to the public” that cruelty to animals will not be tolerated....
Jul 23 2008
A HUSBAND and wife were today facing jail after admitting beating a dog to death before it was hurled from a fifth-floor balcony as its elderly owner lay dying in hospital....
Jul 10 2008
A COUPLE have been told they could be jailed after admitting causing the death of a dog they were supposed to be looking after for a critically ill pensioner....
Jun 30 2008
THOUSANDS of people converged on West Bromwich’s £54 million interactive arts centre as the wraps finally came off....
Jun 19 2008
THE launch of West Bromwich’s £54 million interactive arts centre will be tinged with sadness for the woman who dreamed up the idea 15 years ago....
Jun 5 2008
POLICE were today expected to name a man who died in a massive roof collapse in the Midlands....
Jun 4 2008
FIREFIGHTERS today lost their desperate bid to rescue a man buried beneath tons of rubble when a roof collapsed at a Midland property....
Jun 4 2008
A RESCUE operation was under way this morning after the roof of a town centre building collapsed, the fire service said....
May 22 2008
MARATHON man Blind Dave Heeley ran his way into the record books last month completing seven marathons in seven days on seven continents. Now he is gearing up for another challenge – beating a beer bus on a crawl around six Black Country pubs....
May 19 2008
A MAN was woken and led to safety by firefighters after sleeping through a smoke alarm triggered by burning food in a cooker at his high rise flat....
