Mar
2010
Articles from 26th Mar 2010
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Birmingham Development Company calls in administrators
Mar 26 2010 | West Midlands News
The company behind the Mailbox and The Cube has plunged into administration. Read
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Station stabbing death boy named
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
The 15-year-old boy murdered in a suspected gang fight has been named in reports as Sofyen Ghailan. Read
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Greens drop by-election bombshell
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
Mainstream parties were routed in an astonishing council by-election result just days before Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to call a general election. Read
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Heathrow groups win runway battle
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
Objectors claimed the Government's policy over the expansion of Heathrow Airport was "in tatters" after a High Court judge ruled that plans for a third runway must be reconsidered. Read
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NHS payout after mum misdiagnosed
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
The family of a young mother who died after doctors failed to diagnose her cancer has secured a six-figure pay-out from an NHS body. Read
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Carers guilty of murdering boy
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
A couple have been found guilty of murdering a three-year-old boy who died in hospital on Christmas Eve after being abused, neglected and beaten. Read
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Fee introduced to read Times online
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
Customers will be charged £2 a week to read The Times and The Sunday Times online from June, News International announced. Read
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BA strikes 'will cost £100 million'
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
The Unite union has claimed that strikes by British Airways cabin crew will cost the airline far more than the City, its shareholders and its investors realised. Read
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20 boys quizzed over station death
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
Detectives investigating the murder of a 15-year-old boy in a suspected gang fight are questioning 20 other schoolboys. Read
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US and Russia agree to nuclear cuts
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
The US and Russia have agreed to chop their nuclear arsenals by almost a third in the first major arms accord in a generation. Read
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ITV scraps police drama The Bill
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
Long-running police drama The Bill is to be axed by ITV after more than a quarter of a century. Read
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PM hopeful of rail dispute talks
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
Gordon Brown has insisted he was hopeful that rail peace talks can be restarted to avert a strike which would cripple train services after Easter. Read
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Post office killer 'ruined lives'
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
The mother of a post office owner who was murdered above her quiet village store said that the killer had destroyed her life as well. Read
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Couple guilty of murdering boy
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
A couple have been found guilty of murdering a three-year-old boy who died in hospital on Christmas Eve after being abused, neglected and beaten. Read
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BA boss backs loss of travel perks
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
British Airways' boss Willie Walsh has stood firm over the airline's decision to withdraw travel perks from striking cabin crew as the company made final preparations to deal with a fresh walkout. Read
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Gang in school uniform stabbed boy
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
A gang wearing school uniform knifed a teenager to death after cornering him at one of Britain's busiest stations, witnesses said. Read
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Soldier killed by Afghan grenade
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
A British soldier on patrol in southern Afghanistan has been killed after a grenade was thrown from behind a wall, the Ministry of Defence said. Read
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Miliband welcomes nuclear cuts deal
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
Foreign Secretary David Miliband has welcomed the "historic" agreement between the US and Russia to reduce their nuclear arsenals. Read
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Priest 'abuse victims' speak out
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
A former student of a US priest suspected of molesting up to 200 deaf boys has given details of his alleged offences against him. Read
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PM urges rail dispute settlement
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
Gordon Brown called on Network Rail and unions to resolve a bitter dispute over jobs and working practices as a four-day strike planned for immediately after Easter threatens to cause the worst disruption for 16 years. Read
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BA axes strikers' travel perks
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
British Airways is braced for further walkouts as union leaders pledged to fight a decision to strip travel perks from thousands of cabin crew who went on strike. Read
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Vatican denies sex abuse cover-up
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
The Vatican has insisted there was no cover-up in the church's handling of child sexual abuse. Read
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Arrests over Tube station stabbing
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
Detectives were quizzing several people over the fatal stabbing of a youth in one of London's busiest Tube stations during evening rush hour, British Transport Police said. Read
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Chancellor cuts claim sparks row
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
Cuts to public spending are at the centre of the pre-election political battle, after Chancellor Alistair Darling appeared to accept that they would be deeper and tougher in a fourth-term Labour administration than in the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher. Read
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CPS to review evidence on shot PC
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
The Crown Prosecution Service will begin reviewing evidence from an inquest which found a policeman shot dead by a colleague in a bungled training exercise was unlawfully killed. Read
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Circuses facing wild animals ban
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
The use of wild animals in circuses looks set to be outlawed after the results of a public consultation revealed overwhelming backing for a ban. Read
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Conditions for 10 more NHS trusts
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
Ten more NHS trusts have had conditions placed on their registration with a healthcare regulator. Read
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Tube disruption 'unacceptable': MPs
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
Tube passengers are enduring "unacceptable" disruption to services following the Government's "flawed" part-privatisation of the Underground, a report by MPs has said. Read
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Police slammed over fatal raid
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
Detectives should have made efforts to arrest a robbery suspect before he shot dead a sub-postmaster's son during an armed raid, the police watchdog said. Read
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PM objects to wording of EU text
Mar 26 2010 | UK News
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has stepped in to stop Europe's leaders declaring a commitment to an "economic government of the European Union". Read
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Time for talk is over - Zola
Mar 26 2010 | National Sport
West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola maintains the time for talk is over as he looks to guide his side to safety - but believes the public criticism of the team from co-owner David Sullivan could do more "damage" than good. Read
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Benitez: Rest of season vital
Mar 26 2010 | National Sport
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez believes how his side finishes the season could have a significant bearing on his transfer options in the summer. Read
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England's Welsh dates are set
Mar 26 2010 | National Sport
England will meet Wales in March and September next year in the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign following a fixtures draw by UEFA. Read
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Upson backs Zola after Sullivan criticism
Mar 26 2010 | National Sport
West Ham captain Matthew Upson has backed manager Gianfranco Zola to lead them to safety and hit back at public criticism of the team from the club's co-owner David Sullivan. Read
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Auld: Mowbray a victim of own philosophy
Mar 26 2010 | National Sport
Lisbon Lion Bertie Auld believes Tony Mowbray's unwavering determination to stick to his footballing principles ultimately proved to be his downfall at Celtic. Read
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Lennon in hotseat as Mowbray departs
Mar 26 2010 | National Sport
Neil Lennon was on Friday beginning the process of trying to salvage something from Celtic's miserable season after Tony Mowbray's ill-fated nine-month reign came to an end. Read
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Borthwick back soon - Saracens
Mar 26 2010 | National Sport
Saracens say their captain Steve Borthwick hopes to return from injury "soon". Read
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Sandro completes Spurs switch
Mar 26 2010 | National Sport
Brazil youngster Sandro has completed his move from Internacional to Tottenham after passing a medical. Read
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Hamilton apologises over indiscretion
Mar 26 2010 | National Sport
Lewis Hamilton has been forced to apologise for his latest embarrassing indiscretion in Melbourne. Read
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Britain beaten to title
Mar 26 2010 | National Sport
Great Britain were pipped to the men's team pursuit Track Cycling World Championships title by old enemies Australia in Copenhagen. Read
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Mancini charged by FA
Mar 26 2010 | National Sport
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association after his clash with Everton counterpart David Moyes on Wednesday. Read
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Lennon: I want Celtic job for keeps
Mar 26 2010 | National Sport
Caretaker boss Neil Lennon says he wants to manage Celtic on a permanent basis. Read
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Hutsby shares Malaga lead
Mar 26 2010 | National Sport
Little Sam Hutsby took a giant step forward in his European Tour career with a brilliant seven under par 63 at the Andalucian Open in Malaga to share the halfway lead. Read
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Nani signs new United deal
Mar 26 2010 | National Sport
Portugal winger Nani has committed his future to Manchester United by signing a new four-year contract. Read
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Hamilton and Button top the timesheets
Mar 26 2010 | National Sport
Lewis Hamilton led a McLaren one-two ahead of team-mate Jenson Button by setting the fastest lap in a rain-interrupted second session of free practice for this weekend's Australian Grand Prix. Read
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Flower: England still have a way to go
Mar 26 2010 | National Sport
Andy Flower has warned that England still have a long way to go before they can consider themselves one of the world's best sides. Read
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Hamilton car impounded
Mar 26 2010 | National Sport
Lewis Hamilton has had his Mercedes road car impounded and is expected to be charged with improper use of a vehicle following an incident in Melbourne, Victoria Police have confirmed. Read
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Knights happy to bide their time
Mar 26 2010 | National Sport
The Red Knights consortium have revealed they do not expect to make a bid for Manchester United before the end of the season. Read
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Rhinos suffer Wigan defeat
Mar 26 2010 | National Sport
Darrell Goulding scored twice as resurgent Wigan produced a strong second-half showing to pile on the misery for troubled Engage Super League champions Leeds with a 24-4 victory. Read
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Bank events raise £7k to help hospice
Mar 26 2010 | Thrive - Corporate Social Responsibility
Solihull-based Moneyway, part of Secure Trust Bank, has already raised £7,000 for St Richard’s Hospice in Worcester and has vowed to raise more this year. Read
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Easter appeal from retailers
Mar 26 2010 | Thrive - Corporate Social Responsibility
Shopping centre The Pallasades is launching its ‘cracking’ Easter Egg Appeal to help make less advantaged children’s Easter one to remember. Read
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Finance firm's sporting spirit
Mar 26 2010 | Thrive - Corporate Social Responsibility
The Birmingham office of Ernst & Young hosted a range of fundraising activities in and around its office for Sport Relief, including Wii office Olympics challenge and an employee dress down day in sports clothes. Read
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Building gift for ambulance
Mar 26 2010 | Thrive - Corporate Social Responsibility
Generous staff at Pershore-based Chalcroft Construction have raised more than £600 for the Midlands Air Ambulance. Read
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Event to raise hospice cash
Mar 26 2010 | Thrive - Corporate Social Responsibility
Customers and staff at Webbs Garden Centre are holding a Donate, Don’t Dump Day for Primrose Hospice. Read
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Trade scheme raises £9k for Prince’s Trust
Mar 26 2010 | Thrive - Corporate Social Responsibility
Lloyds TSB Commercial has helped raise £9,141 for the Prince’s Trust after 10 Midlands companies signed up to its charity trading scheme, Trade Aid. Read
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Finance firm raises £10,000 for Acorns in charity-packed year
Mar 26 2010 | Thrive - Corporate Social Responsibility
A packed year of fundraising activities by LaSer UK has raised £10,000 for the children’s hospice charity Acorns. Read
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Baby appeal's exotic night
Mar 26 2010 | Thrive - Corporate Social Responsibility
A Bollywood Ball dinner and dance is being organised to raise money for the Tiny Babies Big Appeal in the city. Read
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Silversmiths' giant bike ride
Mar 26 2010 | Thrive - Corporate Social Responsibility
Two workers from a Midland silversmiths will be taking on a mammoth cycle from Land’s End to John O’ Groats this week. Read
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Iron Angle: Mr Snout meets Mr Trough
Mar 26 2010 | Iron Angle
Birmingham’s Council Business Management Committee is the body that fixes things. Dates of meetings, what should be discussed, the content of agendas, that sort of thing. Read
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Film Reviews: The Blind Side, Nanny McPhee & The Big Bang, Perrier's Bounty and Shank.
Mar 26 2010 | Film
New films reviewed by Graham Young and Roz Laws. Read
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Classical Music: Yevgeny Sudbin at Stratford Civic Hall
Mar 26 2010 | Music
Although only thirty, Yevgeny Sudbin has already produced highly acclaimed recordings and been mentioned in the same breath as Horowitz and Michelangeli. Read
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Classical Music: Philharmonia Orchestra at the Symphony Hall
Mar 26 2010 | Music
Tuesday’s concert should have allowed us to relish the two greatest works in their respective genres, and both by Beethoven: his Violin Concerto and his Third Symphony, the Eroica, which broke every bounds imaginable and paved the way for everything else that was to follow. Read
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Jazz Diary: Dan Berglund brings piano trio to Birmingham
Mar 26 2010 | Music
When Dan Berglund announced he was putting a new band together there was bound to be intense interest. Read
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Classical Review: Carmen, Welsh National Opera at Birmingham Hippodrome
Mar 26 2010 | Music
This production of Carmen proves that less can mean more. Read
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Classical Review: Squares, Circles, Labyrinths at Q Club, Birmingham
Mar 26 2010 | Music
To be honest, the Birmingham University Department of Music could easily have mounted this concert, involving huge forces, within the Great Hall back at base – but I’m glad they didn’t. Read
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Old and new requiems light up Birmingham
Mar 26 2010 | Music
Two requiems separated by 113 years are performed this week. Christopher Morley looks at their creation. Read
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Classical Review: Tosca, Welsh National Opera at Birmingham Hippodrome
Mar 26 2010 | Music
Now creaking after 18 years, Welsh National Opera’s production of Tosca, when sung and conducted as disappointingly as we heard on Wednesday, does Puccini no favours. Read
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Classical Review: Ex Cathedra Consort at Highbury Hall
Mar 26 2010 | Music
A lovely afternoon and elegant venue was perfect for this spring celebration, and an imaginatively-themed concert by Jeffrey Skidmore and his handpicked Consort of just ten singers. Read
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Richard McComb: Harry, Frank, Mike and me
Mar 26 2010 | More Columnists
Even though it ended in defeat, it remains one of the great sporting moments of my life. For that I thank Harry Carpenter. Read
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Sarah Evans: Mystery of inspections
Mar 26 2010 | More Columnists
One of the mysteries surrounding education at the moment involves school inspections. Read
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Jon Walker: A bitter pill to swallow
Mar 26 2010 | More Columnists
Businesses have cut jobs at an alarming rate in the West Midlands – but the public sector has remained largely immune. Read
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Chris Upton: Feeling a bit insecure? I'm not surprised
Mar 26 2010 | More Columnists
There used to be a place where all pen-tops went. It was a kind of mysterious biro heaven, beyond human understanding. Yet it took them from us, leaving forlorn and topless pens all over the house, and unavoidably also leaving holes in jacket pockets and unsightly ink stains on shirts. Read
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Video emails for computer expert
Mar 26 2010 | Enterprise & SMEs
A Birmingham computer expert has launched a ‘Tip Of The Week’ video email to help people to use Microsoft Outlook. Read
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Boost for biomedical sector
Mar 26 2010 | Enterprise & SMEs
The biomedical industry – highlighted as a growth sector in the West Midlands – has been given a £143,000 funding boost. Read
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European success benefits travel firm
Mar 26 2010 | Enterprise & SMEs
A Midlands travel company is benefiting from a surprising European success from an English football team. Read
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Training firm expands
Mar 26 2010 | Enterprise & SMEs
A Warwickshire’s training company has completed a major expansion by opening a new centre. Read
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Event to showcase business
Mar 26 2010 | Enterprise & SMEs
A master longbow maker will sit beside graphic designers and marketeers at a Midland business event. Read
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Move for lighting firm
Mar 26 2010 | Enterprise & SMEs
Green lighting firm Eco Specialists has made Birmingham Science Park Aston its new headquarters. Read
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Best ways to build an old age nest egg
Mar 26 2010 | Other UK business news
Jeremy Gates asks do bricks and mortar trump poorly-performing private pensions or low-rate ISAs as a way of building a lump sum for old age? Read
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Theatre Review: Arthur & George at the Birmingham Rep
Mar 26 2010 | Stage
BA may be in trouble with unruly staff right now, but if the company ever gets to glide amongst the clouds again, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to hire David Edgar in air traffic control. Read
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Household drama from the Birmingham Rep
Mar 26 2010 | Stage
Arts Editor Lorne Jackson discovers a real kitchen sink drama in Birmingham where the audience are at the centre of the action. Read
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Theatre Review: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime at Malvern Festival Theatre
Mar 26 2010 | Stage
A young aristocrat is so impressed by a palmist’s prediction that he will commit a murder that he decides to take fate by the horns and sacrifice a relative before marrying his fiancee. Read
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Review: Edmunds, at Brindleyplace, Birmingham
Mar 26 2010 | Restaurants Birmingham & Midlands
It’s yet to gain Michelin-star status, but Edmunds is dancing to its own tune – and rightly so. Read
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Trevor Law: Benefits of the third way
Mar 26 2010 | Financial
Since April 2006, the financial services industry has gradually seen the development of a third way market product in the pensions field. Read
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Losses widen at Islamic Bank of Britain
Mar 26 2010 | Financial
The Birmingham-based Islamic Bank of Britain went further into the red last year following a downturn in revenues from investments on the Islamic interbank market. Read
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Artist programme launched
Mar 26 2010 | Creative industries
Birmingham arts organisation sampad has launched a new programme giving emerging artists the chance to kickstart their career and turn creative ideas into reality. Read
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A weighty issue for Embarrassing Bodies
Mar 26 2010 | Creative industries
Channel 4 has asked Birmingham-based Maverick Television to produces a series of its hugely successful show Embarrassing Bodies which focuses specifically on problems caused by being overweight. Read
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Appointment at Blitz Games
Mar 26 2010 | Creative industries
Leamington-Spa based independent games developer Blitz Games Studios has completed an overhaul of its senior management structure. Read
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Created In Birmingham pops up in the Bullring
Mar 26 2010 | Creative industries
A pop-up shop for artists in Birmingham has opened in the Bullring. Alison Jones takes a look. Read
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1,000 years of history offers clues for us all
Mar 26 2010 | Genealogy
Historian Paul Wilkins looks at how the official public newspaper of our nation can offer clues to our family past. Read
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Titan Europe reveals a 45% jump in orders
Mar 26 2010 | Latest Business News
Midland wheel-maker Titan Europe has reported a big jump in orders – but still expects to announce a pre-tax pre-exceptional loss. Read
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Homeserve delivers upbeat statement
Mar 26 2010 | Latest Business News
Home maintenance firm Homeserve has revealed that profits for this year will be at the top end of market forecasts after seeing strong levels of policy renewals. Read
