Labour has committed “electoral suicide” over the public sector strikes – handing the next election on a plate to the Tories, top national union leader Mark Serwotka said in Birmingham.Read
A sophisticated ‘bullet beater’ designed to crack down on gun crime failed to detect five confirmed shootings on the inner-city streets of Birmingham, it has emerged.Read
Midland universities insisted young people had not been put off applying by the Government’s decision to triple tuition fees – despite a dramatic drop in numbers.Read
Birmingham City Council is to ramp up the moral pressure on developer Quintain Estates in a bid to save the 100-year-old Island House building from demolition.Read
Labour’s plans for a “local benefit cap” could mean families in the West Midlands face tougher limits than under the Government’s controversial plans.Read
Campaigners who set up camp to protest against a nearby illegal Gypsy site in Meriden have been evicted by councillors – while the travellers still remain.Read
Rimvydas Liorancas, the man suspected of killing Birmingham couple Avtar and Carole Kolar is believed to have left a suicide note in his prison cell which refers to the murders, it has been revealed.Read
A key figure in the “second wave” of Birmingham’s recent urban renaissance has been tasked with making Millennium Point one of the most exciting venues in the city.Read
