Feb 23 2005 | West Midlands News
Hollywood star Will Smith stops to talk to fans as hundreds of people packed into Birmingham's Broad Street yesterday to see him as part of a whistle-stop UK tour to promote his new film. Read
Feb 23 2005 | West Midlands News
I have a constant, agonising problem whenever I sit down to mark my students' essays. Should I intervene in their spelling and punctuation, or stick to assessing their interpretation of historical evidence? Read
Feb 23 2005 | West Midlands News
It may prove one of the longest and most boring campaigns ever, but at least it will be a genuine three-party contest - or so we are assured. Read
Feb 23 2005 | West Midlands News
Owen Johnson is five years old and suffers from cerebral palsy. Read
Feb 23 2005 | West Midlands News
A jury trying a student accused of mugging footballer Dwight Yorke of his diamond-studded watch has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict. Read
Feb 23 2005 | West Midlands News
Marketing Birmingham, the organisation charged with promoting the city at home and abroad, has been given a new board of directors, more money and a fresh direction. Read
Feb 23 2005 | West Midlands News
The growing success of English theatre over the last few years is under threat from Government cutbacks, a committee of MPs was told in Birmingham yesterday. Read
Feb 23 2005 | West Midlands News
Two lanes of the M6 motorway reopened yesterday afternoon more than 15 hours after a fatal crash involving a chemical container lorry. Read
Feb 23 2005 | West Midlands News
Any interview with Will Smith inevitably turns out to be an audience with Will Smith. Read
Feb 23 2005 | West Midlands News
The reputation of Birmingham City Council chief executive Lin Homer was defended yesterday during the court hearing into alleged vote rigging in last year's local elections. Read
Feb 23 2005 | West Midlands News
Plans to re-site the statue of Birmingham Industrial Revolution giants Boulton, Watt and Murdoch have been suspended after city council officials said it would cost £147,000 to move the work of art to Centenary Square. Read
Feb 23 2005 | West Midlands News
Philip Coppel, counsel for Lin Homer, the returning officer and chief executive of Birmingham City Council Read
Feb 23 2005 | West Midlands News
Graham Brodie, counsel for the Bordesley Green petitioners. Read
Feb 23 2005 | West Midlands News
Mr Sukul said that to refer to the sorting out of postal votes in a warehouse at midnight as suspicious would be to use the most understated of adjectives in the English language. Read
Feb 23 2005 | West Midlands News
Mr Hayes said the petitioners' had brought forward no evidence other than hearsay to prove that there was massive electoral fraud organised by Labour. Read
Feb 23 2005 | West Midlands News
Raby deMello, counsel for Aston councillor Mohammad Afzal. Mr deMello dealt principally with the Aston petitionersÂ’ claim that Coun Afzal was with two other Labour candidates at a warehouse at midnight forging postal votes. Read