Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
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Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Construction consultants Turner & Townsend have been appointed to oversee the £500 million redevelopment of Birmingham's New Street Station. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Teachers in Birmingham's leafy suburbs affected by falling birthrates are to be offered the chance to work in the inner city in a bid to help retain experienced staff. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
The Government is rushing into the construction of a new generation of nuclear power stations, MPs have warned. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Birmingham businesses received a boost when Ministers announced they will qualify for a share of hundreds of millions of pounds of industrial aid. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Tory leader David Cameron's attempts to reform his party suffered a setback after two West Midland councillors defected to Labour. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
David Cameron's claim that "hoodies" need more love has received a mixed reaction from Conservative MPs. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Birmingham MP Richard Burden led a rebellion against controversial new Labour Party rules giving the party leadership the power to suspend rebels. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
A Chinese vase given to a cleaning lady by her employer on her retirement fetched £92,000 at auction yesterday. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
In the third and final part of a post series looking at the west midlands' 'air war', emma pinch looks at coventry airport's plans. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
The mother of the child victim of paedophile Craig Sweeney said she was "gut-wrenchingly sick" over a decision not to refer his sentence to the Court of Appeal. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
A mother-of-three was yesterday cleared of putting the wrong sort of rubbish in her recycling bin. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
The travel plans of hundreds of passengers flying between the UK and Spain were thrown into disarray yesterday through a strike called by a pilots' union. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Hypnotist Paul McKenna sued for libel yesterday over a newspaper claim that he was a fraud. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Shopkeepers in New Orleans say they have been terrorised by a gang of transvestites who distract staff with "props" including fake babies before stealing the loudest clothes they can get their hands on. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
The world's first test tube baby, Louise Brown, is pregnant. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
The family of a young charity director stabbed to death in Washington DC said it will take a lifetime to come to terms with his murder. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Poland's President Lech Kaczynski yesterday appointed his identical twin brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, as the new prime minister. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
The defence began closing arguments in the Baghdad trial of Saddam Hussein yesterday but most of the lawyers boycotted the court after the killing of one of Saddam's lawyers last month. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
All 45 passengers and crew on a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane were killed yesterday when it crashed soon after take-off on a domestic flight in eastern Pakistan. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
More than half of the triumphant Italian World Cup squad could find themselves consigned to the unglamorous lower divisions of the domestic soccer league when the verdicts in a match-fixing trial are published. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
An ex-serviceman charged with the killings of four members of his family made a desperate plea for help almost a decade ago, saying he was struggling to cope with his experiences in the Gulf War. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
A Somalian carried out a campaign of violent knifepoint rapes on prostitutes in a Birmingham suburb, it was alleged at the city's crown court yesterday. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
As a 16-year-old Gary McGrann hoped he would have his own business by the time he was 30. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
A mother has spoken of her pride for her daughter who is set to become the first women to ride across Australia on horseback. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
A gunman confessed to murdering schoolgirl Toni-Ann Byfield after telling a friend killing children was 'not that bad', a court heard yesterday. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
A farmer due to be sentenced for illegal cattle movements had his conviction overturned yesterday because of a legal loophole. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Police are searching for the mystery hero who rescued a woman as flames ripped through her Coventry home yesterday. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Horse and pony owners across Shropshire and bordering counties are being encouraged to support a new sale at Shrewsbury Auction Centre later this month. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Bad management at Midland hospitals helped cause a financial crisis leading to hundreds of job cuts, an official report has concluded. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
The funeral of a popular Birmingham man who was killed in Denmark took place yesterday. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
The hidden contribution made by farmers to saving England's b eautiful landscape is revealed in a report out yesterday. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Hundreds of farmers are expected to have their say over the closure of a Midland sugar plant during a meeting in Shropshire today. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
The controversial Home Office police restructuring plan was dealt another blow last night when it was announced two forces who volunteered to take part in the scheme had pulled out. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
The European Commission sounded the alarm yesterday over "extremely dangerous" mini-motorbikes. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Sugar beet production will fall by six per cent in the European Union this year as a wide-ranging policy starts to bite and less land is sown to the crop, the EU's statistics agency said yesterday. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Detectives launched a murder investigation yesterday into the death of a pensioner following a fire at a care home. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Moves to establish an Abbey National bank at the Bullring shopping centre are likely to be rejected by Birmingham City Council's planning committee. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Anti-war protester Brian Haw suffered another curb on his demonstration outside Parliament yesterday after being told he can only use his megaphone for half an hour a week during office hours. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
A woman who stabbed her retired police officer husband to death in a fit of temper after he turned into a violent sexual deviant yesterday took her battle over her entitlement to a widow's pension to the High Court. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
The UK force in southern Afghanistan will be boosted by about 900 troops with extra helicopter support. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Wendy Richard is to quit her role as Pauline Fowler in EastEnders after 21 years. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
TV star Abi Titmuss was left "distressed" after being stalked by a doctor who burst into her bathroom as she took a shower, medical watchdogs heard yesterday. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Three former NatWest bankers charged with Enron-related fraud will be extradited to the United States on Thursday. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Midlanders are being urged to think of creative ways in which dilapidated buildings across the region can be rescued and restored by English Heritage. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Sir Digby Jones has again distanced himself from the possibility of becoming an elected mayor of Birmingham. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
A Birmingham MP and a member of the city council cabinet are engaged in an extraordinary public feud which ended up in the House of Commons yesterday. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
Former city MP and education secretary Estelle Morris returned to Birmingham yesterday to receive an honorary degree. Now Baroness Morris of Yardley, she received the honorary doctorate at a ceremony at the University of Birmingham in Edgbaston. Read
Jul 11 2006 | West Midlands News
It is not hard to see why it is Birmingham and the other seven metropolitan boroughs of the West Midlands where the concept of the city-region has gained most ground. Read