Birmingham Opera Company's Arts Council funding could be axed for the same reasons it won praise in a report commissioned by the organisation, it was claimed last night.Read
Government approval for the £550 million redevelopment of New Street Station is being delayed by a failure to agree which of the scheme's partners would pay additional costs if it ran over budget.Read
A cash-strapped young wife poisoned her husband by spiking his drinks with anti-freeze and ecstasy as she tried to kill him for a £50,000 life insurance policy, a court heard yesterday.Read
A grandmother, who was found strangled in her wheelchair at a Birmingham nursing home, was seen sleeping for long periods just before she died, an inquest jury heard.Read
A post-mortem on Natasha Collins, fiancee of TV presenter Mark Speight, was "inconclusive" and further toxicology tests will now take place, the Metropolitan Police said yesterday.Read
Nearly 90 per cent of businesses along one of Birmingham's busiest commuter routes have been "devastated" by the impact of a £28 million red route experiment, according to an independent report published today.Read
More than 7,000 unemployed people in the West Midlands will be ordered to accept voluntary work or lose their benefits, under proposals unveiled by Conservatives today. Read
