Jan
2008
Articles from 10th Jan 2008
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NUT slams selection for pupils
Jan 10 2008 | West Midlands News
League tables showing how schools performed in GCSEs highlight the "stark inequality" of the British education system, a teachers' union claimed. Read
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Midland hospitals 'bailed out' by NHS partners
Jan 10 2008 | West Midlands News
Two debt-ridden Midlands hospital trusts are being bailed out by primary care trusts and the region's strategic health authority. Read
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Closure threat hangs over West Midland schools
Jan 10 2008 | West Midlands News
The threat of closure was hanging over 17 schools in the West Midlands last night following poor performances in last year's GCSEs. Read
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1 in 3 Midlands hospitals yet to start bug deep clean
Jan 10 2008 | West Midlands News
More than a third of West Midlands hospitals and clinics have still not begun a "deep clean" designed to fight the MRSA superbug, health officials revealed yesterday. Read
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Apple to lower its UK iTunes prices
Jan 10 2008 | West Midlands News
Apple will lower the prices it charges UK customers for iTunes downloads to bring them into line with Europe, it announced yesterday. Read
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Old London-Birmingham rail lines may re-open
Jan 10 2008 | West Midlands News
An historic railway line closed in 1966 could be re-opened to prevent meltdown on the overcrowded West Coast Main Line. Read
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Former Solihull Labour councillor defects to Tories
Jan 10 2008 | West Midlands News
Popular Solihull councillor Jim Ryan - a former deputy leader of the borough's Labour Group - has defected to the Conservative Party. Read
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Christmas rail project 'was out of control'
Jan 10 2008 | West Midlands News
Engineering work which overran causing travel chaos for thousands of train passengers over Christmas had been a project "completely out of control", a rail company boss has told MPs. Read
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Cat people need to get a life
Jan 10 2008 | West Midlands News
All Shahid Naqvi wanted was to give an abandoned cat a loving home. But the cat police had other ideas... Read
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Midlands green groups angry
Jan 10 2008 | West Midlands News
Environmental groups and renewable energy firms in the West Midlands reacted with anger and disappointment that the UK will see a new generation of nuclear power. Read
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Strike to hit First Great Western trains
Jan 10 2008 | West Midlands News
Hundreds of rail guards and drivers at First Great Western, which operates services in Hereford and Worcestershire, have voted to go on strike after claiming industrial relations had broken down. Read
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Euro Tories picture the wrong Birmingham
Jan 10 2008 | West Midlands News
Tory MEPs for the West Midlands have used a picture of Birmingham, Alabama, to illustrate their website. Read
