Jan
2008
Articles from 11th Jan 2008
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Birmingham city centre roadworks warning
Jan 11 2008 | West Midlands News
Motorists in Birmingham have been warned to expect delays when work on a city centre road flyover starts next week. Read
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Rolls-Royce to cut 2,300 jobs
Jan 11 2008 | West Midlands News
Rolls-Royce said today that it was to axe up to 2,300 jobs in the UK, Europe and US as it seeks to trim costs. Read
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Plan to get Birmingham kids smiling again
Jan 11 2008 | West Midlands News
Education bosses in Birmingham are developing a five-year plan to put a smile back on the faces of city schoolchildren who are said to be more miserable and prone to depression than anywhere else in the country. Read
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Report backs Birmingham Opera Company
Jan 11 2008 | West Midlands News
Birmingham Opera Company is doing exactly what a new Government-backed report into the future of the arts in Britain recommends, supporters said last night. Read
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St Chad's road rage junction tamed
Jan 11 2008 | West Midlands News
Road rage at St Chad's Circus in Birmingham city centre junction should be a thing of the past after council engineers agreed to change traffic light sequences. Read
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New Street plans have to be 'robust'
Jan 11 2008 | West Midlands News
There are still "a few final important issues" to resolve before the long-awaited rebuild of New Street station can be approved, the Government has revealed. Read
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'Neglect' played a part in care home death
Jan 11 2008 | West Midlands News
Neglect played a part in the death of a disabled pensioner who was strangled by the safety belt of her wheelchair at a Birmingham nursing home, an inquest jury ruled. Read
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Jail for £60,000 cheque fraudster
Jan 11 2008 | West Midlands News
A Congolese man living in Handsworth, Birmingham, has been jailed for 12 months for fraudulently obtaining £60,000 by stealing and altering benefit cheques. Read
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Integration cannot be forced say city muslims
Jan 11 2008 | West Midlands News
Muslim representatives in Birmingham yesterday criticised calls for more Christians, Sikhs and Hindus to move into predominantly Islamic inner city areas. Read
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Fraudster posed as Barclays boss to get £10,000
Jan 11 2008 | West Midlands News
A fraudster conned £10,000 out of Barclays by posing as the bank's chairman and taking cash from his account, it emerged yesterday. Read
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Nuclear plan cautiously welcomed by business
Jan 11 2008 | West Midlands News
West Midlands businesses have welcomed the Government's decision to back a new generation of nuclear power stations, but made clear it was not the long-term solution to the UK's energy problems. Read
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Cameron attacks gun crime complacency
Jan 11 2008 | West Midlands News
Democratically-elected mayors or police commissioners could help fight gun crime such as the the killings which blighted the festive season, Conservative leader David Cameron said yesterday. Read
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Church urges rich to end city segregation
Jan 11 2008 | West Midlands News
Affluent workers who have moved into the suburbs are being urged by the Church of England to return to Birmingham's inner city areas to help stamp out segregation. Read
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Birmingham MPs split over new atom stations
Jan 11 2008 | West Midlands News
Britain must face up to the need for new nuclear power stations or be held hostage by energy suppliers in Eastern Europe and Russia, a Birmingham MP has warned. Read
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Arson suspected in Hurst Street blaze
Jan 11 2008 | West Midlands News
More than 140 people were evacuated from a Birmingham tower block last night after a suspected arson attack. Read
