Jun
2008
Articles from 30th Jun 2008
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Eight years for driver who killed young Stourbridge mum
Jun 30 2008 | West Midlands News
An unqualified driver from Stourbridge who killed a young mother in a horrific crash after trying to outrun a police patrol has been jailed for eight years. Read
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Murray Walker gets his Birmingham star
Jun 30 2008 | West Midlands News
Murray Walker has cemented his place on the Birmingham Walk of Fame. Read
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English Heritage could ask for NatWest Tower to be listed
Jun 30 2008 | West Midlands News
Conservation watchdog English Heritage could step into the row over the NatWest Tower in Colmore Row. Read
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West Midland councils set out their priorities
Jun 30 2008 | West Midlands News
West Midlands councils have named improving race relations and cutting child obesity as top priorities – ahead of improving school results and keeping streets clean. Read
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Region's farmland ‘is put at risk by flood plans’
Jun 30 2008 | West Midlands News
Suburban housing estates are being over-protected against flooding at the expense of prime agricultural land, according to a study into emergency planning in the West Midlands. Read
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Eco-town protesters march on Parliament
Jun 30 2008 | West Midlands News
Hundreds of campaigners, including some from Warwickshire and Staffordshire, gathered outside Parliament to protest against Government plans to build eco-towns in their areas. Read
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Plans for eco-towns are labelled 'sub-standard'
Jun 30 2008 | West Midlands News
Sites for two West Midlands eco-towns proposed by the Government are poorly located and would be dominated by car-dependent housing estates, a leading countryside campaign group has claimed. Read
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Gourmet town home to no-frills discount store
Jun 30 2008 | West Midlands News
It’s may be a gastronomic heartland of the Midlands but even the Shropshire market town of Ludlow has been feeling the effects of the credit crunch. Read
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Downpours in 2007 had lasting legacy on West Midland farming
Jun 30 2008 | West Midlands News
Last summer it was not only well publicised floods but the effects of the wet summer in broader terms that proved costly to farms in the West Midlands. Read
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Memorial for stabbed Birmingham police officer
Jun 30 2008 | West Midlands News
A permanent memorial to a policeman who was killed as he tried to arrest an offender on a Birmingham canal towpath has been unveiled. Read
