Jun
2008
Articles from 17th Jun 2008
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Post office closures can not be stopped
Jun 17 2008 | West Midlands News
Residents will not be able to block post office closures in Birmingham when they are announced next week, a Government Minister has warned. Read
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Wife who poisoned husband with anti-freeze loses sentence plea
Jun 17 2008 | West Midlands News
A housewife who left her husband blind and deaf by poisoning him with anti-freeze today failed to win a reduction in her 30-year jail sentence at the Court of Appeal. Read
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Police probe into boy’s pond death
Jun 17 2008 | West Midlands News
Police are investigating how a toddler drowned in a pond close to a garden where he had been playing with family. Read
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Sex sites will be evidence in Entwistle murder trial
Jun 17 2008 | West Midlands News
The jury trying Briton Neil Entwistle for the murder of his wife and baby will be allowed to hear evidence that he trawled internet sex sites in the days before the killings, the judge has ruled. Read
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Midlands 'better prepared to deal with flooding'
Jun 17 2008 | West Midlands News
The proposed Floods and Water Bill will ensure a more coordinated response in future to the kind of flooding seen across parts of the West Midlands last year, environment minister Phil Woolas has said. Read
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Inspectors deemed prison ‘unsafe’ at same time prisoner was stabbed
Jun 17 2008 | West Midlands News
A prison where an inmate was stabbed to death was considered by inspectors an “unsafe and unstable environment”, an inquest has heard. Read
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Man killed in Worcestershire crash
Jun 17 2008 | West Midlands News
A man has been killed and another injured when a car left the road and overturned in Worcestershire. Read
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Bold plan to light up city centre
Jun 17 2008 | West Midlands News
Moves to improve the image of Birmingham at night by floodlighting prominent buildings have been unveiled by the city council. Read
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Region is spared shortages as fuel deliveries set to resume
Jun 17 2008 | West Midlands News
The West Midlands escaped largely without fuel shortages following four days of industrial action with striking tanker drivers set to return to work today, the AA has said. Read
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Gas explosion rips through Smethwick house
Jun 17 2008 | West Midlands News
A gas explosion has ripped through a Black Country home which shattered windows and blew out doors of a Victorian terrace house. Read
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‘Universities turn a blind eye to cheating to boost results’
Jun 17 2008 | West Midlands News
A leading Midland academic yesterday warned that Britain’s degree classification system has reached its “sell by date” amid claims that lecturers are being put under pressure to turn a blind eye to cheating. Read
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Jury discharged from surgeon assault case
Jun 17 2008 | West Midlands News
The jury in the trial of a top surgeon accused of indecently assaulting two of his young male patients has been discharged. Read
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Stratford eco town plan was poorly thought out
Jun 17 2008 | West Midlands News
Proposals for an eco town in the countryside near Stratford-upon-Avon have been poorly thought out and would result in the development of expensive, inaccessible housing estates requiring huge subsidies from taxpayers, according to a study by Warwickshire County Council. Read
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Personal debt timebomb is waiting to go off in Midlands
Jun 17 2008 | West Midlands News
The West Midlands is sitting on a “ticking timebomb” of personal debt, one of the region’s leading accountants has warned. Read
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City cab drivers suffer from a rise in taxi numbers
Jun 17 2008 | West Midlands News
Taxi drivers are struggling to make a living in Birmingham because there are too many licensed cabs on the roads, according to a new study. Read
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Investigations continue into Smethwick explosion
Jun 17 2008 | West Midlands News
Investigations into an explosion which partially demolished a house contiare continuing Read
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Short and Begg to give their views on Blair’s legacy
Jun 17 2008 | West Midlands News
A conference examining the legacy of the Blair years will be held in Birmingham next week. Read
