Jun
2008
Articles from 23rd Jun 2008
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UK's tallest sculpture completed
Jun 23 2008 | West Midlands News
The country's tallest piece of free-standing artwork, designed by a Birmingham architect, has been unveiled. Read
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£6,000 price tag for Carroll’s drawing of Birmingham girl
Jun 23 2008 | West Midlands News
An ink drawing of a Birmingham schoolgirl by Alice In Wonderland author Lewis Carroll is expected to fetch up to £6,000 at an auction tomorrow. Read
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Telford tops for being car-friendly
Jun 23 2008 | West Midlands News
Drivers looking for Britain’s most car-friendly town should take a trip to Telford, it has been revealed. Read
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Fall in number of young offenders in Midlands courts
Jun 23 2008 | West Midlands News
The West Midlands has bucked the national trend and recorded a fall in the number of young offenders being dealt with by police and the courts in the last six years, it has been revealed. Read
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Listed library will impede city's progress, warns Civic Society
Jun 23 2008 | West Midlands News
Attempts to get Birmingham’s Central library listed will impede the progress made in changing the city’s image, the Civic Society has claimed. Read
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Gallipoli hero's Victoria Cross will go under the hammer
Jun 23 2008 | West Midlands News
He received Britain’s highest award for bravery for his actions in one of the most brutal campaigns of military history, but died alone in a back room flat. Read
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Museum is the jewel in Birmingham’s tourism crown
Jun 23 2008 | West Midlands News
Birmingham’s Museum of the Jewellery Quarter has rated above Note Dame Cathedral in a Europe-wide survey of free tourist attractions. Read
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Get your passport stamped on tour round historic Aston
Jun 23 2008 | West Midlands News
Once part of Warwickshire, it became one of Birmingham’s wealthiest suburbs when it was absorbed by the city in 1912. Read
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MPs slam hybrid cars in favour of buying British
Jun 23 2008 | West Midlands News
Trendy “green” Japanese cars should be axed from the Government fleet in favour of award-winning British vehicles such as Jaguars, MPs have insisted. Read
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Sports writer recieves five-figure payout from Birmingham City
Jun 23 2008 | West Midlands News
Sports writer Pat Murphy has been given a five-figure payout by Birmingham City Football Club after being injured in the “Dickensian” conditions at St Andrew’s. Read
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Solihull golfer tells of his carjacking
Jun 23 2008 | West Midlands News
A Solihull man has described his ordeal of being carjacked at his golf club. Read
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Rail review to look at five new main lines
Jun 23 2008 | West Midlands News
Rail bosses are to look at the possibility of building five new high-speed main lines as part of a review of the network's future, Network Rail has said. Read
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Claim that Quarter’s World Heritage bid hit by bad planning
Jun 23 2008 | West Midlands News
A campaign to win World Heritage status for Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter is in danger of failing because planners are allowing inappropriate development to spoil its unique architecture, a conservation group claimed. Read
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Post offices in Birmingham on hit list of branches to close
Jun 23 2008 | West Midlands News
Twenty four post offices face the axe across Birmingham as part of a closure programme set to be revealed tomorrow. Read
