Dec
2008
Articles from 4th Dec 2008
-
Swimmer Tom to lead campaign for a positive teenage image
Dec 04 2008 | West Midlands News
A young swimmer from Sutton Coldfield will be the face of a national youth campaign launched by the Department for Children Schools & Families (DCSF) today. Read
-
Police should be ordered to explain Green action to Commons
Dec 04 2008 | West Midlands News
The police officers responsible for arresting an MP and searching his offices should be dragged into the House of Commons and ordered to explain themselves, according to a Black Country MP. Read
-
Architect and former gang member to mentor young black men
Dec 04 2008 | West Midlands News
A man who left behind a life of gang violence to study and become an architect has been chosen as a role model for black youths. Read
-
Missing Midland bigamist Roderick Sangster hands himself in
Dec 04 2008 | West Midlands News
A convicted bigamist who did not turn up to his own trial handed himself in on Wednesday. Read
-
Birmingham Municipal Bank could reopen, hints Mike Whitby
Dec 04 2008 | West Midlands News
Birmingham’s Municipal Bank could reopen under radical proposals to help business through the current economic difficulties. Read
-
Birmingham council told to fight the recession in the city
Dec 04 2008 | West Midlands News
Birmingham City Council was placed on the front line of the fight to protect the city’s economy, as the Queen’s Speech made local authorities responsible for beating the recession. Read
-
Cannon Hill Park greenhouse is pulled down
Dec 04 2008 | West Midlands News
An historic greenhouse which has stood in one of Birmingham’s largest parks for decades is being torn down. Read
-
Travel company charged after Worcestershire woman's holiday death
Dec 04 2008 | West Midlands News
An adventure sports company and it’s director has been charged with six health and safety offences after a 21-year-old Worcestershire woman died in a river boarding tragedy. Read
-
Over 30 West Midlands sex offenders are missing
Dec 04 2008 | West Midlands News
A total of 34 sex offenders in the West Midlands are missing, police have revealed. Read
-
Rethink on huge M6 billboard planned for Wednesbury
Dec 04 2008 | West Midlands News
Plans for a huge controversial art billboard along the M6 in the Black Country have been shelved. Read
-
Son of rock star Bryan Ferry denies perverting course of justice
Dec 04 2008 | West Midlands News
ROCK star’s son Otis Ferry has denied perverting the course of justice. Read
-
Convicted Midland drug barons ordered to pay back £1m
Dec 04 2008 | West Midlands News
Drug barons must return £1m or have another five years behind bars Read
-
Regeneration in Birmingham threatened by countryside housing plans
Dec 04 2008 | West Midlands News
REGENERATION in Birmingham and the Black Country will be put into reverse if the government insists on pushing forward with wide-ranging plans for new housing in the countryside, council leaders have warned. Read
