Mar
2009
Articles from 12th Mar 2009
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Meals on wheels 'gagging order' claim
Mar 12 2009 | West Midlands News
Staff at Birmingham’s doomed meals on wheels service claim to have had a city council “gagging order” slapped on them. Read
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New West Midlands Police Chief named as Chris Sims
Mar 12 2009 | West Midlands News
A police chief who has led a purge on paperwork to keep his officers out on patrol has been named as the new Chief Constable for the West Midlands. Read
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Birmingham playground supervisors win £7,000 in equal pay claim
Mar 12 2009 | West Midlands News
More than 2,500 playground supervisors at Birmingham primary schools are to receive up to £7,000 each after settling an equal pay claim. Read
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Squatters at Birmingham pub The Firebird hail campaign a success
Mar 12 2009 | West Midlands News
Squatters who took over an abandoned pub in protest at the lack of social housing in Birmingham have moved out quietly and hailed their campaign a success. Read
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Hundreds at Villa legend Harry Parkes' funeral
Mar 12 2009 | West Midlands News
A popular former Aston Villa player and successful businessman described as ‘a real comedian’ was given a fitting send off by family, friends, former colleagues and teammates. Read
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Fatal gyrocopter crash caught on camera
Mar 12 2009 | West Midlands News
The moment a hunt supporter was hit and killed by the propeller of a gyrocopter near Stratford-upon-Avon was caught on camera by an eyewitness, a court has heard. Read
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Dismissed pilot allowed footballer Robbie Savage in cockpit
Mar 12 2009 | West Midlands News
An airline pilot dismissed for allowing Premiership footballer Robbie Savage on to his flight deck was a “larger than life character” with a chequered disciplinary record, a tribunal heard. Read
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Cannabis 'factory' found in Solihull house
Mar 12 2009 | West Midlands News
Hundreds of cannabis plants have been found growing in a plush house in a Solihull. Read
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Miners Strike 25 years on: Daw Mill Colliery basking in success
Mar 12 2009 | West Midlands News
A quarter of a century after the strike that nearly destroyed the industry, coal miners at the Midlands’ last remaining pit are earning up to £70,000 a year – with 30 candidates chasing every vacancy. Read
