Jul
2009
Articles from 15th Jul 2009
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Two arrested following probe into accounts of Birmingham secondary school
Jul 15 2009 | West Midlands News
Two people have been arrested in connection with a major probe into alleged financial irregularities at a Birmingham secondary school. Read
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Birmingham highways contract winner to be announced at last
Jul 15 2009 | West Midlands News
Six years of delays, legal wrangles, bidding wars and political manoeuvring are set to end later this month when Birmingham City Council finally awards a £2.2 billion contract to repair and maintain its roads over the next 25 years. Read
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Taxi crashes into Birmingham branch of ICICI bank
Jul 15 2009 | West Midlands News
A bank worker narrowly escaped serious injury when a taxi ploughed into the front of a city centre bank yesterday. Read
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Group to lobby health secretary for Stafford Hospital inquiry
Jul 15 2009 | West Midlands News
Campaigners battling for a public inquiry into shamed Stafford Hospital are to stage a protest outside the ministerial surgery of health secretary Andy Burnham. Read
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Opening of performing arts school in Moseley is put on hold
Jul 15 2009 | West Midlands News
Ambitious plans to launch the Birmingham Independent School of Performing Arts have been put on hold due to the recession. Read
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Murdered model Amy Leigh Barnes told of threats from boyfriend
Jul 15 2009 | West Midlands News
A young model told a friend days before she was murdered that her boyfriend "put knives to my throat" and threatened to kill her. Read
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Comrades share families' grief for soldier fatalities
Jul 15 2009 | West Midlands News
Reporter Paul Bradley recently joined Midlands troops in Afghanistan. Here he describes how the soldiers will be coming to terms with the deaths of 15 comrades in little more than a week. Read
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Birmingham man stabbed to death
Jul 15 2009 | West Midlands News
A 22-year-old man has died after being stabbed in the neck in Birmingham, police said. Read
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Birmingham hospital radio transmits to planes at Manchester airport
Jul 15 2009 | West Midlands News
A Birmingham hospital radio show broadened its listener base when a technical glitch broadcast its show to planes jetting in and out of Manchester Airport. Read
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Staff evacuated after chemical spillage at City Hospital
Jul 15 2009 | West Midlands News
Hospital staff were temporarily evacuated after a chemical spillage at City Hospital yesterday. Read
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Three-year-old dies after collapse in Birmingham garden
Jul 15 2009 | West Midlands News
A three-year-old boy has died after collapsing while he bounced on a trampoline at his family home in Birmingham. Read
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Man in court accused of £4.5m Birmingham University fraud
Jul 15 2009 | West Midlands News
A businessman has appeared in court charged with stealing more than £4.5 million from Birmingham University. Read
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Birmingham weighs up bid for UK City of Culture status
Jul 15 2009 | West Midlands News
Birmingham has been urged to bid for the title of Britain’s first City of Culture - after losing out to Liverpool in a contest for a similar accolade. Read
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Village's spontaneous tribute as bodies are brought home
Jul 15 2009 | West Midlands News
The people of Wootton Bassett have stood in silence 79 times, but yesterday thousands of mourners spontaneously clapped home eight British soldiers who fell on Britain’s bloodiest day in Afghanistan. Read
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Birmingham University honours Olympic champion
Jul 15 2009 | West Midlands News
Olympic cycling champion Paul Manning went back to university yesterday to be crowned with a special award. Read
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Conductor Edward Downes and wife Joan die in assisted suicide clinic
Jul 15 2009 | West Midlands News
Renowned conductor Sir Edward Downes and his wife, who died together in an assisted suicide clinic, were devoted to each other, the musician’s manager said. Read
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West Midlands to miss wind farms target after councils 'delay work'
Jul 15 2009 | West Midlands News
The West Midlands is set to miss its target on wind energy because local planning authorities are holding up the process, according to a leading body. Read
