Aug
2009
Articles from 19th Aug 2009
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DNA check on all young men in Hawkesley in taxi driver murder hunt
Aug 19 2009 | West Midlands News
The DNA screening of teenagers and men on a Birmingham estate will focus on 360 homes as the hunt for the killer of a taxi driver entered a new phase. Read
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West Midlands clubs’ season ticket rise despite recession
Aug 19 2009 | West Midlands News
It seems that nothing will stop football fans watching their beloved team this season – not even the worse recession for more than 100 years. Read
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Birmingham drug dealer ran international cocaine ring from jail
Aug 19 2009 | West Midlands News
A drug dealer ran an international cocaine ring from his jail cell in Panama, a court heard yesterday. Read
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Seven-year-old made tragic 999 call to police as her mother died
Aug 19 2009 | West Midlands News
A terrified seven-year-old girl made a heart-rending 999 call to report that her mother was being stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend. Read
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Woman set Birmingham transvestite alight in row over handbag, court hears
Aug 19 2009 | West Midlands News
A transvestite wept as he described the moment when a woman threw petrol over him at his flat in Birmingham and then turned him into a human fireball. Read
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Hospitals vie for hi-tech treatment for cancer patients
Aug 19 2009 | West Midlands News
Two Birmingham hospitals are bidding to host a revolutionary new treatment that will give cancer patients an advanced form of radiotherapy and fresh hope of survival. Read
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Father tells of Wolverhampton boy's sudden death on holiday in India
Aug 19 2009 | West Midlands News
A father has spoken of his grief at the loss of his 10-year-old son who died suddenly on holiday in India. Read
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Downloading ‘pirate’ has designs on Worcester MP Mike Foster’s Westminster seat
Aug 19 2009 | West Midlands News
A Worcester graphic designer is to challenge a Government minister at the next election as leader of the UK’s own Pirate Party, which campaigns to change the laws on sharing films and music over the internet. Read
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Appeal judge halts Wolverhampton Council's plan to evict elderly people
Aug 19 2009 | West Midlands News
The closure of a Black Country care home which houses nine “frail and distressed” elderly people has been halted by the Court of Appeal. Read
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Staffordshire health worker in sick pay scam is struck off
Aug 19 2009 | West Midlands News
A “dishonest” NHS medic was struck off yesterday after working at three hospitals while claiming more than £4,000 in sick pay. Read
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More than 1.5 million child abuse images destroyed by police
Aug 19 2009 | West Midlands News
More than 1.5 million images featuring some of the most horrific abuse of children seized by West Midlands detectives in the past year have been destroyed. Read
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No charges against four arrested over blaze which killed Warwickshire firemen
Aug 19 2009 | West Midlands News
Four people arrested in connection with a warehouse blaze that claimed the lives of four firefighters have been released without charge, police said today. Read
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New Birmingham Library to be one floor shorter than originally planned
Aug 19 2009 | West Midlands News
The new landmark Library of Birmingham will be ten per cent shorter than planned following complaints that it towered over neighbouring buildings. Read
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Two Warwickshire soldiers among three killed in Afghanistan blast
Aug 19 2009 | West Midlands News
Three soldiers killed in a blast in Afghanistan ahead of this week's elections have been named by the Ministry of Defence. Read
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Families await DNA test results on French war graves
Aug 19 2009 | West Midlands News
More than 130 British families, including many from Warwickshire, are waiting to hear if their relatives' bodies are among those discovered in mass World War I graves in northern France. Read
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Birmingham brothel owner spread his cash around the world, court told
Aug 19 2009 | West Midlands News
A Black Country man who pocketed at least £3.5 million running a brothel in Birmingham moved his wealth around the world in a desperate bid to hang on to the money, a court heard. Read
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New Zealand adventure firm had no specific safety guides, court hears
Aug 19 2009 | West Midlands News
The operator of an adventure river trip in which a tourist from Worcestershire drowned had no specific safety regulations, a court in New Zealand heard today. Read
