Aug
2009
Articles from 26th Aug 2009
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Birmingham dentist Dr Dinesh Vegad pioneers use of 3D tooth scanner
Aug 26 2009 | West Midlands News
Birmingham patients are getting a taste of the future after a city dental practice became the first in the country to use an advanced 3D tooth scanner. Read
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Birmingham turns down plea to create elected mayor
Aug 26 2009 | West Midlands News
Birmingham has rejected Government pleas to introduce a directly-elected mayor and told Ministers it wants to stick with the current system. Read
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Teenaged acne patient in forced sex act on GP – hearing told
Aug 26 2009 | West Midlands News
A GP forced a teenage acne patient with learning difficulties to perform a sex act on him at his surgery, a medical tribunal heard. Read
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Great Bridge travel company given two-day bus suspension
Aug 26 2009 | West Midlands News
A bus company has been ordered to take its vehicles off the road for 48 hours after a hearing at the West Midlands traffic commissioner’s office. Read
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Burglar stabs man in his Kings Heath home
Aug 26 2009 | West Midlands News
A homeowner was stabbed in the back after confronting burglars who were sneaking around his Birmingham home. Read
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Families lose channels after switch to new TV transmitter
Aug 26 2009 | West Midlands News
Major work on a TV transmitter which beams programmes into millions homes across the Midlands has left thousands of viewers out of the picture. Read
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West Midlands councils must provide more travellers sites, says Government
Aug 26 2009 | West Midlands News
Councils are failing to provide enough sites to accommodate a growing number of gypsies and travellers migrating to the West Midlands, the Government has warned. Read
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New Zealand travel firm to pay £33,500 to family of tragic Emily Jordan
Aug 26 2009 | West Midlands News
The owner of a New Zealand adventure sports company has been ordered to pay more than £61,000 in fines and compensation after a Worcestershire tourist drowned while riverboarding Read
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Bulgarian holiday in hell as family hit by food bug
Aug 26 2009 | West Midlands News
A Birmingham family endured a holiday from hell after they were struck down with food poisoning in Bulgaria. Read
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Coventry crash woman dumped at roadside dies
Aug 26 2009 | West Midlands News
A woman dumped by the side of a road after being seriously injured in a car crash has died, police said. Read
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Inquiry launched into patient's sudden death at Selly Oak Hospital
Aug 26 2009 | West Midlands News
An inquiry has been launched after a patient was unexpectantly found dead in ward toilets at a Birmingham hospital. Read
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Vietnamese stowaways caught on way to Birmingham
Aug 26 2009 | West Midlands News
More than a dozen illegal migrants were found being trafficked into the UK hidden in a delivery lorry bound for a Vietnamese restaurant in Birmingham. Read
