Sep
2009
Articles from 10th Sep 2009
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Ashley Blake to appeal against jail sentence
Sep 10 2009 | West Midlands News
Jailed TV presenter Ashley Blake is to appeal against his sentence. Read
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Investigation launched into Langley Maltings fire
Sep 10 2009 | West Midlands News
Fire investigators were today trying to establish the cause of a blaze that destroyed a Black Country landmark. Read
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Private money needed to save council golf courses, says councillor
Sep 10 2009 | West Midlands News
The £600,000 per year losses on Birmingham’s seven municipal golf courses are only likely to be slashed by lifting them to private club standards the city’s sport and leisure chief has claimed. Read
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Council to review grass roots cricket
Sep 10 2009 | West Midlands News
A Birmingham-wide review of grass roots cricket is being launched in a bid to build on the huge enthusiasm for the game following England’s Ashes success this summer. Read
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Warder hurt during 'riot' at Midlands young offenders' facility
Sep 10 2009 | West Midlands News
A prison officer had boiling water hurled at him during violence at a Black Country young offenders’ institution, it emerged last night. Read
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Degree honour for Dragons' Den presenter Evan Davies
Sep 10 2009 | West Midlands News
The presenter of Dragons’ Den is to be honoured by Coventry University. Read
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Birmingham City Council's new website comes in for some flak
Sep 10 2009 | West Midlands News
Clive Reeves, PR director at Ward Lovett, who has already been on the site, said: “This looks like a project that’s been controlled by a committee made up of people who don’t quite know what they’re looking for, what’s achievable, or even what they really want. Read
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95-year-old Coventry woman gets a high out of flying a plane
Sep 10 2009 | West Midlands News
A 95-year-old woman whose family pioneered aviation said she was “on a high” after fulfilling a lifetime ambition to fly a plane. Read
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Countryside among Birmingham’s 28 rivals to become UK’s City of Culture
Sep 10 2009 | West Midlands News
Birmingham faces competition from 28 rivals to become Britain’s first “City of Culture” in 2013. Read
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Man escapes fine for Bull statue graffiti
Sep 10 2009 | West Midlands News
A judge has conditionally discharged a man who wrote graffiti on Birmingham’s iconic Bull statue after rejecting a £12,500 repair bill claim. Read
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Gulf War veteran's cancer 'probably' caused by uranium exposure
Sep 10 2009 | West Midlands News
An inquest has heard how the death of a former West Midlands soldier from cancer was probably caused by his exposure to depleted uranium during the first Gulf War. Read
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Telford detective delighted to see serial burglar given jail term
Sep 10 2009 | West Midlands News
Telford's most senior detective has welcomed a jail sentence imposed on a man who burgled 23 homes. Read
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Birmingham City Council says website should be judged on value not features
Sep 10 2009 | West Midlands News
Critics of Birmingham City Council’s new £2.8 million website have been accused of failing to understand how difficult it was to put together such a complex project. Read
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Midlands care home residents to appeal against closure ruling
Sep 10 2009 | West Midlands News
Black Country pensioners are today planning the next move in their fight to keep open a care home which houses one of the UK’s oldest people. Read
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Public support keeps troops going, says officer
Sep 10 2009 | West Midlands News
A senior Birmingham officer from a battalion that has lost five soldiers in the last month today revealed how support from the British public is keeping troops going through the darkest hours. Read
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Former football club chief denies fake cigarettes charge
Sep 10 2009 | West Midlands News
A former chief executive of Halesowen Town FC has pleaded not guilty to failing to pay duty on £5.3 million of counterfeit cigarettes. Read
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Tennis coach pleads guilty to sex offences
Sep 10 2009 | West Midlands News
A Birmingham tennis coach is facing a long prison sentence after admitting sex offences involving children. Read
