Oct
2009
Articles from 29th Oct 2009
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Residents group in legal attempt to block £32m Edgbaston cricket plan
Oct 29 2009 | West Midlands News
South Birmingham residents have launched a last-ditch legal attempt to block a £32 million redevelopment of the Edgbaston Test match cricket ground. Read
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Man quizzed over death of Birmingham soldier Mark Quinsey is released
Oct 29 2009 | West Midlands News
A man arrested over the Real IRA murders of a Birmingham soldier and a colleague in Northern Ireland has been released from custody. Read
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Scam targets prison guards' families using data lost by Government
Oct 29 2009 | West Midlands News
The families of Midland prison guards are being targeted in a scam believed to be linked to confidential security data lost by the Government. Read
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Please let me stay, says 106-year-old resident of threatened Midland care home
Oct 29 2009 | West Midlands News
At the age of 106, Louisa Watts is to be evicted from the Midland care home she knows and loves because of a cuts package drawn up by the local authority. Steve Bradley reports on the plight of the UK’s fourth oldest woman Read
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West Midlands confirmed as least productive region in the country
Oct 29 2009 | West Midlands News
Any faint hope that the West Midlands might somehow miraculously avoid the worst of the recession has been dashed by authoritative research showing that this region continues to bear the brunt of the country’s economic misery. Public Affairs Correspondent Paul Dale reports Read
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Birmingham cinemas caught up in row over controversial film I Day
Oct 29 2009 | West Midlands News
Cinemas in Birmingham were last night caught up in a bitter row between police and film makers as they were advised not to screen a controversial new film about city gangs. Read
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European jobs fair at Birmingham Town Hall
Oct 29 2009 | West Midlands News
Jobseekers looking for a completely new direction flocked to a special European jobs fair in Birmingham. Read
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Birmingham teenagers accused of gunpoint robbery to face trial
Oct 29 2009 | West Midlands News
Three boys aged 13, 14 and 16 from Birmingham have been remanded in custody charged with committing a gunpoint robbery which was filmed on mobile phones. Read
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Teenagers' prank calls waste police time
Oct 29 2009 | West Midlands News
Police emergency operators dealt with thousands of hoax callers from teenage pranksters, it emerged yesterday. Read
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Archers actor Norman Painting dies
Oct 29 2009 | West Midlands News
Norman Painting, who played Philip Archer in the much-loved radio show The Archers since its trial run in 1950, has died aged 85, the BBC said today. Read
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Senior councillor's anger over £1m youth services cuts leak
Oct 29 2009 | West Midlands News
The senior politician responsible for children’s services in Birmingham has called on a council officer to consider their position after planned cuts were leaked. Read
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Poignant date for new Bishop of Shrewsbury
Oct 29 2009 | West Midlands News
The new Bishop of Shrewsbury was consecrated in a “poignant” ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Mark Rylands, 48, was ordained yesterday by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. Read
