An American playboy has been charged in connection with the deaths of two British businessmen - including one from Warwickshire - who were mown down in a hit-and-run crash.Read
Detectives in Shrewsbury are appealing for sightings of a stolen construction vehicle which was used to smash through a wall during an attempted robbery.Read
Birmingham’s 51 community libraries must not be subjected to indiscriminate cuts and closures as a result of the city council’s financial difficulties, a government watchdog has warned.Read
A Solihull couple have been granted permission to keep their children’s climbing frame in their back garden, after a battle with the council over planning regulations.Read
The jury in the case of a Warwickshire animal rights enthusiast who piloted a gyrocopter which killed a hunt supporter will meet again on Wednesday to consider its verdict.Read
US food giant Kraft today issued a public apology for raising hopes that a doomed Cadbury factory could be saved and issued a two-year guarantee on jobs after facing a furious attack over its controversial takeover of the chocolate-maker.Read
A Birmingham university is demanding a £30 million refund from taxpayers, after learning its long-awaited new campus will have to be scrapped because of a proposed new high speed rail station.Read
The Roman Catholic Church in Birmingham has been ordered to pay £32,500 damages to a man who was abused by a priest in Coventry more than 30 years ago.Read
Birmingham theologian Cardinal John Henry Newman will be beatified by the Pope, but the ceremony will take place in Coventry not Birmingham, Buckingham Palace confirmed today.Read
Fears have been raised over the future of Birmingham’s historic buildings as the city council cuts its Conservation Group. Neil Elkes looks at the consequences.Read
A bus company has rejected calls for it to remove an advert featuring a sexy “matron” from its vehicles amid claims that it demeans the nursing profession.Read
