Birmingham, England News

I have just read Keith Birminghama s excellent letter in The Advertiser. He writes concerning BDHTa s intransigent, money motivated attempt to convince Stoke Prior residents that 49 dwellings dropped onto their green belt is a good idea.

Thieves took a 75-year-old widower's car containing his pet dog while he tended his wife's grave.

An inquest is due to begin into the death of a 38-year-old Birmingham man who died after being taken into police custody more than six years ago.

The owner of a boat which was involved in a collision where a 19-year-old woman died had only taken delivery of the craft just a few weeks before the tragedy, a court heard.

Two men have been taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition after separate road accidents in Wolverhampton and Birmingham.

A senior academic at a Midland university is in line for a major award for his dedicated work in helping manufacturing companies in the region to become more efficient and effective.

A Birmingham man with a history of mental illness died in police custody after being struck by a patrol car called to his home, an inquest jury has been told.

Pop star Pink was held by security ahead of her gig in Birmingham, England on Friday - when a bouncer failed to recognise her.

This gold strip with a Biblical inscription is one of 1,500 items in the hoard. The largest haul of Anglo Saxon treasure, which was recently unearthed in Staffordshire, is to go on display once more.

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, October 29, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Hospital Group has reported that the number of women choosing to have a breast reduction has gone up by 78% since 2005.

When an acclaimed filmmaker decided to make her next feature in Birmingham, it was because she wanted to put the city on the cinematic map.

Speaking in front of more than 400 representatives from the construction and project management sector at the Mace Group Autumn reception held at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, cllr Paul Tilsley outlined some of the key opportunities and challenges facing the city.

Gloucestershire Police are appealing for drivers who may have witnessed a police pursuit in which stolen items were thrown from a vehicle, to contact them.

Struggling US Airways said on Wednesday it will cut some 1,000 jobs next year, shift nearly all of its flying to its three hubs and Washington, and suspend several international routes.

TONY Rowe says his sympathies are with Birmingham & Solihull's fans as the club is expected to fold this week.

Sarah Turner's Twitter-led trip to the second city took her from Russian art at the Ikon Gallery to a top Brum boozer in Moseley and a belting Balti in Sparkbrook View Birmingham TwiTrip in a larger map See Sarah's tour of Birmingham plotted on the map above My last experience of Birmingham was so memorable several peripheral details have eluded me ...

A GANG of terrorists who plotted to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier are back on the streets after being released early from prison.

THREE men who made as much as A 400,000 from a string of brothels, including one in Worcester, have been jailed for a combined total of 10 years.

GRATEFUL members of the Lutterworth branch of the Royal British Legion have thanked generous townspeople for donating hundreds of items for wounded soldiers returning home from duty abroad.

Birmingham's MPs have united in opposition to wholesale changes planned for the city's two daily newspapers.