West Midlands News

Major sales uplift for retailers as Style Birmingham LIVE comes to city. Oct 02 2012

Birminghama’s annual fashion extravaganza saw more than a quarter of a million shoppers flock to the city centre over the weekend with some stores seeing sales rise by more than 60 per cent.Read

Ed Miliband set to launch education plans for "forgotten 50 per cent" Oct 01 2012

Ed Miliband is to reveal radical plans for a second “gold standard” qualification similar to A-levels but focusing on technical skills.Read

Turkish Airlines increases flights to Istanbul from Birmingham Oct 01 2012

urkish Airlines has increased its number of flights to Istanbul from seven to ten a week from Birmingham Airport.Read

Sutton Coldfield MP will be our poster boy at conference claims Liam Byrne Oct 01 2012

Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell is to become a star of Labour’s annual conference, with the opposition party naming him as the “poster boy” for overprivileged and out-of-touch Tories.Read

Andrew Mitchell outburst reveals "unpleasant truth" claims Ed Miliband Oct 01 2012

Andrew Mitchell’s tirade against police officers has exposed the “unpleasant” truth about the Government’s attitude towards ordinary working people, Ed Miliband has claimed.Read

Birmingham's first Argentinian restaurant to be launched in partnership with team behind Lasan Sep 29 2012

A marketing entrepreneur is to launch Birmingham’s first Argentinian restaurant in a partnership with the team behind Lasan.Read

Ex-vicar accused of embezzling £1m claims he was owed money Sep 28 2012

The former vicar accused of embezzling more than £1 million from the charity project to regenerate Nechells Baths has claimed he only received money that was owed to him.Read

Tributes paid to Rubella Association founder Peggy Freeman Sep 28 2012

Tributes have been paid to a Sutton Coldfield woman who co-founded the National Deafblind and Rubella Association.Read

'Expect austerity until 2020s', MP John Hemming warns Sep 28 2012

Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming talks to Political Editor Jonathan Walker about the economy, his tangled love life and Nick CleggRead

Independent traders call for Birmingham to be more like Manchester Sep 28 2012

Under threat independent traders said a crunch meeting with council leader Sir Albert Bore had gone very positively.Read

Birmingham solicitor caring for disabled son won legal care battle with Birmingham City Council worth up to £2m Sep 28 2012

A Birmingham solicitor left at the point of despair caring for her severely disabled son won a legal care battle with Birmingham City Council potentially worth £2 million.Read

A fast-changing landscape captured in time Sep 28 2012

The 20th century was fast approaching and industrialisation was drastically altering the region as we knew it, so a band of brothers – and one sister – reached for their cameras.Read

Police protest about cuts outside Sutton Coldfield office of MP Andrew Mitchell Sep 27 2012

Angry cops held a protest outside the constituency office of MP Andrew Mitchell – while wearing “PC Pleb” t-shirts.Read

Tony Blair's son Euan has Coventry job - and is tipped for MP role Sep 27 2012

The son of former Prime Minister Tony Blair is rumoured to be in line for an MP’s role in Coventry – and has even got himself a job in the city.Read

First glimpse of new £37m University of Birmingham library Sep 27 2012

These are the first images of the new £37 million library planned for the University of Birmingham.Read

HS2 is 'good for economy and environment' Sep 27 2012

High speed rail will be good for the environment and the economy, Transport Minister Norman Baker has insisted.Read

Minister calls for HS2 consultation to be re-opened Sep 26 2012

A Foreign Office minister has urged new Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin to consider reopening a controversial consultation into the High Speed 2 rail project.Read

West Midlands Fire Service 'still mainly white and male' Sep 26 2012

West Midlands Fire Service is still a mainly white and male brigade, according to new figures.Read

Church of Scientology pledges to invest £6m in Moseley mansion Sep 26 2012

The Church of Scientology has broken years of silence over its future plans for a listed mansion in Moseley – with a pledge to spend £6 million on a major restoration.Read

Nick Clegg tells critics: 'If you don't like me, vote Labour' Sep 26 2012

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has branded critics “people who like protest” and told them to vote Labour, in defiant comments during his party conference in Brighton.Read