bog-brush (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
A BOY has been taken to hospital with burns after attempting to break wind and set fire to the fumes. The 12-year-old was playing with a friend in a garden in Tipton, West Midlands, when a petrol can behind him caught fire yesterday. He was taken to Russells Hall Hospital, in Dudley - suffering from [...]
Big News Network.com (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
London, Aug 25 : The deputy mayor of Dudley, West Midlands, has gone straight in to the record books after breaking a world record for flinging a frisbee.
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
WEST MIDLANDS.- Explore the story of contemporary glass showing the influence of Wolverhampton on glassmaking in China and around the world. A range of beautiful glassworks will be on display. Large colourful pieces, detailed smaller works and digital projections of architectural glass will change the way you
Express & Star (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Council coffers across the West Midlands are being boosted by hundreds of thousands of pounds from shares they own in Birmingham International Airport. Together, all seven West Midlands authorities – Walsall, Sandwell, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Solihull, … [visit site to read more]
Birmingham: It's Not Shit Blog (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
"Former BRMB programme controller Mike Owen has emerged as a bidder for the GCap West Midlands stations put up for sale by Global Radio. Owen is part of a local consortium bidding for BRMB in Birmingham plus Wyvern (Worcestershire), Mercia (Coventry) and Beacon Radio (Wolverhampton) and their AM Gold services, describing the purchase as “a golden [...]
D'log :: blogging no (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Midlands:— Birmingham’s Creative City Awards 2008 are announced. Deadline for nominations: 17th October 08 // Wolverhampton Radiophonic Institute (on WCR FM & podcast), “radio for thinking, culture, politics and philosophy” // Screen West Midlands gets a website makeover // 21 out of 53 business advisors at Business Link West Midlands are to be sacked // [...]
The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
West Midlands Ambulance Service said debris from the first plane hit the ground in a field about five miles from Coventry Airport at 11.42 a.m. local time,...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 17/08/2008
Five people were killed when two light aircraft collided in mid-air near Coventry today, West Midlands ambulance service said.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 17/08/2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Five people were killed when two light aircraft collided in mid-air near Coventry on Sunday, West Midlands ambulance service said.
Express & Star (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Incinerators in parts of the West Midlands have breached pollution rules 114 times in the last five years, it has emerged. Figures obtained by the Express & Star from the Environment Agency show Wolverhampton’s Crown Street incinerator had 65 breaches and Dudley’s Lister Road plant had 49. Across the UK there were 285 … [visit site [...]
Express & Star (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
Three major gateways into Wolverhampton are to be equipped with motorway-style electronic signs in a bid to ease jams. Transport bosses today welcomed the city’s share of more than £26 million to help tackle congestion in the West Midlands. Routes including the A41 Wergs Road between Wolverhampton and … [visit site to read more]
Express & Star (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
Train staff have stepped up patrols around Black Country stations to deter graffiti vandals. Bloxwich and Coseley stations were in the top five West Midlands stations to be hit by vandals over the last year. More than 1,000 incidents of railway crime were reported around the region in 2007. Crimes committed on the railway include trespass, stone throwing, [...]
Express & Star (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
Test cricket is back in the West Midlands, so is Sky TV. Steve Madeley spent a morning with Bumble, Beefy, Nasser and Co at Edgbaston. “Is Rachel looking after you'” asks Nasser Hussain at the door of Sky’s commentary box. The reply is positive. “That’s a first,” says the deadpan former … [visit site to read more]
Express & Star (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
Shops in the West Midlands have reported a surge in popularity of home brewing kits, as drinkers attempt to beat the credit crunch by making their own beers, wines and ciders at home. Hamstead Brewing Centre in Great Barr says it has experienced a major rush within the last month, with bosses reporting around … [visit [...]
Cop The Truth (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher, 24, from Solihull, West Midlands, of the 40 Commando Royal Marines, is being awarded the George Cross for heroism in Afghanistan. In February, L/Cpl Croucher was on a patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, when he hit...
