West Midlands

Gangs blamed on declining values

bbc.co.uk     4 hrs ago          

A government advisor has blamed a decline in Christian values for a rise in gang violence in Birmingham. Three people have been killed in the past month in the city in a series of "tit for tat" stabbings and shootings....                    

Trams and trains could share line

bbc.co.uk     22 hrs ago          

Plans to run trains and trams on the same line in the West Midlands are being considered. Network Rail and Centro, which is responsible for bus, rail and Midland Metro tram transport in the area, said proposals were being...                    

Fear as 999 chief takes two jobs

expressandstar.co.uk     20 hrs ago   1 related          

A patients’ group has raised concern over the appointment of West Midlands Ambulance chief executive as a part-time boss of another service. Anthony Marsh will take up the post of interim chief executive with the Great...                    

London’s famous cabs made in China

rian.ru     17 hrs ago   10 related          

FENGJING, China (AP) - London Taxis are as British as bowler hats and Big Ben. But the latest models coming off this new assembly line are unlikely to ever touch an English road. At a sprawling factory in the lush green...                    

Calls to shut hostel after arrest

bbc.co.uk     yesterday          

People in a Black Country town are demanding a bail hostel be shut after one of its residents was arrested in connection to a sexual assault. People living near the Stonnall Road hostel in Aldridge, Walsall, said they...                    

Doing business in Birmingham in 150 words or less

wordpress.com     yesterday          

His first was: "So can you sum up Birmingham's business profile in 150 words?" I was still thinking on this challenge when The Birmingham Post announced that business would dominate the radical new-look of the newspaper...                    

Women Hurt in M-Way Pile-Up

redorbit.com     yesterday          

THREE women were taken to hospital following a fivevehicle crash on the M6 in Warwickshire. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the northbound carriageway between junctions 3 and 4 near Fillongley shortly after...                    

Midas XL8 in Bollywood star tribute

lsionline.co.uk     yesterday          

UK - SSE has provided a Midas XL8 and Klark Teknik DN9696 for Rafi Resurrected, a tribute to legendary Bollywood singer Mohammad Rafi performed by Indian singing superstar Sonu Niigaam and the CBSO (City Of Birmingham...                    

Drug cash boosts Midland patients

pharmiweb.co.uk     03-Sep-2008          

Evening Mail (Birmingham, UK) - Sep. 02, 2008 MIDLAND patients are to benefit from state-of-the-art drugs after medical researchers received a pounds 20 million boost. Birmingham University and Warwick University were...                    

Shootings 'tit for tat' killings

bbc.co.uk     03-Sep-2008   1 related          

Dimitri Foskin was shot dead in Newtown, Birmingham, on 23 August Police have said a series of fatal shootings and stabbings in the West Midlands are "tit for tat" killings. Four young men have been killed in the area...                    

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