New hospital hotline introduced for inpatients
A hospital hotline has been introduced at a West Midlands trust to respond to concerns inpatients or their loved ones may have about care.
New Purple Points have been installed outside ward areas at Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals,...
Two jailed over OAP robbery killing
Duo jailed for total of 16 yearsTWO men have been jailed for killing a frail pensioner during a robbery at her Birmingham flat.
Mohammed Iftab, 25, and Waseem Shabir, 23, both of Aston, Birmingham, had earlier pleaded guilty to manslaughter...
Spring Clean the House?
BID Spring Cleans the Road!
PICTURED: Section of the Soho Road in Handsworth outside the campus of South & City College Birmingham
After many years since the pavements of Soho Road in Handsworth were first slabbed, the Soho Road Business Improvement...
A ‘Dangerous’ Faith Healer Ripped Family Apart
A 'dangerous' faith healer is destroying families in Birmingham by telling relatives to cut ties with each other, it has been claimed.
A woman who alerted the issue said she had been financially exploited by the man.
A letter to Leicester...
Government crackdown on extremist websites
THE GOVERNMENT will target extremist websites that attempt to radicalise young British Muslims as part of a new campaign announced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith today.
In a speech at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and...
New event in Donor search for ill Police Officer
Leicester community urged to step forward to help Inspector Rik Basra
COLLEAGUES of a police inspector who needs a bone marrow transplant to save his life are supporting an event to encourage more people to join the donor register.
Leicestershire officer,...
F-antastic! Lasan is Britain’s Best Local Restaurant
Birmingham restaurant comes out on top on Gordon Ramsay’s F WordONE of Birmingham’s most critically acclaimed curry houses has received the golden nod from Gordon Ramsay after winning his F Word contest.
Indian eatery, Lasan, beat off competition from...
Man pleads guilty to murdering wife
Mohammed Rashid to be sentenced next monthA MAN has pleaded guilty to murdering his wife at their Oxfordshire home.
Mohammed Rashid, 35, appeared at Oxford Crown Court in relation to the death of his wife Sughra Rani, 30.
Mrs Rani...
Health warning for hijab wearers
DOCTORS have warned Muslim women wearing the hijab they may be prone to serious illness because they do not get enough sun.
The warning relates to the skin’s exposure to the sun and the lack of vitamin D as...
Four charged over fatal house fire
Police still appealing for information year on from tragedyOFFICERS investigating a fatal fire in Bolton have charged four people with witness intimidation.
Simon Buckley, 23, of Tonge Moor Road, Bolton, Tracey Peers-Holland, 25, of Hawthorn Road, Bolton, a 15-year-old boy...
