Birmingham Mail - May 01, 2025
Birmingham Mail - May 01, 2025
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May 01, 2025
Region wins funds for an extra 10,000 charging points
THOUSANDS of extra electric car charging points are to be installed on roadsides across the West Midlands to ease range anxiety.
1 min
Star in no DOUBT show will be a hit
STAGE VERSION OF POPULAR FILM COMING TO BRUM
1 min
Paedophile scout leader, 81, handed 46-year jail term
A PAEDOPHILE scout leader and school housemaster, who spent 27 years on the run using a stolen identity, has been jailed for 46 years for numerous sexual offences against young boys.
1 min
Paedophile scout leader, 81, handed 46-year jail term
A PAEDOPHILE scout leader and school housemaster, who spent 27 years on the run using a stolen identity, has been jailed for 46 years for numerous sexual offences against young boys.
1 min
Campaigners raise doubts over plans for Sabbath pub
THE owners of a pub described as the birthplace of Black Sabbath insist progress is being made on restoring the venue.
1 min
Ideas to get Station Street back on track
DRAWINGS ARE 'CONVERSATION STARTER' TO CONSIDER ROAD'S FUTURE
2 mins
Ideas to get Station Street back on track
DRAWINGS ARE 'CONVERSATION STARTER' TO CONSIDER ROAD'S FUTURE
2 mins
Campaigners raise doubts over plans for Sabbath pub
THE owners of a pub described as the birthplace of Black Sabbath insist progress is being made on restoring the venue.
1 min
Court told of fatal attack on 'crying' youth inside shop
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy who was stabbed to death in a Solihull vape shop was “crying and screaming for help”, said a worker who witnessed the attack.
2 mins
Killer gang 'ringleader' entered the UK illegally
ROMANIAN NATIONAL WILL SERVE AT LEAST 29 YEARS FOR DAD'S MURDER
2 mins
Youngsters film themselves trashing community centre
THE council has been left counting the cost after thugs broke into a well-used community centre and apparently filmed themselves trashing it.
1 min
Highway project costs soar £7m over budget
'BASICS IGNORED' AS EXTRA FUNDING IS SOUGHT FOR A SECOND TIME
2 mins
Waste tip bookings return over fears of traffic chaos
BIRMINGHAM City Council has performed a U-turn on plans for two city tips amid fears of traffic chaos.
1 min
Gang left 5 men with 'life-altering' injuries
VICTIMS SUFFERED SLASH AND GUNSHOT WOUNDS WHILE SAT IN CAR
2 mins
'Rapid and widespread' change call at care firm
INSPECTION HIGHLIGHTED MORE DETERIORATIONS SINCE PREVIOUS VISIT
2 mins
Royal visitor drops in to help Sense celebrate
NATIONAL disability charity Sense welcomed HRH The Princess Royal in Birmingham to mark its 70th anniversary.
1 min
Parents pay the price for cheaper holidays
BIRMINGHAM FAMILIES GIVEN MORE THAN 25,000 PENALTIES IN TWO YEARS
2 mins
Stamp duty move sees sales rocket
HOUSE sales more than doubled in March compared with the same month the previous year as buyers rushed to beat a stamp duty deadline.
1 min
MPs 'should have the final say on any US trade deal'
THE Prime Minister has been urged to support a proposed law which would give Parliament the “final say’ on any trade agreement with the United States.
2 mins
Fatal police marksman 'faces sack'
A police group has reacted with fury at the “nonsensical” decision that the police marksman who shot Chris Kaba should face a disciplinary hearing and could be sacked.
1 min
Toxic mushroom lunch trial starts
THE Australian host of a weekend family lunch has gone on trial charged with murdering her estranged husband's parents and an aunt and attempting to murder an uncle with poisonous mushrooms.
1 min
Trump marks 100 days
PRESIDENT Donald Trump on Tuesday celebrated the 100th day of his second term - yet spent much of his rally marking it in campaign mode, fixated on past grudges and grievances.
1 min
UK 'failing to prepare for climate disaster'
THE Government is failing to prepare the UK for “tomorrow's disaster” of floods, heat-waves, drought and wildfires, its climate advisers have warned.
1 min
Canada chose leadership over lunacy
DONALD Trump, the self-crowned king of chaos and bargain-basement bravado, just got publicly and politely obliterated by none other than Canada.
2 mins
ON A ROLL
Brighten your home for summer with striking paint effects, suggests SAM WYLIE-HARRIS
2 mins
Wild at heart
YOUR WILDFLOWER MEADOW EVOLVES OVER THE YEARS TO HELP YOU RECONNECT WITH NATURE
2 mins
Obsessive's sick plan to kill Holly
FANS of This Morning were sent into a frenzy one Thursday when long-time host Holly Willoughby didn't turn up for work.
1 min
Chilly dip, anyone?
Make the most of longer days with a paddle or swim at these seaside destinations,
1 min
Walk this way...
AS I walked through the forest I suddenly heard a heavenly chorus that seemed for a split second to be putting me on the path to cloud nine.
4 mins
'Cry-babies' are cutting up rough!
ANGER, controversy and social media mud-slinging has followed in the wake of Sam Eggington’s victory over Lee Cutler.
4 mins
Local rivals Blaze earn back to back wins over Bears
THE Blaze completed back-to-back wins by defeating Midland rivals Warwickshire by 41 runs in the Metro Bank Women’s One Day Cup competition at Edgbaston.
3 mins
Marti in garden while club do some digging
MARTI Cifuentes, a managerial target for Albion, has been placed on gardening leave by QPR ahead of the final game of the season.
1 min
Emery stays tight-lipped over keeper
UNAI Emery has refused to confirm whether Robin Olsen will leave Villa at the end of the season but highlighted the goalkeeper’s importance in the dressing room.
1 min
It's been one Heck of a ride at Villa for Chris!
VILLA president of business operations Chris Heck will leave his position at the end of the season.
2 mins
Birmingham Mail Newspaper Description:
Publisher: Reach Publishing Services Limited
Category: Newspaper
Language: English
Frequency: Daily
The Birmingham Mail is a tabloid newspaper based in Birmingham, England but distributed around Birmingham, the Black Country, and Solihull and parts of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire.
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