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Final hours tick down on Kraft bid for Cadbury

09.11.09

Cadbury investors, managers and staff were left on tenterhooks this morning as Kraft Foods took its hostile bid for the chocolate maker down to the wire ... more

1 Day is impressively non-moralistic

06.11.09

Made on the unlovely streets of Birmingham, 1 Day has been labelled the first British hip-hop musical... more

Two houses for me, no jobs for you

06.11.09

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Five heroes: Tributes to soldiers murdered in Afghanistan

05.11.09

Latest: Emotional tributes paid to the five British soldiers shot dead by a renegade Afghan policeman as military chiefs pledge to hunt down the men’s killer... more

Steely Neelie’s got it badly wrong on RBS punishment

05.11.09

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Kolo Toure: We must improve

04.11.09

Kolo Toure believes it is vital Manchester City regain that winning mentality if they are to be considered genuine contenders for a Champions League place... more

Liverpool fail in attempt to get Philipp Degen red card overturned

04.11.09

The FA have rejected Liverpool's appeal against Philipp Degen's red card ... more

Dizzy spell left Stephen Ireland fearing for his life

03.11.09

Stephen Ireland feared he was going to die when he was rushed to hospital after complaining of dizziness during a Carling Cup tie with Fulham... more

Ambulance hits pillar on 999 call

02.11.09

Ambulance crashes into a concrete pillar on its way to try to save a man trapped under a train, the emergency service said... more

Social services who put girl in drug flat ‘not fit for purpose’

05.10.09

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A painful rebuild ahead for property

25.09.09

People say the property sector is on the mend, but that is taking a lot on trust... more

David Gold: No Croatia conspiracy

01.09.09

Birmingham owner David Gold has laughed off claims by the Croatian Football Federation that English players have deliberately injured their players... more

Rio Ferdinand to miss Arsenal clash as Manchester United injuries mount

17.08.09

Rio Ferdinand is out for at least another two weeks after hospital scans on his thigh injury ... more

Thousands to miss out in university scramble

14.08.09

Tens of thousands of A-level students could be denied a university place this summer as Britain's top colleges warn they are already full... more

Fast rail link plan in case Tories get in

07.08.09

Plans for a high-speed railway from London to Birmingham via Heathrow are being drawn up on the basis that the Tories will block a third runway if they win the general election... more

School places cash announcement expected

13.07.09

Extra funding to help provide new primary school places in parts of England struggling with shortages is expected to be announced by the Government this week... more

Swine flu girl 'had suffered illness for all her short life'

30.06.09

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LDV vans goes back into administration

02.06.09

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Roads and railways set for bank holiday delays

19.05.09

Travellers face the prospect of busy roads and severely disrupted train journeys this bank holiday weekend... more

World's fastest train link could be built next to Wormwood Scrubs

23.03.09

A new rail hub connecting the capital to Birmingham and the North could be built in west London... more

Virgin train passenger revenues hit the buffers

16.03.09

Virgin Trains users have voted with their feet as the main inter-city service from London to Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow became the first rail company to admit to falling passenger revenues... more

Jaguar factory halts car production

19.01.09

Workers at a factory which builds Jaguar cars started two weeks of non-production in another sign of the impact the economic downturn is having on British industry... more

Ł2 fuse brings Ł9bn upgrade of West Coast line to a halt

15.12.08

The West Coast Main Line was brought to a halt by a Ł2 fuse, only hours after it reopened following its Ł9 billion rebuild... more

Regional papers face bigger woes than just an economic downturn

03.09.08

There can be few more difficult and unpalatable jobs than managing decline in a mature market. Yet that’s what regional newspaper owners have been doing for at least a quarter of a century... more

Crystal Method for Roger Hiorns

26.08.08

Roger Hiorns has taken a derelict London bedsit and filled it with a toxic, ever-expanding chemical sculpture. He promises spectacular results.... more

Insulted and assaulted by a Virgin bureaucrat

14.07.08

Late last night, in the middle of Birmingham, I was physically assaulted, called a f***ing c*** and a prick, and left stranded after the last train back to London had gone... more

Phillips joins old rivals Birmingham

09.07.08

Former West Brom and England striker receives two-year contract at the Championship club... more

A weekend of heavy rock

30.04.07

Now in its third year, Give It a Name was a noisy, ambitious prelude to the festival season.... more

Disturbing insights behind bars

03.04.07

Photographer Richard Billingham presents an emotive critical visual essay on animals in captivity around the world.... more

Let down by his rock-star swagger

21.09.06

Jim Moray has been hailed as a wunderkind of what some have dubbed Nu-Folk. But the winner of a clutch of awards also likes to cultivate a bit of rock-star swagger, evident at this gig.... more