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Jasbir Authi

Jasbir Authi is a general news reporter and her patch includes central Birmingham and Moseley.

Swine flu closes first Birmingham secondary school
Economic Development
The first secondary school in Birmingham has been forced to close due to an outbreak of swine flu.
Eight injured as charity minibus crashes on M5
Economic Development
A group of eight people, including five children with physical and learning disabilities, escaped serious injury after the minibus they were travelling in overturned on the M5 in Worcestershire today.
Wyre Forest named favourite place to live for Birmingham commuters
Economic Development
With its tranquil woodlands, meandering River Severn and idyllic villages, there’s simply no question of Wyre not.
Travellers warned of bank holiday disruption on road and rail
Economic Development
Bank Holiday travellers are facing queues and delays on road and rail this weekend.
West Bromwich garden designers shine at Chelsea Flower Show
Economic Development
Garden designers from the Midlands have been honoured at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.
Hotel move a real boon for Birmingham's beer hunters
Economic Development
The beer may have been flowing but empty pub talk it wasn’t.
No party to mark Birmingham City's promotion
Economic Development
Birmingham City Football Club has announced it will not be holding a celebration after the team was promoted back into the Premiership - because they did not win the Championship.
16 arrested after police target criminal drivers
Economic Development
Hundreds of police officers from four forces were involved in a massive operation to catch criminal drivers yesterday.
Fifty given medical treatment after gas leak at swimming pool
Economic Development
Nearly 50 people, the majority children, have been treated by paramedics after a chlorine gas leak at a Black Country swimming pool.
Union warns fire control rooms merger will put lives at risk
Economic Development
Plans to merge fire control rooms in the West Midlands will put lives at risk, the Fire Brigade Union has warned.
Malnutrition deaths on the rise in º£½ÇÊÓƵ hospitals
Economic Development
More than 400 people have starved to death in the West Midlands in the last decade, it has been revealed.
Swimmers hospitalised after chemical leak at Black Country pool
Economic Development
Nearly a dozen swimmers, mainly children, were taken to hospital after a chemical leak at a Black Country swimming pool.
Rabbits set up home at Holloway Circus roundabout
Economic Development
A pair of Easter bunnies are dicing with death after setting up home on one of the busiest roundabouts in Birmingham.
Lorry pile-up on M6 causes massive delays
Economic Development
A serious crash involving half a dozen lorries brought chaos to one of the busiest stretches of the M6 near Birmingham today.
Man dies in fall from Rotunda in Birmingham
Economic Development
Birmingham shoppers watched in horror as a man fell from the roof of the Rotunda today.
Rare misprint US airmail stamp to be auctioned in Warwickshire
Economic Development
The 1918 US airmail stamp depicts the Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aeroplane flying upside down.
Birmingham’s children’s services face big staffing shortage
Economic Development
The huge scale of the staffing problems facing Birmingham’s social services has been revealed after new figures showed about one in four posts in the children’s services department was vacant.
Worcestershire and Warwickshire will see flood benefits
Economic Development
A multi-million pound package to help counties hit by the 2007 flood was unveiled yesterday.
Midlands academic points to religious motive for Mumbai attacks
Economic Development
Religion at the heart of horror attack – expert
Wolverhampton man awaits news from friend in city of terror
Economic Development
Midlander’s fears after killing spree
Twenty West Midlands streets where the property crash has yet to visit
Economic Development
Streets still paved with
Teenage 'hoodie' jailed for killing surveyor
Economic Development
A teenage 'hoodie' who stabbed to death a trainee surveyor in Birmingham city centre after robbing him of £40 has been jailed for life.
Hospital not at fault in heart patient's death
Economic Development
A man successfully underwent heart surgery and then died after he fell in a hospital toilet, an inquest heard yesterday.
Service slammed after boy's asthma death
Economic Development
An "urgent review" of an ambulance service's outofhours procedures has been called for after the death of a ten-year-old boy who waited 90-minutes for paramedics.