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Adam Smith

Adam Smith

Fun runners feel the heat

THOUSANDS of runners toiled in the heat for charity, slogging around Sutton Coldfield at in the Great Midlands Fun Run. Read

Rain fails to wash out Pride parade

THE show must go on... and so it did in some style as revellers at Birmingham's Gay Pride festival failed to be bowed by torrential rain. Read

Love blossomed on a bicycle made for two

DEVOTED couple Thomas and Hilda Dorn have no doubts about the secret of their 70 years of wedded bliss - it's all down to tolerance and a tandem. Read

Gunfire terrifies shoppers at precinct

SHOPPERS at a busy Birmingham precinct dived for cover as a gun was fired and a car window shattered. Read

Shots fired near junior school

A GUNMAN opened fire yards from a Birmingham junior school less than an hour before children were due to go home. Read

Disease alert on dead fox

THE discovery of a dead fox believed to be infected with a killer disease in Sutton Coldfield has put dog owners across Birmingham on high alert. Read

That's good nudes for graffiti artist

NUDE pictures from a West Midland graffiti artist's latest collection sold for over £200,000 in just five minutes. Read

Forums back Mail mayor campaign

THE Birmingham Mail's campaign to force a mayoral referendum in the city received a major boost at a meeting of the powerful Birmingham Association of Neighbourhood Forums. Read

Bloc Party @ Wolverhampton Civic Hall

AFTER shifting over a million copies of their debut album quicker than you can say their name, Bloc Party are facing the thorn in every hit band's side - releasing the follow up. Read

The Dean, the lap dancer and 40,000 Broad St revellers

HEARD the one about the Dean of Birmingham Cathedral and the lap dancer? Read

MEP cries foul on EU football threat

BARMY" EU bureaucrats are trying to abolish the English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish football teams and replace them with a united UK squad, a Birmingham MEP claimed today. Read

Dennis Locorriere @ Symphony Hall

WHEN you're in love with a beautiful woman you've got to watch your friends - good advice there from American rockers Dr Hook, but as I've got neither I went to see the band's lead singer Dennis Locorriere with my mum. Read

Razorlight @ NEC

RAZORLIGHT, the band with the golden touch, ensured thousands of fans had a real Good Friday. Read

Bus music 'Saga louts' fight back!

RENEGADE pensioners are blaring out golden oldies on Birmingham buses to drown out youngsters' hip-hop, it was claimed today. Read

Fan-tastic! Thousands turn out as speedway returns to Brum

THE Brummies have roared back! Fans streamed through the turnstiles and gave the city's speedway kings homecoming a terrific kick start last night. Read

Nothing can stop June raising cash!

A BIRMINGHAM breast cancer sufferer was tickled pink after her first fund-raising event was declared a massive success. Read

Pitch battle in kids' football match mayhem

AN UNDER-12s football match ended in chaos as parents and children clashed on the touchline while paramedics treated a boy on the pitch, it was claimed today. Read

Kings of speed hit the fast lane

FOR some it was the unmistakable smell of burning ethanol and for others it was the roar of the engines - but for everyone at the new trackside of the new Birmingham Brummies, the magic of speedway was back. Read

Blazing saddles!

A FANATICAL speedway fan has bought the pub next to the Brummie's race track and has even invented a special curry in honour of his heroes. Read

'Shameless' family leave house

THIS is the scene inside the house of the 'Shameless' family of 12, from Great Barr, after they vacated the premises before the bailiffs came knocking. Read

Author Profile

Adam Smith works in the Sutton Coldfield district office. He previously worked as a dustman, a security guard, in call centres, countless factories and Burger King before becoming a journalist eight years ago. A native of Perry Barr he also writes ýSkidderý Smithýs Speedway blog.

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