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Alison Dayani

Get set to help cancer victims

BLUES legend Dave Latchford today kick-started the Birmingham Mail Fun Run. Read

Scrooge, Alexandra Theatre

It seemed strange to be watching this musical version of A Christmas Carol so long after the festive season. Read

On your marks for the Brum fun run!

IT will be the most exciting fun run that Birmingham has seen for years - and YOU can help make it the most successful, too. Read

Virus-hit hospitals halt ops

TWO Birmingham hospitals have revealed they have been forced to cancel all routine operations due to winter bugs sweeping through the region. Read

Concern growing for missing girl

CONCERN is growing for a Birmingham teenager who has been missing for nearly two weeks. Read

Visitors blamed for spread of norovirus in Midland hospitals

"IRRESPONSIBLE" Midland hospital visitors are helping an infectious winter vomiting bug spiral out of control, health bosses warned today. Read

Birmingham mum Elaine Cox sheds five stone in five months

BIRMINGHAM mum-of-three Elaine Cox was shocked into slimming after she "couldn't tell the difference between herself and the elephant" on her holiday snaps from Thailand. Read

Saucy hospital calendar sets pulses racing

OOOH matron! Temperatures were rising on the wards at a Birmingham hospital after nurses and doctors posed for a saucy calendar. Read

Burglars trash new advice centre site

BURGLARS trashed a Midland advice centre aimed at helping vulnerable people - before it has even been officially opened. Read

Four inch step stops hospital sending OAP home

A PENSIONER was forced to languish in a hospital bed after transport staff refused to take her home - because her four-inch front door step was considered a health and safety risk. Read

Baby has miracle escape in motorway crash

A BABY, aged three months, escaped unscathed after being caught up in a major pile-up on a Midland motorway. Read

Ward set to reopen after virus outbreak

HOSPITAL bosses were today hoping to reopen a ward shut down after an outbreak of a winter vomiting virus. Read

Extra police patrols after latest inner city killing

EXTRA police patrols have been drafted in across Birmingham's Aston area after a man was stabbed to death less than a mile from the spot of the notorious New Year shootings. Read

Double delight for family this Christmas

THIS Christmas was one of the happiest ever for the Farrell family after a year of trials and heartache. Read

Sun and snow in super Swiss holiday

AS newlyweds, people joked my husband and I would have a steaming hot holiday even in freezing cold, snowy Switzerland. Read

Festive Favourites with Aled Jones, Birmingham Symphony Hall

ALED Jones is as associated with Christmas as mince pies and tinsel, so this concert was perfect for getting into the spirit of the season. Read

The choir from Hillcrest Girls School in Bartley Green.

Children's choir soothes cancer sufferers at the QE Hospital in Birmingham

VOICES of "little angels" helped ease the worries and fears of cancer patients waiting for treatment at a Birmingham hospital. Read

Jumoke Adediwura

New hope for Birmingham mum fighting deportation to Nigeria

BIRMINGHAM campaigners battling to stop a Nigerian family being kicked out of Britain today had fresh hope after the deportation was postponed. Read

Commuters.

Birmingham commuters left stranded as storms batter the Midlands

THOUSANDS of passengers were left stranded today after train services were thrown into chaos on two key Birmingham commuter lines. Read

KT Tunstall

KT Tunstall performs secret gig in Birmingham

MUSIC fans had their eye on singer KT Tunstall as she performed a special one-off intimate gig in Birmingham. Read

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Alison Dayani is Health Correspondent on the Birmingham Mail but also covers general news, features, music and theatre. As a trained video journalist, she provides footage of events and health stories for the website too.

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