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Alison Dayani

Duran Duran first band to perform in Louvre Museum

BRUMMIE wild boys Duran Duran had the Perfect Day as they became the first ever rockers to perform in the grounds of the world famous Louvre Museum in Paris. Read

Speech therapist wins place in opera

SONGBIRD Juliette Bridgwater knows all about the sounds of music as by day she is a speech therapist but by night she takes to the stage for a national opera troupe. Read

Boyzone, Birmingham NEC

BALLAD kings Boyzone followed in the footsteps of fellow boyband Take That and made a return to Birmingham eight years after their split. Read

Newborn babies given pioneering extra checks

PROUD mum Rachel Hankin cuddles her newborn Isobel with the peace of mind that her heart is beating safely thanks to a pioneering new project in Birmingham. Read

Club battle for survival

STAFF are rallying together to save a rundown social club at a Birmingham hospital that has played host to dignitaries including Prince Charles and Tony Blair. Read

Forum boss arrested after punch up over St Patrick's Day

THE BOSS of Birmingham’s Irish Community Forum was arrested after headbutting a fellow festival organiser in a punch up over next year’s St Patrick’s Day parade, it emerged today. Read

Police on patrol in hospital

A BIRMINGHAM hospital is reinforcing its zero-tolerance stance against violence with a permanent police base opening in the grounds. Uniformed police will be based next to A&E at Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield, from Monday to help patients, visitors and staff feel safer at the hospital while also improve community policing. Read

Legoland

Excitement builds for Legoland fans

"I CAN'T believe it's made of Lego!" I shrieked for the thousandth time that day. Read

Little Regan Smith's had a ball - now your tot could be our Baby Of Yhe Year

GORGEOUS Regan Smith is getting used to the cameras after being voted Baby Of The Year in the Birmingham Mail's competition a year ago. Read

Pioneering medics cut hospital stays for cancer patients

A BIRMINGHAM trust is leading the way in slashing the time cancer patients have to stay in hospital after gruelling treatment. Read

IVF couple: We love our babies

A BIRMINGHAM family accused of rejecting their newborn IVF twins because they were not boys today hit out at the "lies" saying: "We love our little girls." Read

Doctors form rugby league for medics across Birmingham and Solihull

BIRMINGHAM doctors are swapping white coats for shorts as they try to restart a rugby revival. Medics across Good Hope Hospital at Sutton Coldfield, Heartlands Hospital at Bordesley Green, and Solihull Hospital have launched a new touch rugby league for staff to play teams across the city. Read

Twins dumped at Midland hospital

A BIRMINGHAM couple were today accused of abandoning their newborn twins because they weren’t boys. Read

Camps for obese young Brummies

THE UK’s pioneering obesity scientists have picked Birmingham for their latest child "fat camps" because of the city’s notorious expanding waistline. Read

Tot 'burned by toxic sofa'

AN angry Midland mum today claimed her baby needed hospital treatment after suffering blistering burns all over his body from a "toxic sofa" sold at High Street stores. Read

Cheat Dawn gets the Big Brother boot

CHEATING Brummie Big Brother contestant Dawn Blake has lost her complaint of unfair treatment against the controversial TV reality show. Read

Driver lucky to be alive as storms hit Midlands

A MIDLAND driver was lucky to be alive today after his car was crushed by a tree blown down by 60mph winds. Read

Feeder, Barfly

FANS would normally have to elbow their way through thousands of other people at festivals or arenas like the NEC to get an up-close view of this band performing live. Read

Dead end for Diabetes researchers

MIDLAND researchers have reached a dead end in how to cut the drastically high numbers of Asian patients suffering life-threatening problems due to diabetes. Read

Widow's fight for husband

THE wife of a Birmingham lorry driver who died from a painful lung disease has launched a legal battle for compensation against the company he worked for. 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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