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Alison Dayani

Alison Dayani

Fundraising climb in memory of tragic James

TRAGIC James Blackhurst was only 22 and just starting out in life when a sudden, unexpected heart attack brought his dreams to an end. Read

A&E battle is far from over - campaigners

BIRMINGHAM'S top health watchdog has refused to lie down despite a major compromise over plans to scale down City Hospital's accident and emergency services. Read

Health bosses set to make A&E U-turn

HEALTH bosses were today set to reveal a major rethink of controversial proposals to scale down accident and emergency services at City Hospital. Read

Respect grows as Ishtiaq wins

THE rise of anti-war party Respect continued as it clinched a second seat on Birmingham City council. Read

Track ace Iwan cheers along race stragglers

MEDAL-WINNING athlete Iwan Thomas is to encourage flagging runners in a race at Sutton Park. Read

Petition plea over threat to casualty

PROTESTERS fighting controversial plans to shake-up a Birmingham A&E have handed over a 2,530-strong petition to hospital bosses. Read

Asthma care a failure in Brum, figures show

A POSTCODE lottery of care for asthma patients means more Birmingham sufferers are hospitalised than in any other part of the country, figures show today. Read

Hospital in jams alert

MOTORISTS are being warned that advanced work on Birmingham's new £697 million super-hospital is set to cause delays across Edgbaston. Read

Appeal hits the right note

MIDLAND band 4Sure are hoping one thing is certain with the launch of Birmingham's first ever Donor Day - more lives will be saved. Read

Your cash helps Pete in fight to save sight

A KIND-hearted Birmingham Mail reader has made a touching gesture to help save the sight of a lorry driver who cannot get treatment on the NHS. Read

Solihull 'facing obesity crisis'

OBESITY levels in Solihull have soared so high in the past two decades that a special fat-buster is being drafted in to the borough. Read

Two years ago I was fighting cancer... look at me now!

VICTORIA Littlehales spelled out her pride at running the London Marathon just two years after battling cancer. Read

Health boss Hewitt sparks new ambulance row

BRITAIN'S top health boss claims an A&E shake-up meaning longer journeys in an ambulance for critically ill patients would NOT be a bad thing. Read

Lostprophets @ NIA

CUTE lead singer in skin-tight jeans - check. Anthemic rock tunes that send the crowd crazy - check. Lostprophets have all the ingredients of a top Brit rock band, but their live performance puts them on another par. Read

I'm ready to run a marathon

BATTLING against cancer was hard enough, but brave Birmingham mum-of-two Victoria Littlehales had the additional trauma of being seen as a "Frankenstein's monster" by her children. Read

Blessing for £40m health centre

HOLY men are blessing the site of a new £40 million mental health centre to mark the 12-month countdown to its grand opening. Read

Band go back to basics

WHEN Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins phones from America, he tells me the band are happily making 'garage music'. Read

Drugs cash plotters are jailed

A BIRMINGHAM man has been jailed for 12 years for his part in a £500 million money laundering scam. Read

Hospitals in parking fees row

UNION chiefs have hit out at a debt-hit Midland trust for hiking parking charges for its doctors and nurses. Read

We ain't afraid of no ghosts!

IF there's something strange in the neighbourhood... who ya gonna call? Birmingham's first ever official ghost investigation team, that's who. 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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