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Alison Dayani

Alison Dayani

Visitors brave the rain at Lord Mayor's Show

BIRMINGHAM may have been battered by wind and rain, but people at the Lord Mayor's Show were determined not to let the weather spoil their fun. Read

Gimme five! Tiniest tot has big birthday

BRITAIN'S smallest baby Aaliyah Hart was feeling a high five today as she was never expected to survive a week, let alone through her infancy. Read

Feeder to give fans a taster

FEEDER drummer Mark Richardson has a warning for Glastonbury Festival organisers - don't let the festival come before the music. Read

Cash to pour in for Birmingham Mail Fun Run

THE final sponsorship money from the Birmingham Mail Fun Run is due to come pouring in over the next week. Nearly 2,000 people stepped out up to the 5km challenge and are expected to bring in at least £75,000 towards Macmillan Cancer Support and the Birmingham Mail Charity Trust. Read

Families urge PM to save Kings Heath care home

CAMPAIGNERS battling to save a Birmingham special needs care home have gone right to the top – No.10. Read

Mother told to give ice pop to sick baby

A BIRMINGHAM locum doctor prescribed an ice pop for a baby with severe diarrhoea ONE hour before the tot was rushed to hospital with extreme dehydration. Frantic mum-of-two Rachel Barber revealed how she took her sick four-month-old daughter Jasmine to the Primecare out-of-hours medical centre in Summerhill Road, city centre, on a Sunday evening only for the doctor to ignore her pleas for help. Read

New look for wards at Heartlands Hospital

THESE are the first pictures of how wards could look at three Birmingham hospitals after a massive £190 million redevelopment. Read

City's phoney vodka 'lethal'

A BIRMINGHAM drinker was rushed to hospital after drinking fake vodka spiked with methanol. Read

Do you really know your booze limits?

HEALTH bosses today launched a new £10 million campaign to crack down on boozers who cost the NHS millions of pounds in the West Midlands. Read

Man left for dead after being shot in stomach

A MAN was gunned down and left for dead after being targeted in a Birmingham tower block. Read

Birmingham stars The Twang and Simon Webbe to play in charity football tournament

BRUMMIE band The Twang and former Blue singer Simon Webbe have been selected for by Celebrity Soccer Six Football Tournament to score a winner for The Samaritans. Read

Relatives win battle for inquest into death of war hero

BIRMINGHAM coroner Aidan Cotter was today ordered by Whitehall to open an inquest into the death of a war hero who died at a controversial city nursing home. Read

Birmingham and Walsall hospitals slated in patient surveys

HOSPITALS slated in patient surveys have pledged to tackle the problems highlighted. Walsall Manor Hospital was rated one of the worst in the country for overall care, while Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth and Selly Oak hospitals scored badly over mixed sex wards. Read

Teachers raise £800 for Birmingham Mail Fun Run

TEACHERS at a Birmingham school have been given an A-plus for effort by pupils after raising hundreds of pounds in the Birmingham Mail Fun Run. Read

Brave Birmingham model Ayesha Jones stands out from the crowd

TEENAGE stunner Ayesha Jones is walking tall as a model despite suffering with an extremely rare debilitating back illness that causes her spine to curve. Read

Just the tonic for children's wards

SICK youngsters at a Birmingham hospital are tickled pink, and blue and green, after a city paint firm gave their wards a new lease of life. Read

New hospital is set for early opening

BIRMINGHAM'S new £70 million mental health hospital complex is set to open its doors to patients this week. Read

Shout! Alexandra Theatre

THIS was a nostalgic and fun step back to the swinging Sixties that had the audience practically dancing in the aisles. Read

I'm going wild with the boys!

BIRMINGHAM rockers Duran Duran are to team up with the hottest remixer of the moment, Mark Ronson, after the Brit Award winner revealed he was one of the band's biggest fans. Read

Aston Villa star Nigel Reo Coker strips off

ASTON Villa hero Nigel Reo Coker has swapped being at the centre of the field to be a centrefold as he tries to help save thousands of men’s lives from cancer. 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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