TWO Birmingham brothers who escaped the inner city streets through sport are now using their success to divert young people away from a life of crime.Read
THE tale of Cyrano de Bergerac’s unrequited love has been portrayed many times, but this Birmingham Royal Ballet performance was as heart-wrenching as I have seen.Read
SWINE Flu has surged in the West Midlands over the past week with numbers of people admitted to hospital with the H1N1 virus increasing by 72 per cent.Read
TEXT messages are to be sent to forgetful parents by Birmingham health bosses in a bid to slash the big-money problem of children missing appointments.Read
A CHARITY that provides free accommodation to parents whose children are staying in hospital is planning to build a new complex next to the city’s main baby hospital.Read
FREE dental treatment for fillings, crowns and other expensive work is being offered at Birmingham Dental Hospital for volunteers who agree to be treated by students.Read
HEALTH secretary Andy Burnham has formally approved the go-ahead for NHS bosses to buy land for a new £484 million hospital on the Birmingham and Black Country border by compulsory purchase order.Read
BATTLING babe Kiera Ella Flanagan looks pretty as a picture as she is allowed home with her parents for the first time – three months after being born.Read
A POEM penned by boxing legend Muhammad Ali is to go under the hammer in Birmingham to raise thousands of pounds for a city woman’s mission to help disabled abandoned orphans.Read
MORE than a third of Midland paramedics have been violently attacked or hurled verbal abuse while trying to help injured patients on 999 calls over the past year.Read
AS ENERGETIC James Jenkins cheerily paddles out of the sea it is hard to believe the youngster was once so desperately ill that his life hung in the balance.Read
HOSPITAL chiefs are preparing to make compulsory purchase orders on properties where they plan to build a new £484 million hospital for west Birmingham and the Black Country.Read
FINAL options on controversial plans to merge maternity units across Birmingham and the Black Country have been drawn up for public consultation – all of which see Sandwell Hospital downgraded.Read
THE numbers of girls in Birmingham being vaccinated with the life-saving cervical cancer jab are among the worst in the country, with only a third of teenagers being protected in city suburbs.Read
A BIRMINGHAM doctor accused of falsely claiming a wage for his wife as his practice manager has been cleared of all allegations in a misconduct hearing.Read
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.
