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Alison Dayani

Alison Dayani

Battling babe Lottie continues to wait for lifesaving transplant

DESPERATELY ill baby Lottie Bryon-Edmond who will die without a liver transplant remains in a stable condition.Read

Birmingham city centre violence: City centre workers lock themselves in as rioters raid stores

Extra police were called in as around 300 youths, masking their faces with scarves and hoods, smashed shop windows, looted stores and even tried to hijack a bus.Read

2am update: More than 100 arrested after night of anarchy; Handsworth police station set on fire

EIGHTY SEVEN people have been arrested after the violence which has blighted parts of London emerged in Birmingham city centre.Read

Inspirational Small Heath volunteer and pillar of Catholic community dies

A SELFLESS super volunteer who raised £500,000 for good causes across Birmingham has died.Read

Review: A Midsummer Night's Dream, at Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

PERCHANCE to dream of a cast that gel together effortlessly, have perfect comic timing and a director that brings a fresh gothic edge to the piece. Read

Four-week-old baby's life hangs in balance in Birmingham hospital on super transplant list

FOR the past eight days, baby Lottie Bryon-Edmond has clung to life.Read

Alert over military patients being served up cold meals at Birmingham hospital that has no kitchen

INJURED British troops are being served up below-par meals because Birmingham’s superhospital was built without a kitchen, a health watchdog has warned.Read

Birmingham medic cures man who could hear his eyeballs moving

A MAN afflicted with a bizarre, rare condition where he heard his eyeballs move in their sockets has been cured with help from a Birmingham doctor.Read

Midlands misses out on latest heatwave - with showers and humidity instead

SUN-SEEKERS in the West Midlands are to miss out on the latest heatwave.Read

Driver fights for life after car plunges down 20ft embankment in Staffordshire

A DRIVER was left fighting for life after his car hit a kerb and careered down a 20ft embankment.Read

Call for blood donors across Birmingham

A RALLYING call has gone out to blood donors in the city.Read

Harborne doc proves he is a man of iron in world's longest triathalon

SUPER-FIT medic Dr Guy Evans proved he’s a real spin doctor after cycling, running and swimming his way through the world’s longest triathlon.Read

Cash-strapped Birmingham and Solihull NHS bosses get £8million cash bailout as fall behind with savings

CASH-STRAPPED NHS bosses cutting back on operations to save £100 million will receive a bail-out from the region’s health authority.Read

Grieving relative of a young Sheldon engineer killed by meningitis battle to raise money for a vaccine in his memory

GRIEVING relatives of a vivacious, fun-loving engineer killed by meningitis at the age of 21 are battling to raise cash for a vaccine in his memory.Read

Celebrities send messages of hope as Sheldon brain tumour boy's condition worsens

A SELFLESS Birmingham boy who battles to help others despite an incurable brain tumour has taken a turn for the worse, sparking concern from a host of celebrities.Read

Birmingham volunteer's mission brings in £11k for sick children

A TOUGH security worker is protecting vital services at Birmingham Children’s Hospital after a fund-raising mission has brought in nearly £11,000.Read

Car torched next to children's playground at Solihull park

POLICE are waging a war against vandals who stole a car and torched it next to a children’s playground at a Midland park.Read

Worcestershire woman gets stuck down a well

A WOMAN, who could not swim, got stuck down a 40ft well.Read

Police cuts monopolise a visit by Home Secretary Theresa May to the Midlands

HOME Secretary Theresa May came under fire as plans for 2,000 police job cuts monopolised a visit to the city.Read

Kingshurst teenager on brink of kickboxing glory plans funeral after being told she has just weeks to live

“CLOWNS and dwarfs,” chuckles 18-year-old Laura Greenway through a breathing machine.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.