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Cathy Jones

Can you bring up a baby on a budget

NEW parents can easily find themselves splashing out more than a thousand pounds on equipment for their impending arrivals only to find they've wasted some of it on stuff they just don't need. Read

Rachel Silver

Shed the pounds without losing £££s

WANT to cut the cost of keeping fit? Read

Delia Smith

Delia is to food-makers what Midas was to gold but could her new recipes be unhealthy

THE knives and forks have been out for Delia Smith thanks to her latest TV series and book advising budding cooks how to cheat in the kitchen. Read

You'd be off your trolley to overlook the savings of an online shop

I'VE been shocked by how much the cost of my food shopping seems to have shot up in recent months. Read

How to cut your soaring food bill

IT'S enough to put you off your lunch. Read

The people who say their sofas left them ill

FAMILIES in Birmingham are taking legal action against some of the country's leading furniture suppliers after claiming new sofas left them needing medical treatment. Read

Clare Cartmell

Giving makeover mum a big boost

DOESN'T she look great! Mum of two Clare Cartmell has every right to feel like a new woman after winning our £500 makeover competition. Read

I'm tee-ed off by holiday firm antics

BIRMINGHAM golfer who spent £4,000 with one of the country's best known travel firms has accused it of leaving him in the rough. Read

A cheap shot at advertising...

THE mother of a Birmingham teenager killed by gun crime has condemned a city store for using a gangster-style image of a man toting a gun to flog games and DVDs. Read

Sea Life Centre calls for carrier bag ban

BIRMINGHAM'S National Sea Life Centre has joined calls for a ban on plastic carrier bags because of the devastating effect they are having on the environment. Read

James Marshall

In for a long stay at NCP

DRIVERS are being driven mad by a city centre car park which keeps refusing to let them out after they have paid. Read

Denise Lewis

Experts give Mother's Day tips

Mother's Day is just around the corner. To help you pick the perfect pressie CATHERINE HENDRICK asked a team of shopping experts what they would give the West Midlands' most famous yummy mummies. Read

Nick Davis

I've turned my hobby into a job

NICK Davis began brewing beer as a skint student. Now he is the toast of the Midlands after turning his love of real ale into a flourishing business with the help of his parents Jim and Katie. Read

Raid on car clamp firm

A BIRMINGHAM car clamping firm which sparked furious complaints from scores of motorists was today raided by trading standards officers. Read

James and Jayne French

Love is in the air at Brum's rag market!

NEVER mind Paris or Rome. Love-starved Brummies should look closer to home for inspiration - to Birmingham's Rag Market! Read

Gemma Watts and Cayven Valentine

Losing your heart on the high street

WANT to discover whether a potential date is impatient or fussy? Read

Kings Arms, Kings Heath

Pub grub - Kings Arms, Kings Heath.

DRIVE out of Birmingham along the busy Alcester Road South and you probably won't even notice the Kings Arms. Read

Catherine Hendrick

Cooking a Valentine meal out of a box!

THEY say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach... Read

Catherine Hendrick

Office outfit for a fiver

THEY say you get what you pay for. So what on earth do you get when you hand over just £5 for a complete office outfit (minus the shoes)? Read

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Catherine is Consumer Editor for the Birmingham Mail and is also Deputy Features Editor and a shopping correspondent.

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