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Catherine Hendrick

Catherine Hendrick

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SOULFUL singer Richard Hawley has some seriously famous admirers. Read

Scary Dawn is just a BB softie!

THE Brummie who entered Big Brother aiming to be the "the scariest woman in Britain" is really a pussycat who tricked her way into the house on a mission. Read

Spend it like Beckham!

IF talk of Wayne Rooney's metatarsal and the World Cup makes you feel like running for the Lickey Hills don't worry, help is at hand. Read

The Charlatans @ Carling Academy Birmingham

INDIE rockers The Charlatans ended their British tour by returning to the Midlands to perform an exclusive free gig in front of thrilled fans. Read

Kevin's leaving Curly Watts behind

HE shot to fame as Coronation Street's Mr Nice Guy Curly Watts, but Kevin Kennedy is ditching his loveable image and heading for Birmingham to play one of the scariest characters in musical theatre - the notorious Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Read

Podgy pooch shedding the pounds

AS the woman in charge of one of the region's biggest slimming groups Jean Clark knows a thing or two about staying in shape. Read

Kaiser Chiefs @ NIA

THE Kaiser Chiefs showed the sort of forward-planning Mystic Meg would be proud of when they penned their hit I Predict A Riot. Read

Brum puts its best foot forward

FORGET Paris - Birmingham is about to put its best foot forward as one the most well-heeled cities in the world. Read

The Charlatans @ Wolverhampton Civic Hall

IT'S a 16-year love affair which has seen more than its fair share of ups and downs. Read

Business is a casualty of store wars

ANYONE seeking evidence of the devastating effect the march of giant supermarkets and chain stores on our city's high streets need look no further than Imran Rasool. Read

We can't last much longer - shopkeeper

SHOPKEEPERS fighting a David and Goliath style-battle with a supermarket chain at the heart of a Birmingham community have welcomed our Save Our Small Shops campaign. Read

Fine for doorstep clothes collection firm

A COMPANY which urged kind-hearted Brummies to donate clothes and toys to charity has been fined £1,000 for running an illegal door-to-door collection. Read

Rip-off empire of TV crook Sharma

There was cause for celebration this week when Birmingham's most prolific TV repair conman was jailed. Gurdave Singh Sharma was given a year's prison sentence for breaching a court order banning him from ripping off customers in the West Midlands. Read

'Parasite' TV repair conman jailed

A "PARASITE" who fleeced decent members of the public in a television repair scam was today behind bars after he was exposed by the Birmingham Mail. Read

Pampered pooch is queen of the dogwalk!

MEET the best-dressed pooch in the West Midlands and the doggy world's answer to Kate Moss! Read

Prison looms for TV conman

THE most notorious TV repair conman in Birmingham, who has been repeatedly exposed by the Birmingham Mail, could face jail next week. Read

Seconds for food show

A TASTY blend of celebrity chefs and home grown food made last week's BBC Good Food Show at the National Exhibition Centre a record breaker, organisers have revealed. Read

Crooked estate agent's 10-year ban

A CROOKED estate agent exposed by the Birmingham Mail after cheating customers out of more than £125,000 has been banned from the job for ten years. Read

MP falls victim to ringtone text scam

OKAY, so they may be on their summer break, but signing up for the latest mobile phone ringtones isn't at the top of most MP's list of things to do. Read

Ban on jailed estate agent

A CROOKED estate agent who stole more than £125,000 from his customers has been expelled by the industry's professional body. 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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