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Birmingham sensory pool is a big hit with youngsters

A POOL at a city special school has been fitted out to create a sensory atmosphere for young disabled swimmers.Read

Environment Secretary Hilary Benn meets anti-flood campaigners in Frankley

ENVIRONMENT Secretary Hilary Benn has visited a Birmingham neighbourhood hit with severe floods a year ago.Read

Birmingham plea for guide dog homes

HOMES are being sought in Birmingham to take in the mums of future guide dogs.Read

Mdiland cancer victim's last gift: A glittering charity ball

MORE than £30,000 was raised at a charity ball organised by a young skin cancer victim who died days before the event.Read

Birmingham City fans in support of Karren Brady deal

BLUES fans came out in support of the deal drawn up for the club’s departing managing director Karren Brady.Read

Birmingham Mail editor at his former West Heath primary school to see makeover

BIRMINGHAM Mail editor Steve Dyson went back to his old school to open a new community centre created from old classrooms in a £65,000 makeover.Read

Hayley loses cancer battle before a ball to raise funds for the QE Hospital

A BRAVE Solihull woman has lost her battle with skin cancer just days before a lavish ball she had organised to raise thousands of pounds for research into the disease.Read

Brave Solihull cancer sufferer enlists Marco Pierre White's help to raise thousands at lavish ball

A WOMAN diagnosed with terminal skin cancer is about to raise thousands of pounds at a lavish ball with prizes including a cookery lesson with Marco Pierre White.Read

Blaze at Kingstanding flat suspected to be former cannabis factory

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze at a city flat suspected to be a former cannabis factory.Read

Charity cyclist stops off at Birmingham City ground in memory of grandad

A WOMAN who is cycling the length of the country in a world record attempt at the longest ever tea round stopped in Brum to meet the footballing hero of her late grandfather.Read

Thousands flock to Birmingham Museum to see treasure trove

BIRMINGHAM is in the grip of a gold rush with thousands of people queuing up to get their first glimpse of a haul of treasure last seen 1,600 years ago.Read

Devout Christian Ivy honoured after worshipping at same church for nearly a century

A DEVOUT Christian who attended the same Birmingham church for almost a century has been laid to rest in its grounds.Read

Switched-on Doreen bags an LCD TV thanks to the Birmingham Mail

READER Doreen Hubball can turn on and tune in with the new LCD TV she won in the Birmingham Mail’s Match & Win competition.Read

Birmingham flat blaze man dies after being rescued

A MAN died after a flat fire in Birmingham, despite attempts by paramedics and doctors to save him.Read

Boy, 15, airlifted to hospital after crash with bus in kings Norton

A BOY cyclist has been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a collision with a bus in Birmingham.Read

Tribal African head appears in Cadbury advert

A GIANT floating tribal head which brings music to an African village is the latest star in a series of eye-catching Cadbury adverts.Read

Edgbaston schoolboy hailed a hero after actions stopped spread of blaze

A SCHOOLBOY who dialled 999 and stopped a fire spreading along a row of terraced homes has been hailed a hero.Read

Mum wins court case against car clamping that left her stranded in Brum

A MUM-of-two left stranded overnight when clampers towed away her car has taken them to court and won.Read

Birmingham City v Aston Villa: All fans left hot and hoarse

BOTH sets of fans were left hot, hoarse and emotionally worn out as St Andrew’s witnessed the latest fierce derby clash between the city’s old rivals, bathed in hot, autumn sunshine.Read

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