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Catherine Lillington

Catherine Lillington

Acocks Green shopkeeper paralysed by masked robber brands attacker 'a two-legged animal'

A BIRMINGHAM shopkeeper left paralysed after being brutally stabbed by a masked robber today branded his attacker a “two-legged animal” after he was handed an indeterminate jail sentence.Read

First ever Birmingham Mail Half Marathon for dogs launched

Ex-Corrie star Adam Rickitt and his dog, Rufus, will take part in the event to help the charity’s Leaps & Bounds Appeal for £3 million to build a national animal centre and hospital in the city.Read

Robbie Burns: The cat who survived a tower block inferno

A CAT who almost died after he ran through flames to escape a burning building has earned the name Robbie Burns by his rescuers.Read

Travel: The secret side of Melbourne

I'M on the other side of the world yet Birmingham band ELO’s Mr Blue Sky is playing in the trendy cafe we walk into in Melbourne.Read

Aston gospel hall burgled three times in a month

BURGLARS have targeted a Birmingham gospel hall three times in just a month – taking property and causing damage totalling hundreds of pounds.Read

Solihull actor breaks a leg for real before Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat performance

“BREAK a leg” are the last words Kate Gilbert wants to hear as she takes to the stage fresh out of her plaster cast.Read

Black Country school bans pens for the day

For one day only no pens were allowed in lessons at St Martin’s Primary School, in Tipton, after research revealed the average length of a pupil’s answer is just four words.Read

Harry Moseley's sister starts her own fundraising drive

THE teenage sister of brain tumour patient Harry Moseley has launched her own fundraising drive to help equip his Birmingham home for his return.Read

Erdington man threatened on Facebook to set fire to woman

A MAN has been given a suspended sentence for threatening on Facebook to set on fire the mother of his young son.Read

Birmingham set fair for an Indian Summer

IT MAY be the end of September but it seems summer is finally here at last.Read

Birmingham Mail readers get a Caryn Franklin makeover as part of Style Birmingham Live

New mum 28-year-old Kimberley Caswell, from Shard End, wrote in because she has been wearing the same clothes since she was a teenager and often gets mistaken for one.Read

Callous Duddeston cat owner left her pet to die in agony

A CALLOUS cat owner sobbed in the dock as a court heard how she left her pet wedged in a window to die in agony.Read

West Bromwich police station closes for last time

SANDWELL police have lowered the Union Flag at West Bromwich New Street police station for the last time.Read

Vandals attack Bournville College building after mistaking it for a mosque

A CONTROVERSIAL new Birmingham college has been targeted by vandals after rumours swept the area that a golden-clad part of the building was in fact a mosque.Read

Brummies can compete in the Lord Mayor’s Mega Quiz

Birmingham Mail columnist Carl Chinn will be quizmaster at the event, on September 29.Read

Memorabilia fans spend £6,000 on picture of moon walk astronauts

WINNING bidders at an auction were able to take home prized autographed memorabilia of music legends and moonwalking astronauts.Read

Tributes pour in for Solihull schoolboy Shane Jeavons who was killed in a road crash

A MOUNTAIN of floral tributes has been left at the side of a road where a 14-year-old schoolboy was fatally injured.Read

Birmingham's Artsfest draws the crowds for music, comedy, film and more

MORE than 200,000 people enjoyed everything from clog tapping to break dancing at Birmingham’s Artsfest.Read

Boxer "Gentleman" Jack Hood's belt sells for £36,000

A LONSDALE belt belonging to Birmingham boxer “Gentleman” Jack Hood has sold at auction for £36,000.Read

Birmingham City Ladies defender Kerys Harop helps support PDSA appeal

BLUES Ladies’ defender Kerys Harop swapped football for this little fluffball on a visit to an animal hospital in Quinton.Read

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Catherine Lillington works as a general news reporter on the Birmingham Mail, covering patches in the south of the city and stories for the jobs pages.