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SHIPS ahoy proved to be the inspiration for a Birmingham fashion student who took the top prize in a local design competition.

Eighteen-year-old Samera Abid of Stechford’s prize-winning design was chosen from nearly 200 ideas created by students at South Birmingham College.Read

Birmingham Fashion students take top prize in competition

Eighteen-year-old Samera Abid of Stechford’s prize-winning design was chosen from nearly 200 ideas created by students at South Birmingham College.Read

Review: The BFG, Birmingham Repertory Company

PRESENTING a giant on stage is always going to be a challenge but this David Wood adaptation of Roald Dahl’s ever-popular adventure story tackles the issue in a couple of ways.Read

Discovering ancient and modern China

I WAS running short of time. A taxi ride through the congested streets of Guangzhou in Southern China had taken longer than anticipated and the temple I was aiming for was due to close in half an hour.Read

Healthy eating’s order of the day

WHETHER you are calorie counting or simply trying to follow a healthy diet there is one area which can cause problems – a meal out.Read

Walmley driving instructor has L of an idea for Weight Watchers

DRIVING instructor Antony Bonfield is offering friends from his weight loss group an extra incentive – a free lesson to the person who loses the most pounds each week.Read

Turves Green Boys’ School pupils meet winning author Alan Gibbons

YOUNGSTERS who championed best-selling author Alan Gibbons in a city-wide competition were given the chance to meet the writer when he visited their school.Read

Going holistic at the Champneys Springs health spa

THEY have long been known as “alternative” therapies but treatments such as Indian head massage, reflexology and aromatherapy have gradually moved into the mainstream.Read

Man of the year loses seven stone with diet club

AUTHOR Stan Nicholls has been named Man of the Year by his Slimming World club after shedding seven stone.Read

Woolly friends prove perfectly idyllic fun

WHEN I travelled in South America I saw countless alpacas in the distance – and never expected to be able to get so close to them right on our Midlands’ doorstep.Read

Head north for a taste of luxury in lovely Lancashire

THE one lesson I have learned about travel is to listen to the experts, so when a number of people warned me of the horrors of the M6 north on a Friday night there seemed to be only one course of action – to take the day off.Read

A taste of luxury in lovely Lancashire

THE one lesson I have learned about travel is to listen to the experts, so when a number of people warned me of the horrors of the M6 north on a Friday night there seemed to be only one course of action – to take the day off.Read

My Holly’s so relaxed when she is having a massage

MUM Michelle Ryan is in no doubt that her baby Holly, who is four months old, enjoys the massage.Read

Rubery children create computer game

COMPUTER games have long been held up as the prime example of children wasting time but a project in Birmingham has been showing how youngsters can learn from them.Read

Baby massage clinics a success in Birmingham

IT is a room full of contented smiles. Mums are beaming down at their babies – while their babies look contentedly back.Read

Delving into an evil past

TERRY Deary is waxing lyrical about King Henry VIII.Read

I joined Weight Watchers - and never left!

WHEN mum Jo Williams spotted the pounds creeping on after having her first baby she knew where to turn – because she had twice before shifted the inches with Weight Watchers.Read

Celebrity choses surrogacy to have another child

CELEBRITIES always seem to be hitting the headlines with reports about their desire to have children or their dramatic ways of obtaining them.Read

Baby Ruby wins fight for survival

BABY Ruby Hope’s name says it all.Read

Shakespeare comedy tours schools and delights youngsters

MORE than 100 children are shouting ‘they are over there’ and pointing madly towards the back of the school hall.Read

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